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Have been watching this for a while, nice to see the approach when its "this thing has to earn its keep" not "this needs to be an exact replica"

ingenious solutions to some problems too, and done in a fun way

aleopardstail wrote: two bits of wood conspire to expand slightly differently The technical term for this is 'resistentialism', AKA the bloody-mindedness of inanimate objects. I now have a mission objective to get that into a formal report for my employer and see if anyone notices. I have previousl...

found on Leopard Street when I put the removed board back in it took a while to fine tune the alignment - both side to side and vertically. not helped by the join being on a curve. its working now but what worked initially wasn't quite good enough. I know there are all sorts of fancy devices to alig...

All looking very good. If it happens, the relocation to the garage would make an epic thread in itself. :) beauty of that would be there is a water supply, which means a sink is possible, and a kettle... also that would not be a "needs to come apart" layout which would simplify things sig...

Mountain wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 9:20 pm Though I am only balancing the bodies in place to show the basic look of the waggons...

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you really have nailed the look, and I think in the true spirit of a typical narrow gauge mineral line, i.e. "nice, now do it for half that cost"

thankfully this is the "forever home" as neither of us want to move, bit more work to be done. e.g. this year saw a new roof, the loft will get boarded probably next year, pure storage though as the size isn't that good. next year is doors & windows.. then a bathroom, then a.. you get ...

The gradients look just right as you have the space. main one should be 1:50 incline to the station, rising 5" in total when the rest is added (3" for trains then a bit more for point servos), the secondary one is close to 1:80. due to incompetence part of the first one is closer to 1:25 ...

Your railway is really coming along nicely! Those Hornby coaches are actually nice and run wrll as I used to have a rake myself. (They can be found surprizingly cheap as well, and are very under-rated for the lovely things they are!) I've got a second rake of four of them, and nine of the non-corri...

Photo update! gradient tracks now largely laid, or as far as the board allows. board C is done, board B nearly done (needs some glue to cure and track bed to be painted to continue) and round as far as board A. all droppers in, not wired up yet, all joins soldered and cut through IMG_3234.JPG IMG_32...

like a clear desk accumulates clutter "free time" accumulates distractions

They look very good, and in the end the 3' test is really all that matters. Cameras are cruel, the human eye a lot more forgiving

little bit more time today, hooked up a second 5v supply - its powering relay coils and the servo motors - common DC ground to the main 5V. this has resolved the power out booting problem! the supply is a low power one, will be replaced by better with a "power" 5V bus added, job done. slig...

4th video up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUeE6jLZWxs

fitting the servo motors and 3d printed brackets, nothing too innovative here, ends with the A1 & Q6 running though

sad news, a glass to be raised, thoughts with your family my friend whom I never met

I only once went into a Games Workshop store and I was actually mightily impressed by the staff and the way they made me feel welcome. I didn't think it was my thing but I was still impressed. (I was a bit lost with the rules of the game though they tried to explain it to me). But the figures thems...