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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Peco 3 way point.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 67
Re: Peco 3 way point.
Whether centenary has one of those locos or not, do let us know the why. I'm guessing it's the gears on the back of the wheels on the Ringfield bogie. Ive always been amazed that they haven't caused me a problem running through code 75 points.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Joining Track...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 121
Re: Joining Track...
Slitting disks being thin and rigid will shatter under undue stress. If you use one of the smaller rotary tools, I use a 12V Expo, they don't shatter with much force, plus you can get them into tighter spaces than a Dremel. I still use an eye shield, just in case. I prefer using a cutting disk to tr...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: Railway Rules Which May Not Make Sense To Modellers...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 132
Re: Railway Rules Which May Not Make Sense To Modellers...
Eh? My information is that a loco with a max speed of 85 or less can run light at 60 mph, and 90 or more can go 75 mph This would seem to be a more likely limit on the loco, assuming the line speed was high enough. It accords with my own observations of Thunderbirds called in to action on the WCML....
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Llwyndrissi Halt.
- Replies: 541
- Views: 82337
Re: Llwyndrissi Halt.
I don't know. if the coupling has a name, but you'll find it on all sorts of (small) construction equipment. I think the three slots are to allow for the coupling eye being at a vertical angle to the slot. Making the slot taller would allow coupling but introduce additional play. You only have to lo...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: arboretum valley
- Replies: 279
- Views: 30496
Re: arboretum valley
Before anyone points to the photo of the mast and wires and says "I see no sag". The same photo actually shows the components of the tensioning system. Just where the wires pass the corner of the block of flats you can see the turnbuckle and insulator. Follow the wire to the pole and you'l...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: arboretum valley
- Replies: 279
- Views: 30496
Re: arboretum valley
A thought, while I agree full wiring is just a disaster waiting to happen the odd post stay wire would add something. Scale wise they are several times thicker than the actual telephone wires, so more obvious. Added to a slightly leaning post ? Geoff T. Wasn't this where we started many years ago G...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Planning
- Topic: Planning: Lessons Ive learnt
- Replies: 11
- Views: 262
Re: Planning: Lessons Ive learnt
Running DCC on a layout wired with switched blocks whether or not they are configured for cab control isn't complicated - you simply turn on all of the switches and leave them on unless there is a fault:- In which case you switch them all off and bring them back one by one until the fault returns. T...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Llwyndrissi Halt.
- Replies: 541
- Views: 82337
Re: Llwyndrissi Halt.
Those 60s H&Ms are virtually unburstable I have one that does duty as a speed controlled power source for an Expo drill. If you want to use them with more modern motors disable the half-wave/variwave controls, they don't like the lumpy current that it produces!
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: Electrical & Electronics
- Topic: Connecting the thin wire on lighting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 188
Re: Connecting the thin wire on lighting
For very thin plastic insulated wire touch the wire against the back of your soldering iron, the insulation will soften and pull back. Fold a piece of sandpaper over the wire and slide it in and out of the pinch to clean the copper. Helps because there's no force involved.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Which modern-ish locos have coreless?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 299
Re: Which modern-ish locos have coreless?
Thanks for the link. I'm sure that won't be the only case of motor changing one way or the other. Coreless seem to cost a little more but I would have thought not enough to sway a manufacturers decision. If a coreless had been used to fit a very small body their might not be enough clearance to swap...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street on a 1914/1919 theme
- Replies: 566
- Views: 85392
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street on a 1914/1919 theme
Do those clockwork locos have all plastic wheels, provided the flanges go through flangeways they'll run on anything. It's probably easier to injection mold a thin flange than it is to diecast one. How old are they? Anything produced in the last couple of decades would almost certainly have a cheapo...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: 220th anniversary of passenger trains
- Replies: 11
- Views: 119
Re: 220th anniversary of passenger trains
An old tactic goes along with, not issuing any tickets to show the line is uneconomic. We have a shuttle that runs to Leamington to meet up with Chiltern's services to London. When it was approaching time for the franchises to be re awarded the guards either hid in the rear cab or made excuses like ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:13 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: 00 scale lorries
- Replies: 156
- Views: 62066
Re: 00 scale lorries
Wonderful paint jobs, I think a lot of us would like a "how to" on your painting techniques.
John W
John W
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Which modern-ish locos have coreless?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 299
Re: Which modern-ish locos have coreless?
I've long pondered on how to tell the difference, the only conclusion I've come to is that in most cases coreless are very slim for their output, and cylindrical. Cored types are fatter and usually have flattened sides. I can definitely say battery toothbrushes are based on extremely small coreless ...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Welcome / Terms And Conditions / Guest Book
- Topic: All users Please Read *********************
- Replies: 7
- Views: 454
Re: All users Please Read *********************
The security question is pretty ineffective as it can't cope with variations on the answer. An AI filter would be better but that's not an available option yet.