im not sure why, but it gave me a chance to check and lube all the motors. a good deal were sounding high pitched, meaning they were dry. i need to check the ones not in the box with the rest, but need to pull everything out to do that.
i will have to buy some more vintage engines i think, or find a way to remove the cogs from the motors
it also gave me the chance to update some photos, which are on various pages, mainly the vintage, and also takara engines.
the seller of protopax has told me he missed the paint stripe at the factory, and there are a number of others the same on ebay from various sellers. so he is now errorpax. still looking forward to his arrival.