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 Posted - October 11 2008 : 10:39:34 PM
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Hey Guys,
I had the chance to buy a Revell NH F7 today for $5.00.
I decided to pass on it because my wife would kill me if I bought anymore trains today.
My question is when was this loco made,and how well do they run?
Also what kind of problems should I look for?(I'm not familiar with Revell products)
Carl T.
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Posted - October 11 2008 : 10:49:38 PM
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For $5, I would buy it just to find out, although I don't have to smuggle trains into my house. 
Hollow out a pair of shoes...that's how I'd do it. 
    
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Posted - October 12 2008 : 12:15:40 AM
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I'd have taken it for $5. If it's a deluxe model, it has a spring belt drive, and a working clutch instead of spur gears. I'll take it if you don't want it.
Here's a link to Tony Cook's Revell section. There's an exploded view at the bottom. http://ho-scaletrains.net/revellhoscaletrainsresource/id2.html
The Tyco Depot
Edited by - NickelPlate759 on April 11 2014 9:39:34 PM
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Posted - October 12 2008 : 6:00:11 PM
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I'm reall kicking myself now for not buying it.
It was in really nice condition too.
Oh well,live and learn.
Carl T.
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 9:41:28 PM
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quote:I'm reall kicking myself now for not buying it.
It was in really nice condition too.
Oh well,live and learn.
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â October 12 2008Â :Â 6:00:11 PM
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I know how you feel. I could've gotten a Revell Canadian Pacific F-7 with the box and everything. The engine was also in good condition, for $7. It probably didn't work anyway.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 16 2014 : 10:20:28 PM
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| The New Haven F7 was not produced with a spring drive and clutch. The only Revell F7 to have a spring drive an a clutch was the T-3500 Santa Fe blue & yellow freight diesel. The New Haven T-3513 was produced 1958 thru 1962. It had a plastic frame and drive similar to Varney F units of that period.
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 8:47:15 PM
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Far as I remember from my Revell engines, they used a power truck with a big and little gear on it, and were rather noisy. Just because Revell didn't stay long in the model train arena, I'd have bought it for $5 myself. I only have a few at the moment, a complete diesel and a partial needing parts. I like different makers, anyway.
Jerry
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 9:47:44 PM
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quote:Far as I remember from my Revell engines, they used a power truck with a big and little gear on it, and were rather noisy. Just because Revell didn't stay long in the model train arena, I'd have bought it for $5 myself. I only have a few at the moment, a complete diesel and a partial needing parts. I like different makers, anyway.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â March 18 2014Â :Â 8:47:15 PM
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I was actually shocked when I learned that Revell actually did model trains at one point. I know they make buildings and stuff for them but, I didn't know they made H0 scale locomotives and rolling stock that actually run.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - April 11 2014 : 02:15:44 AM
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quote:The New Haven F7 was not produced with a spring drive and clutch. The only Revell F7 to have a spring drive an a clutch was the T-3500 Santa Fe blue & yellow freight diesel. The New Haven T-3513 was produced 1958 thru 1962. It had a plastic frame and drive similar to Varney F units of that period.
Originally posted by waw47Â -Â March 16 2014Â :Â 10:20:28 PM
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I feel like kicking the whole lot of you for not snatching those cool, weird pieces up!
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