> > At this point, I'm considering dumping the entire mess on eBay and going
> > back to HO or O scale
> > Matt Hogan
As plastic ages, it outgases, becomes brittle and cracks quite easily. Happens
all the time when plastic parts are press-fitted to metal parts. Happens in
all scales even on expensive imported brass models. Usually it happens five or
ten years later -- you just got it sooner. Perhaps you got an old model that
had been sitting in the warehouse for many years.
Or, perhaps a bad batch of plastic pellets were used to make the gears in the
first place. Who knows? Lotsa possibilities.
AM is good about fixing problems and it would be worthwhile giving them a
chance.
The saddest part of all this is that the problem is totally preventable by
using splines or flats on the metal shaft. The extra cost to do this is
minimal and should have become an industry standard 30 years ago.
Good luck....Ed Loizeaux
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