This small "coffee" is my first locomotive scale N!
Or rather, it is my first locomotive ever non-Lima, who arrived with two other locomotives of the house of Vicenza. In another post you talk about my discovery of the scale N. A discovery shy and quiet. they needed a point of no return for becoming a true "ennista.
Imagine you want to throw, for example by a bridge, you are poised on the edge but do not have the courage to actually do it (it says "Who wants non vuole"). Passa un tipo, vi osserva e, pensando di agevolarvi, vi dà una spinta e giù! Ecco, mio padre: uno a caso, è stato colui che mi ha dato la spinta nella scala N! Ma lui non è mai stato ennista, mi ha semplicemente passato il materiale che aveva e che descrivo in altro post, tra cui questa piccola e generosissima T3 della Arnold-Rapido, acquistata nel 1965.
Bella, quasi intonsa. Telaio e carrozzeria di metallo pressofuso. La metto sui binari di un improvvisato ovale, per verificare che "respiri". Fuma, puzza, singhiozza, scorreggia ma si mette in moto! Se non per la prima volta, sicuramente the second or third. The firm almost immediately, you need a brush up of mechanics, stood still for too long. 
took it down completely, the models of the past are less complicated to disassemble, reassemble and also because there are screws and not those of joints ... damn frame, bodywork, Cast Iron, a bathroom with running gear and transmission toothbrush and a drop of washing up liquid! Afterwards, dry thoroughly. I do not have the courage of my age or dirty trains, with some very special case I want to see them ever forward.
The engine, but only if it is easy dismounting. I clean the magnets and the collector industries with a drop of alcohol and a cotton swab, then reinstalling everything. The brushes are ok because practically new, only to be made attention to the spring pressure on them during their assembly: if you push a little, the poor do not brush properly transmit the current sull'indotto and will wear more quickly, if you push too much, same result for wear.
The engine, with two drops of lubricant on the "bushes", or media, is now ready to run as is, with a few volts, connected to the transformer to control that runs as it should. I use the Marklin, is a thick oil, just a drop. (However, once I also used oil Rivarossi)
Before reassembling mechanical thoroughly clean each slat, outlet, shoe: Roco, therefore, the rubber is more than enough, provided you do not brush too hard. The remount taking care not to tamper too much on the axles or wheels. N scale friction every parasite you feel!
The running gear should be mounted carefully, here I do not need to lubricate the axles rely on anti-friction metal. The spindle drive requires only a drop of oil for each medium, where we support the tiny washers. Strongly advised not to lubricate the gears, I did it with a GE U36B to me that Bachmann scompisciato literally the rails! I had never done ... I have not managed to degrease it! Do not do it ...
I mount the engine in place and let it run 1-2 minutes to a minimum in both directions the locomotive, but not on the tracks, just to make it stretch a little, 'just as soon be in motion. It will seem strange but it's relaxed feel make a good model to a minimum, it's like when I listen to the least developed quite a motor, gearing and hear all the sounds turn 'round. " 
graft body in the beautiful Die-Cast, screw the funnel that ensures everything and off you go, on the rails. The minimum at full voltage is not the best but once in motion the little quieter T3 forward and regular. Switch on the half-wave transformer to obtain a more realistic driving and T3 starts softly. Its engine, despite the more than 40 years of age, with no problems digesting the half-wave power.
I use it to run on a little plastic 'material-era II and III, among which there are some coaches and freight wagons two-axle of the first ever production of Arnold-Rapido. Diecast metal frame with delicate details, but even then the rich details.
only weak point, the current collectors to step on trade, especially when the heart is not electrified or no additional power outlet strips such as Fleischmann. Because of his age, my T3 can not make Shunter! However I partially solved the problem, brushing the throats of the heart conductive liquid such as that sold by Busch (art. 5900). I once laid out in 1990 and still endures. And my little coffee benefits from ...
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