Took a break last night from the Deltics to do a bit more detailing on the red lorry for Summat, it was about time that the owner's name was added to the sides B)
I've added a sprinking of coal dust to the loadspace floor too
EDIT: looking at the photo there's room to add "UK" on the end as well, not sure how many traders in 1958 were keen to say they were a UK company but hey ho!
Tonight I have to pack up Summat Colliery ready for the trip down south for Wycrail on Saturday, so no time left for futher fiddling - frankly I'm getting ready to pack it away under the desk and get on with some other modelling. It's the last outing until the Mansfield show next year - I could do with a few more bookings, so if you have a space to fill .......
So, hope to see loads of you at Wycrail, there's a lot of new detail etc on the layout since Member's Day and the Derby show, not le
Popped in to my local purveyor of all things electronic (been using them for 30 odd years!) and bought a 2.5mm mono plug and matching screened metal cased socket. Soldered the plug to the end of the bulb wires and drilled a 7mm hole in the baseboard. Glued the socket in said hole and connected wires to the 18v DC bus and hey presto
Also bought a new right angled speaker plug - I use these to connect the DCC signal from the controller to the baseboard(s) - This one has screw connections
I bought a load of long leaded 6v bulbs at the Derby Show this year and last night I started to add a few to the layout. I made some 3mm holes in the back panels of the "Bus Garage" and poked the bulbs through. Then followed a good hour playing around with combinations of series/parallel wiring to get the level of illumination right.
I ended up with using 5 in series which with the 18-19v laptop PSU voltage available gives a nice warm glow to the building.
Not permanently wired up yet, will ha
Well, in less than an hour we have this ....
Shame that Major Clanger (Wizard Models) only has four or so left of these servo kits left, even I managed to get it up and running
Two years ago I started Summat Colliery - my first real attempt at a scenic layout and a portable exhibitable one at that
If you want to follow the path I took over the last two years, it's here on the old forum, but this blog will show what happens next and give details of shows etc that it is booked to attend.
I've added a Exhibition Diary block which will detail shows that Summat Colliery will be attending
