On one of my display locomotives my wife used Endust on a soft cloth and what that didn't get she used a soft artist brush and Q tips coated with Endust.  Looked great when she was done.

Have fun with your set!

Loco Bill

A Q-tip dipped in warm soapy water can be used to get heavy crud out of crevices, like between the boiler and running board, if the brush does not get it. Go back over the area with a Q-tip dipped in plain water to remove soap residue when you are done.

Len

I just set up my new Christmas trolley, and it leaves the building but doesn't come back!!  Yet if I push it a little bit towards the 'house' it will suddenly go to the house pause and go to the open end and stop, and not come back again!?  any suggestions?

I suppose you mean the outside of the engine and cars, right?

The less impact you have on the item the better.  Gentle brushing with a medium stiff artist brush and application of spray keyboard air will probably get a lot of of it off.  Try that first and see what it does. If they're still a lot left to get back to us and we'll figure out Plan B.

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I have the Kadee catalog which can be really helpful.  You can download a digital version here: 

Kadee Digital Catalog

I have found PDF Page 7 onwards particularly helpful.

There are 4 lites each in the smaller stacks, will be 6 to 8 in the large stack. Will add pole lites from the ground up to fill in any large dead spots.

Started on the refinery stacks, this kit is tricky to assemble the instructions are terrible. You have to use common sense and read between the lines. I had to cut my stacks apart to install the led lites, I have been avoiding this, at the same time it needs to get done as this is in the middle of the layout. I am working from 2 benches now to keep the chaos to a minimum.

I am working on the main middle stack, and have to mark with a pencil where all the catwalks and ladders line up as well as the piping. I can then make where my led lites will go so they don't interfere. I have made all my own led lites.

I have an OLD Bachmann loco EMD F9 - Canadian Pacific - 1455

It was working fine for the past ten days, running around the Christmas tree, for about 2 hours each night, on a Kato M1 set loop. Last night she just gave up, tripping the breaker on my Kato power pack. Reset - same. Reset - same.

I took the loco apart to the extent I could but could not figure out how to get the trucks off (there is no video anywhere out there on this sucker!) I tested both trucks by putting one on the track and lifting the other end of the loco off. I get a hum for about a half a second and then click - the breaker trips again. Same thing for both trucks. I can crank the power up to full with no loco on the track and the power pack stays green.

Thoughts?!?