What you describe has never happened with the several AM locos I have, including the K4 and the USRA pacifics. They all run fine out of the box and after lots of running. Call Ron and I'm sure he'll take care of you.
On matters of style swim with the current. On matters of substance stand like a rock. Thos. Jefferson (may be paraphrased) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rollain Mercier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [S-Scale Modeling] AM PRR K4 operation > > and he notes - > > Have you tried contacting Ron Bashista at AM? It may be a simple problem > that can be corrected or he may replace the unit if it's defective. > > Raleigh > > > > At 03:14 PM 1/18/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >Last year I took advantage of the special run by American Models on their PRR > >streamline K4. I finally have some track to run the thing and have found > >that, > >at least for me, it runs like crap. It has about a 50% chance of starting > >from a > >dead stop. Once it starts going it is often jerky and has no slow speed > >performance. The poor slow speed performance may be because it is new and > >needs to "break-in". Is this common to this model? I realize I've been > >spoiled > >by my SHS SW-1s but this is really bad. (to give AM credit, my GG1s operate > >very well.) > > > >One thing I looked at was the tender wheels. They were fairly dirty (which is > >odd for a new out-of-the-box model) and cleaning them up helped a little. > >What I am thinking is that AM uses that "gritty" grey metal for the wheels > >and > >that may be the problem. NWSL sells steel replacement wheels for the tender. > >I am sure they will look better, is there hope that they will operate better? > > > >Regards, > >kbt > > > > > > > >The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to > >reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail > >software, but it works on some of the most common ones. > > > >Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, > >view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
