Got this starter set today but couldn't find any volume adjustment (for the whistle) in the loco's manual. Also nothing in MS' menu ... Is there such possibility, anyway ?

Thanks,
John

Hi Peter: Such occured to me, too, already ... [xx(]
Re your question - didn't dare to open that loco til now. My deep worries are I could break something (you know, our clever manual says we don't need to do such ... [xx(][xx(][xx(])

Peter, I guess we wait for advice from our digital Gurus. Most of the time they know more than M ...
Also, there's no word in M's data base about retrofitting smoke. But even when fitting all the parts by yourself perhaps that plastic shell won't stand the generator's heat ...
Re brushes: I presume she got one of those new "brushless" can motors - "Ya never need to change those brushes", M 'd say ... (just replace the motor. Or loco. At dealership [}:)])
On the other hand - in their online data base M mentions the replacement motor (hefty €83.- price tag !!!) and also a SINGLE brush - no pair ???! Strange ...

... so our wildest dreams came true [:o)] - thanks, Lars
Peter - Julio wrote an test report on her in this Forum's "Model & Loco" section ...

Well, never mind. Bought this train for our Grandkids and as such it is just perfect - great looks, (relatively) smooth runner, very bright high beam (in light blue !) plus a nice but LOW-volume whistle [:p] !!!
And our Daughter-in-law surely won't argue [}:)] about the missing adjustment ...

Right. If memory serves - we had discussed #29550 extensively in earlier topics about one year ago ... but then I didn't buy one (no whistle)

Welcome to the forum PeterNZ.

Thanks, Steven - but at least there's a GOLDEN [xx(] M logo at the bottom ...

Steven: Frankly, no - there's only "Märklin" (in gold letters), that's all. Many thanks for the great link - excellent loco review with lots of quality pictures [:p] !!! And you were right, it's the very same HORNBY loco M sells under his name (except for decoder and high beam light).

Well, now I know WHY M doesn't want us to look under that shell - the only parts made of metal oughta be the wheels And why there'll never be a smoke unit ...

Damn, that looks cheap...

Looks the same when you open an Fleischmann model - but there its unchanged since decades!

Regards,
Lutz

Good answer. But 5 weeks late ... [xx(]

Hi all,

I own the earlier version from the 29550 set, it's just the same but without sound and MS. Well, in fact it belongs to my girlfriend, but I have her permission to touch it

Concerning the smoke generator, I've been tried to find a solution, but that would be very difficult because the smokebox isn't open underneath and there's a heavy metal weight inside, and there's also the contacts of the white LED as front light.

So the only solution I've thought of is cutting the front part of the metal weight, make a big hole just under the chimney in the bottom of the smokebox, be careful with the contacts of the LED and push upwards a Seuthe nr. 23 which seems to be made for plastic models... but to be honest, I still have some doubts about this point. Anyone has tried this smoke generator in any plastic steam engine? [:I]

I still don't know if I will decide to do this 'wide-surgery operation' in a future, but I'll keep you updated. In the meanwhile, I accept any idea or suggestion from any of you folks

Kind regards.