paddock wood bay (in a boxfile)

They look great, the packaging looks lovely too - what an awesome product. The plug in bases are particularly neat

Very nice. Appearances can be deceptive, but still: You look at packaging like that (and the simple but well thought out webpage), and you know you are dealing with someone who puts an effort into what they do. Good stuff, and good to hear you've got some modelling in :-)

Hi Pete,

 

Some lovely signals there mate. Looking forward to seeing the pictures of them working.

 

Best regards,

 

Jeremy

Go on... switch them on. You know you want to!

 

I'm guessing that the PCB needs to be fixed up against the lower surface of the baseboard. Correct?

 

Regards, Andy

Thank you Pete for your wonderful comments, it's nice to know that all the time and effort that has gone into our packaging is being appriciated. It's hard to believe that we have only been in business 14 months now.

 

I think the height is looking perfect on them Pete, you made the right decision there. As a Driver for a well known Freight Operation Company I see many London stations with the reduced height signals due to visability issues, I believe you could base your layout on most Surburban stations and they still would fit the job.

 

Once again, very plased that you are happy with them.

 

Regards,

Matt

Also thank you to everyone who has commented on this post.

 

To answer your question D869 - Andy:

 

Go on... switch them on. You know you want to!

I'm guessing that the PCB needs to be fixed up against the lower surface of the baseboard. Correct?

Regards, Andy

 

On those particular signals there are 2 holes for screws at the ends of the PCBs which are used to screw up into the underside of the baseboard.

 

Usually the connector on the PCB is a lot longer and we supply extra connectors, like the ones featured above to allow fitting to thicker baseboards. But due to Pete using a box file he asked for the smallest connection as he was limited on space.

Nice to see the old Cockrobin Controls styling of the signal post, ladder and landing still surviving, although the head appears to have changed a bit!

Wow, neat stuff.  See what you mean about the packaging - it's no wonder we're all suckers when it comes to pretty boxes and clever branding like that.  Marketing isn't a complete waste of time then?  The thing about these signals is that they fully live up to what the box is promising, which is a refreshing change.  Must go and have a look at their prices because if they are that detailed in 2mm then I want one in 4mm.

 

Great to see you back in force again, Pete.

Its nice to see these signals continue to be available, as I always thought the Cockrobin/Roger Murray ones were the best on the market in this scale and it appears AA are continuing that trend. Top Stuff!

 

Tom.

Evening Pete

 

Ooooooh! They look nice   *

 

Nice packaging and top quality looking signals from AA.

 

Really good to see you posting again.

 

Cheers.

 

Mark

 

* Nigella  Sorry Signals!!!!

Usually the connector on the PCB is a lot longer and we supply extra connectors, like the ones featured above to allow fitting to thicker baseboards. But due to Pete using a box file he asked for the smallest connection as he was limited on space.

I like the use of IC sockets - very neat. I just wish I could find as simple an answer for semaphores.

 

Regards, Andy

Many thanks all for your comments.

 

Will try and get them juiced up this weekend...although its my Wedding Anniversary so need to tread carefully with my time ...what with Mark bringing Nigella into the conversation and all

These are very nice, and well done for finding some time to put to good use too! Apart from the signals, of which I will need to read up more about because they look very nice, the inspection saloon looks nice... whose is that?

Quite looking forward to seeing this complete in May Pete - no pressure eh   .... actually, you're doing far better for me; I just lost the tatty box I keep my mojo in... with it inside. Hey ho!

 

Oh... and Happy Anniversary!

 

Jon

something wrong with your trains   just cant put my finger on what it is though  

 

Great too see you back modelling even if your trains are the wrong  colour 

Many thanks Jon - I feel the pull of 2mm coming from your direction...having the adjacent place at the BHMRC exhibition gives me about 8 hours to try and get you to trade up your P4 wheels for 2mmFS ones as if!

 

But perhaps your layout aspirations might just fit better within a smaller space?

 

Thanks Nick - I was hoping Santa had bought you the BR blue colour correction lenses for your specs...

Thank you all for your very kind comments, if you would like to keep up to date with whats going on with our news and products we have recently launched our Facebook page, so please take a look and become a fan.

 

Matt

 

PS, can't wait to see them up and running on the layout Pete...