Hi,

Not much of a entry I'm afraid

As some of you may know Hythe Parkway is currently featured in the current issue (September 2010) of Railway Modeller. [plug mode on] It now on sale [plug mode off]

(In my best monty python voice) Now for something completely different!:

We have made 3 out of the 4 points to work, this is using a manual system instead of point motors.

This works by a dowel going from the point and the baseboard edge with a knob on the end with a wire going through the dowel and protruding through the point. It works rather like the wire in tube system. It took over a week of experiment to get the right combination of size and strengh of wire to make it work. Eventually we found a suitable wire in Glasshouse repair springs.

The forth point is difficult to do because it is at angle to the edge of the board instead of parrallel to edge.

Next job to do is wire it up!

Comments welcome

Simon