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As part of the Winchester railway modellers Redbridge Wharf layout I have made extensive use of Arduinos to control servos and pretty much everything else. They communicate with each other through an I2C bus which is natively supported by the board. The only extra circuitry we have had to add is usi...

Should be no problem with rail alignment as long as you use decent baseboard assignment dowels. The cheaper bullet shaped jobs are good enough. You might want to think about where you have the loco wash. Probably don't want it on the headshunt/neck as every move send to need a move through it. Cheer...

Yes, motor, sound and lighting.

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Dave

Personally I would always build the baseboards in sections that are small enough to be moved out. I have seen too many layouts where for whatever reason the layout has had to be removed and the only approach was to take an axe to it as it had been built in situ and as a permanent fixture.

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Dave

Nice work bufferstop. You are certainly getting good results from your printer. What is it by the way?

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Dave

P.S. there are some clues as to how to create leafsprings in the book. It's not as difficult as it looks.

A very useful site for transfer paper to make homemade transfers. Most folk tend to use it for larger boxy transfers, but with a little bit of practice it can be quite effective for other things; all the lining and lettering was printed off on transfer paper here: http://i1273.photobucket.com/album...

They are a reputable model shop and I haven't heard anyone having problems. Contact them, I'm sure they will resolve any issues.

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Dave ( no connection just a satisfied local customer)

How high is the sky? IMHO you should have as tall as you can fit. Certainly taller than your tallest building. Of course practicalities can make this impossible. It also rather depends on what your layout objectives are and the viewers viewpoint. If you want to take photos of your layout then higher...

Certainly would be. The first photo shows it nice and clean and the second shows lots of ash around the area.

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Dave

...Froom: http://www.davidheyscollection.com/page21.htm ... That's another hour gone following links! :wink: interesting stuff and a nice compact shed layout if you leave out the sidings at the top. Looking at the photo further down the referenced page and thinking logically, the ash pit would almo...

Lots of interesting numbers but why would anyone want to know this level of detail. I would have thought it was largely irrelevant unless you are building a printer. Using a particular printer you only need the specs of that printer surely?

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Dave

No idea whether it is rivet perfect and I haven't even run it yet but I received 68005 today and it looks absolutely stunning!

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Dave

The Brittannias have traction tyres on the loco. Not had a problem with them yet which is more than can be said for the Chinese electrics in the tender! Repaired twice by Dapol and now completely removed by me!

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Dave

Admittedly super glue will stick almost anything to anything but it could be that you are using too much glue. You need the merest smear of glue as super glue will not stick to itself! Might not be the right glue for the job. I would be looking at using an epoxy glue myself. I would probably solder ...

Thanks for the compliments. There's always room for more models based on Water Orton. The range of stock and traction in that 1992 video almost make me want to do it all again! Almost!

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Dave