Caveat Emptor.. buyer beware...

The response from your vendor was that the figure was correctly proportionally scaled... that means the proportions of hands to feet to arms are all right.

The most important thing left out was what the NUMERICAL scale was... sorry you have to learn that "G scale" means almost nothing except USUALLY larger than O scale Lionel... USUALLY.

Without the numeric scale, means very little. Normally it means that rolling stock works on 45mm track, but even that is not for sure.

Greg

Most likely they are identical to the Aristo issue. My question will be are the nice brass bearings the same?

Good point on list vs street price. I looked at a few sites and they have heavy discounts to "street" price.

A good deal for people wanting to upgrade.

Greg

Did you look at the price of the trucks? $100 a pair

I find that hard to believe, because Pittman merged with another company, and the motors they make NOW are too expensive for the 4-6-0....

If you research what Pittman makes NOW, those motors are way too expensive. Pretty sure the motor in the K27 was a pittman though, but that was years ago.

Anyone have an actual picture of the motor and it showing the Pittman logo? (Even Aristo had Mabuchi motors with their logo, even the counterfeits) (another story)

https://www.haydonkerkpittman.com/products/motors/brushed-dc-motors


Greg

Where is it stated the 4-6-0 is a Pittman motor? Just curious...

Leaky roof?  hah!

yep, moisture might have some little effect, but they will probably be sealed indoors..

(obviously I missed the indoors part!)

Another tip with wooden boards, put convex side up, not concave.... this way water will not collect in the center... if the board is flat now, then look at the end to see the "lines" to set it the right way... you will thank me in 5 years...

how high and how long? Look at the splitjaw site

now, you need to loosely fix the track to the wood, to allow it to move. Don't screw it down, and definitely do not glue it in place. a loose clip straddling a tie every 3 feet or so will be fine.

You cannot defeat physics, and heating and cooling will eventually break the track loose if you are trying to glue in place. I worked on a friends layout and it was concrete curbs with the LGB track glued to the concrete.

Well, he used enough glue that the ties were fixed to the concrete all right, but the rails ripped right out of the ties. You cannot stop metal from expanding and contracting, and shiny rail absorbs sunlight really well.

The problem is that the track is thinly tin plated... you should develop a strategy for treating the rails to stop rust... if you are track powered, perhaps one of the tried and true "coatings" to slow down rusting...

Yes and no.

Many people have experienced this.

No, you did not get a lemon, they break... not unusual... (guess this might not be allowed to post)

did you already purchase the switch manchine? then you can try measuring to get an approximate value...

On the face of it, I would say it would draw more than 40 ma

Greg

yeah, I do the same!

I see I need to add more to the k27 pages... I'll add some more... looks like the documenting of the motherboard needs doing...

TOC is sending me a motherboard, and I'll document the solder pads for hardwiring, and possibly installing a bank of screw terminals like they should have.

Greg

Fan was to cool the motor...

Nothing to do with chuff, and sometimes it interferes with smoke, sucking the smoke back into the boiler... in that case, reverse the fan (physically)

I don't think the K27 has a fan in the tender, but if you look at the schematic on my site, you will see there was a provision for a second fan on the circuit board.

That fan would be to help cool the decoder.

Greg

Bill, I have updated the version list to include the newer plug and play loco... I realize your list is focused on the drivetrain, but lots of questions pouring in on adding decoders.

If you have a chance, would you check my page and see if I made mistakes or omissions?

Regards, Greg

https://elmassian.com/index.php/large-scale-train-main-page/motive-power-mods-aamp-tips/bachmann-motive-power/big-hauler