Very Cheap Jouef Industrial? Shunter

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Gerald H - 02 Jul 2009 11:59 GMT

Has anyone seem these extremely cheap Jouef shunting locos? They have a
catalogue number HJ800100 and come with a wagon in a blister pack.

http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=HJ800100

You seem to be able to get the pack for under GBP 15. They could be
quite useful for industrial, or freelance locos, or perhaps as a chassis
for some other kind of project. Has anyone seen them run?

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Wolf K - 02 Jul 2009 14:05 GMT

> Has anyone seem these extremely cheap Jouef shunting locos? They have a
> catalogue number HJ800100 and come with a wagon in a blister pack.
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> quite useful for industrial, or freelance locos, or perhaps as a chassis
> for some other kind of project. Has anyone seen them run?

Not this one, but I had some Jouef back in then 80s. OK but noisy
running. May be improved, but at 15GPB I have my doubts. The molding is
obviously very simple (== cheap).

It's HO scale, you may decide that the wagon looks OK next to UK outline
wagons.

HTH
wolf k.

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Ola Trygve Kvitle - 24 Oct 2009 21:09 GMT

The model is simple with no glass in the windows and no lights.
It picks up current on all 4 wheels, and has a low top end speed.

The model is somewhat noisy.

A page about the model:
http://lestrainsjouef.free.fr/fr/dies_fra/y51100_sncf.html

1984 parts diagramme:
http://lestrainsjouef.free.fr/pdf/parts/jf8501.pdf

Note that HJ800100 has the following changes from the diagramme:
belt drive replaced by spur gears (one on the motor, one on the axle)
no light
rigid NEM pocket couplers instead of screwed on couplers

Ola Trygve Kvitle

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Greg.Procter - 30 Oct 2009 02:34 GMT

>> Has anyone seem these extremely cheap Jouef shunting locos? They have a
>> catalogue number HJ800100 and come with a wagon in a blister pack.
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>
> Ola Trygve Kvitle

Is it possible to obtain spares for old Jouef/Playcraft?
I have an old 2-8-0 (1-4-0C) with a broken tender bogie sideframe.
It holds the axles through it's springyness so it's not easily repaired
by gluing.

Greg.P.

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