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 Posted - January 01 2010 : 8:25:02 PM
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hey Guys and this will likely be for our veteran members, are any of you running or have run a John English Alco Diesel?
Whats the model like/ Good runner? How's the casting?
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Gareth
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 8:34:47 PM
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Hi Gareth. Are we talking about John English as in Hobbyline Alco FA1..?? 
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 8:49:38 PM
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I think maybe? I don't know the Hobbyline connection with JE very well. heard it mentioned...
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 9:35:26 PM
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If I'm not mistakin, The John English Alcos were metal castings and the Hobbyline were plastic.
I have a JE B unit shell and some Hobbyline drive parts but not enough to get one running so I can't comment on how they run.
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 9:38:48 PM
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Ray:
Whats the casting of the "B" unit like?
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 10:11:49 PM
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The B unit shell I have has a step broke off but the thing that bothers me is their representation of the fan.
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 10:17:49 PM
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How so? Wrong size, shape?
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 10:24:24 PM
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It's just crude looking.
I would file it off and replace it.
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Posted - January 01 2010 : 10:28:41 PM
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Ray any chance of you sshooting a pic of the fan on your B unit and sending it to me? The English stuff was in the day touted for it's simplicity of assembly so maybe that was also reflected in the casting of detail?
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