Well the next couple of weeks will see a concerted effort to get a load of things done and finished in time for a rather well publicised show in the Coventry area.....yes that one!

One thing to get sorted recently is the Faller road vehicles, a recent project has seen a Base Toys Bristol BRS wagon married to a Faller truck chassis, fairly easy to do by fitting the cab and altering the box van body to a Luton type with an over cab bit, with a bit of careful sawing this was done without having to resort to a repaint.

One thing that's always 'bugged me' is the speed of the Faller chassis, I did have a chat and was given a sheet explaining how to slow them down with Paul Derrick and Paul Windle at the York show, however being a bit thick where electronics are concerned I'm afraid it was straight over my head.....

So I thought I'd take the approach Andy Ross (Headingly Depot) kindly explained to me, that of substituting the 3v (?) Faller battery for a 1.5v AAA one, well easily done and by using a battery holder fitted into the original battery space in the Faller chassis easily altered back should I ever need to.

A quick test run proved that it runs considerably slower. as they'll only be run intermittently battery life etc is not an issue and having a set of rechargeable AAAs to hand means that if anything it's easier than using the fixed Faller battery.

I'll need to put some form of railing up as the Faller vehicles turn 90 degrees on the layout and if they lose the guide they'll be heading 4ft straight down.

I'm sure much fun will ensue on their first outing at the Ricoh Arena, fortunately there is no interference with the cyclist so that's one thing less to worry about!

Quick pic and test video.......