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 Posted - December 05 2008 : 08:24:00 AM
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Does anyone know who made this one, and possibly when...thanks...the fanged one"
"Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, SHARKS will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed man that is tossed to them . . ." by Herman Melville
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 10:30:32 AM
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| To me, looks like AHM from the '70's. Maybe someone can confirm. Same setup as my RS-2. Traction tires tend to be dried out/broken, but Tyco tires (or a substitute) will work.
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 10:53:13 AM
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Hey Fangy:
That pilot on the FM Covered Wagon does suggest AHM.
-Gareth
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 1:13:03 PM
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It's a Fairbanks-Morse C-liner; model originally developed by Rivarossi and more famously sold by AHM. The pilot as Gareth points out, is way out of whack; possibly it betrays the hook-and-loop couplings in use when the model was first designed.
Interestingly, that chassis is clear... probably a left-over from the clear-shell issues they made.
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Posted - December 05 2008 : 1:29:51 PM
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THANKS FOR THE INFO...YES IT IS CLEAR WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN, HEAVY ALSO... KNEW IT WAS A C LINER AND THAT THE FRONT IS WRONG BUT IT WAS CHEAP AND RUNS, HAVE SOME PLANS TO POSSIBLE ALTER IT A LITTLE...NEED A NEW FRONT FAN..IT WAS MELTED THERE...THANKS AGAIN...GARRET
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Posted - December 06 2008 : 12:52:10 AM
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That C-Liner is an old one, probably from the first run in 65 when Mehano started making them under license from Rivarossi. I'd seen the catalog ad that showed a clear chassis, but I've never come across one. The fuel tank weight in yours is stacked steel plates instead of the lead they used later. The original Rivarossi shells were made of Bakelite, btw, and that pilot was enclosed and concealed the large coupler they used. The circular area on top that you puttied had a little black cap that sometimes gets lost.
There's an interesting procedure for removing the worm. The screw standing up in the chassis fits into the threaded hole in the brass worm, and you have to force the screw into it to push it off of the motor shaft. Be careful if you do though, because there is a bearing ring with 5 1mm ball bearings that get lost if you even sneeze. I just serviced two of these motors, and thought I'd lost my bearings at least 4 different times, literally.
The instructions are here on HOSeeker. http://www.hoseeker.org/ahminstructions.html
They run very smooth when cleaned and lubed properly. Later versions had cheaper gearing and a three pole motor. How much was it?
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Posted - December 06 2008 : 01:17:57 AM
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Okay, so I guess the first run was 63. Here it is in the catalog.
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Posted - December 06 2008 : 11:37:18 PM
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I've got some Rivarossi streamliners with a clear band around the chassis just like your engine. It may not be for the same reason as on your engine, but on the streamliners I think it's mostly to give the cars windows. It's a pretty neat idea...much simpler than those snap-in windows that Athearn uses.
-cheez
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Posted - December 08 2008 : 3:50:04 PM
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PICKED IT UP FOR 5.00, SAID IT DID NOT RUN, BUT IT IS NOW...HOPE TO FINISH IT SOON...THANKS FOR THE TIP ON THE MOTOR..."THE FANGED ONE"
ONE QUESTION WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR THE BLACK CAP ON THE TOP??
"Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, SHARKS will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed man that is tossed to them . . ." by Herman Melville
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Posted - December 09 2008 : 3:41:24 PM
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| The black cap is supposed to be the dynamic brake fan cover. All C-Liners with DBs had a single fan mounted in that location. With a little work, you can alter the shell to show a loco without DBs fairly easily.
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