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Hobbytrain Baureihe 18.3


VJM

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This locomotive arrived this week, to pull my Arnold VSOE CIWLs.

 

Below is a pic of the Baden 18.3 from Hobbytrain.  Is this supposed to be a Kato?  The motor is located in the tender with a shaft to the driving wheels in the loco.  It's not a particularly smooth runner to begin with, and stalled quite a few times.  A bit of a tap to the tender got it going again.  After about 5 minutes backwards and 5 minutes forwards at medium to high speeds, it seems to run much better.  Still a little bit of a waddle, but this loco can smoothly go right down to very low speeds.

 

Detail on this model is excellent, with working front and rear lights.  There's also a small bag of steps and other things included as well.

 

I'll post a comparison of the Arnold VSOE CIWLs vs the Kato NIOE set a little later.

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