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- Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:59 am
- Forum: DCC Forum
- Topic: ESU Ecos 50200 - Up & Running Firmware 3.4.0
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10623
Re: ESU Ecos 50200 - Up & Running Firmware 3.4.0
I use MERG decoders with my 50200 (with Cobalt motors), they work very well. They are £10 for a 4-output module, so about a third of the price of the ones you mention. Yes, you do have to join MERG, and build them yourself, but it's very easy and I enjoy doing it. I realise that not everyone wants g...
- Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:23 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Heat Shrink Tubing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3005
Re: Heat Shrink Tubing
I like it, but I miss trees. I've been to the Forest of Dean a few times, and sometimes I wish I was there!BrotherWolf wrote:I wish I was on Sanday, been to Westray a few times.
Steve
- Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:53 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Heat Shrink Tubing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3005
Re: Heat Shrink Tubing
I use a small heat gun as used for embossing etc; I pinched it off the wife
Seems to work OK; you can get them for about £12 on eBay.
Steve

Seems to work OK; you can get them for about £12 on eBay.
Steve
- Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: deltic lovers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 752
Re: deltic lovers
I believe so, yes, but I can't claim to be an expert. I just know that a Class 46 isn't a Deltic
Steve

Steve
- Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: deltic lovers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 752
Re: deltic lovers
Ah, OK, I was confused because you said you'd bought a deltic.mjb1961 wrote:hi steve,the one you refer to is the one i have bought more than likley,d188,or 32-702dc,i
Steve
- Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: deltic lovers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 752
Re: deltic lovers
They must have sold out of the DCC-fitted Deltics now. The only DCC-fitted model they have now (apart from the DCC sound Deltic) is a Class 46.
Steve
Steve
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:25 am
- Forum: Bachmann
- Topic: New Catalogue
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1065
Re: New Catalogue
The last one was in March, so I guess the next one will be the same.
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:18 pm
- Forum: Track/Layout Design
- Topic: Operating two sets of points with one motor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2060
Re: Operating two sets of points with one motor
I subscribe to Model Rail - I'll dig it out, thanks. Locoworks - the two points are side by side at a double-track junction. I didn't plan very well, and it's going to be impossible to fit a motor under one of them. But it occurred to me that in this situation, they may as well be switched together,...
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:32 pm
- Forum: Track/Layout Design
- Topic: Operating two sets of points with one motor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2060
Re: Operating two sets of points with one motor
But how would you actually do it? I have some piano wire, but I'm not sure of the best way to get the single wire from the motor to operate two throw bars.
Steve
Steve
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:54 pm
- Forum: Track/Layout Design
- Topic: Operating two sets of points with one motor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2060
Operating two sets of points with one motor
Does anyone have any ideas about operating two sets of Peco OO points with one slow action motor (i.e. a Cobalt)? They are adjacent to each other on a stretch of parallel track.
Steve
Steve
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:28 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Partwork Flying Scotsman
- Replies: 608
- Views: 150718
Re: Partwork Flying Scotsman
Yeah, well, looks kind of OK, I guess.
Sorry - seriously, that looks absolutely amazing.
Steve
Sorry - seriously, that looks absolutely amazing.
Steve
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:18 am
- Forum: Model Railway Shop
- Topic: Hattons and My Experiences
- Replies: 67
- Views: 8463
Re: Hattons and My Experiences
I've made 18 orders with Hattons over the last 3 years, totalling over £3000, and I have never had any problems with their site or their service. The only problem I had once was that one small item was missing from an order, which they promptly replaced. I don't have a local model shop, not even one...
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: Track/Layout Design
- Topic: Woodland Scenics inclines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2700
Re: Woodland Scenics inclines
Well, no, because they only seem to have contact details for 'sales', 'marketing', and 'webmaster'. I guess I could try 'sales'...
Steve
Steve
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:50 pm
- Forum: Track/Layout Design
- Topic: Woodland Scenics inclines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2700
Woodland Scenics inclines
I have a couple of 1:50 inclines on the layout I'm building, and I wanted to make sure I got a good even slope, so I used Woodland Scenics 2% incline sets. I'd used these before on a previous layout with good results. In the same place on each incline (between the third and fourth section, going up)...
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:14 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: Station building over tracks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5766
Re: Station building over tracks
Thanks, everyone, that really helps. Heaton looks good, and in the right area, but I think I may go for something like Witham; having looked at some more pictures of it, and on Google maps, I really like the look of that, and the station in the plan could even have been based on it. For some reason,...