Hi everyone,
Yesterday, I bought this train from my local hobby shop that i've been saving up for a long time for, and brought it home to test. It runs absolutely perfect, HOWEVER... the smoke unit is another story. It is VERY inconsistent. It will only produce smoke about 20% of the time. Ever time it starts to produce smoke, it makes very loud crackling sounds, like something is short-circuiting. It also seems that when i was cleaning the wheels tonight, it had much more power after the smoke started going. I have no idea what the problem is or if I should have it replaced.
Please help.
Thanks,
Jess
EDIT: I also forgot to mention that very small oil splatters always seem to appear on the engine when it doesn't smoke. Srry for not mentioning that before.
Yesterday, I bought this train from my local hobby shop that i've been saving up for a long time for, and brought it home to test. It runs absolutely perfect, HOWEVER... the smoke unit is another story. It is VERY inconsistent. It will only produce smoke about 20% of the time. Ever time it starts to produce smoke, it makes very loud crackling sounds, like something is short-circuiting. It also seems that when i was cleaning the wheels tonight, it had much more power after the smoke started going. I have no idea what the problem is or if I should have it replaced.
Please help.
Thanks,
Jess
EDIT: I also forgot to mention that very small oil splatters always seem to appear on the engine when it doesn't smoke. Srry for not mentioning that before.