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with the layout paused for an evening the devil made work for idle paws my D49/1 has had the ringfield motor removed and a CD motor fitted, and to my astonishment it works http://www.aleopardstail.com/IMG_3056.JPG http://www.aleopardstail.com/IMG_3056.JPG http://www.aleopardstail.com/IMG_3057.JPG ht...

its something at least, long term maintainability remains to be seen though the ability to strip sections should help (and when the upper deck finally is added that will be its own lift off sub frames) little bit more tonight, a sheet of ply deck added and the cross bracing for the board "D&quo...

More progress, last night was one of those evenings where a fair bit got done, without it looking like much firstly the alcove got its third and final coat of paint, which is nice, this can now do what masonry paint does and yellow nicely, eventually will add some shelving but for now its done. then...

A Wrenn 08 is one of the BNR's longest serving locos and also one of the best performers on the gradients :) . Wrenn08.JPG I have one and it is lovely! A fair bit of weight to them too! They are one of the most durably build models I have ever come across! I heard that two of these had been perform...

Sounds wonderful, mind you having worked on 1:1 scale railways for a number of years there are quite a few individuals I would gladly glue to platforms. including one or two who worked for job centres - signed on IIRC twice, last time I was between jobs I simply didn't bother and made my own arrange...

Example control schematic, this for board "E", which has a left hand double junction http://www.aleopardstail.com/Board%20E%20electrical.png http://www.aleopardstail.com/Board%20E%20electrical.png Board E has three electrical blocks, one for the inner circuit (blue) and one for the outer (...

I assume an ESP32 is a DCC booster? Am a bit behind the times now on DCC as I have gone back to DC about a decade ago. (Or is it a point control module?) ahh yes, my bad, get so used to this stuff. ESP-32 is a microcontroller, like an Arduino with go faster stripes, but critically is has easy to us...

That looks great! (Think we could start our own sawmill! :D ). hopefully will be re-assembled in about two weeks, with the rest of the stuff it needs to be dismantled to complete done and can get on with aligning all the track beds. waiting pay day before ordering the track for the first phase whic...

Agree on the price of wood, I mean you have to accept it doesn't grow on trees no.. hang on.. not thinking about the cost of government crisis causing this of I will be here all day. progress! another coat of paint on the wall, didn't want to leave it at just that though, Board H has gained the fina...

Certainly a lot of work going on there with a fair amount of wood. Must have cost a fortune! Worth it though. It is looking good! probably close to £250 on wood so far (excluding the wood cladding), getting there. was going to be adding a bit more today but discovered the decommissioned boiler woul...

Bit more today, two more wiring boards added, the cross bracing added on one and a half boards (doing more means dismantling it all), the bracing for the wiring boards on another three (more terminal strips on order) and the all important strips to carry the deck level across the board joins added f...

the lack of fundamental spares is I suspect down to the move to online box shifters..................... Reading that made me think back and I realised that it is now 40yrs since I moved into computing as opposed to electronics and communications. That's when I discovered that I'd been protected by...

More actual progress trip to Wickes this morning (day off work playing taxi in the early hours, stopped on my way home) now have the timber I hope to actually complete the lower level, decking & bracing. first job, add an electrical panel to board "E" (the first one to be worked on) an...

have found the look on the faces of younger when "don't touch" becomes "touch, but be careful" is excellent and they pick it all up so fast, grandson here visited with parents, the one not a relative was "oh gods he will be so bored, whats he going to do?" (aged 5), oth...

Started work on the wiring, already noticed the boards need (slightly) adapting to allow the inter-board 6 way jumpers to fit. base plates for the jumpers added, some ply needs removing below them. three of the board jumpers made, 10" wire lengths to hang between the boards from plug & sock...