Had a mammoth 9 hour session today.
Legs were constructed, final wiring tweaks and faults sorted - still some minor tweaking required and the top loop needs to be done but for now we have two running loops and a fully operational shuttle.
Fiddle yard needed some major tweaks before it would work
Resolved the problem with the shuttle signal but then found a problem with the green LED so I'll replace it during the next session
We were testing on a slope - n
I decided that I wanted my own, bespoke control panel to work the new layout and that it should compliment it in its appearance.
I wanted to keep the wiring to a minimum and use dpdt switches to work the points, one side of the switch to work the points and the other to work the indicators on the control panel. I'm very grateful to rmweb member martin_wynne for his post regarding the use of these and individual capacitors - I used this method on the old layout and it was very successful. Hav
The layout needs to be finished by October so many hours have gone into getting the layout ready.
By the end of June, scenery has mostly been finished and the front boards powered for the first time.
No prizes for spotting that this isn't a Dublo item, it's Bachmann that I've converted to 3 rail running, as newer stock is more temperamental this makes the EPB a great test model, I know from the other layout that if the EPB runs ok, the rest of the stock will also run!
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I built a 3 rail layout on individual boards, primarily for personal use but it ended up being exhibited on several occasions.
It started showing its age, the boards began to warp and trains started to derail and uncouple, so my brother suggested we build a new, smaller layout and add some scenery.
We started work in March 2014.
The previous layout, at 16ft by 10ft was a bit of a monster and I wanted a layout where I could operate it and observe the entire layout from one position.
