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Bristol Barrow Road - DCC Wiring

barrowroad

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It is a while ago since I did any wiring on the layout when the UP and DOWN main lines were partially completed and wired with their own BUS bars and droppers.

I decided it was time to get on with some more wiring and started making more droppers out of 1/0.6 wire, these being soldered onto double ended tags which can the be fixed to the underside of the boards.

Over 200 of these were made up in preparation for the task. The single core wire is easier to push through the 1.3mm holes drilled through the baseboard and do not fall back out onto the floor.

 

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The photo shows the remaining droppers after installation.

 

All my hand built trackwork has been prepared for wiring using Palatine Models rail droppers which are fixed to the bottom of track rivits during assembly. I also choose to solder them to the rivit to add extra strength before assembling track. These rail droppers can been seen in some of the following photos.

 

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This photo shows part of the UP and DOWN main line track BUS

 

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Droppers prior to trimming to size and soldering to the rail droppers.

The eagle eyed will notice Days Road Bridge in the background waiting until the new sceniv board is made befor e it can be positioned on the layout.

 

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The underside of the Coaling tower board showing the array of droppers with their double ended tags before fixing.

 

Next task is to strip out some cable to prepare some more BUS bars.

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Michael Delamar

Very nice.

 

Could you tell me more about your ash and inspection pits? Its something im doing on my layout at the moment. It looks like you've used peco ones in some areas? Regauged?

Ive also got one across a baseboard join like yours, they are cut out now just awaiting track laying in EM gauge.

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barrowroad

Hi Michael,

 

I have a number of different styles of pit on the layout. All those in the roundhouse are made up from 2mm MDF which has laser cut brickwork on the walls. These were done for me by Chris Dening now of 3DCD. I requested a large set on pieces sufficent for the outside pits as well but as some are concrete additions I reversed the MDF to make these.

The sides are either laser cut brick or plain NDF to represent the concrete. Bases are also laser cut brick with a drainage channel down one side. The top surround on the outside pits is made from 60thou plasticard [ maybe 40thou - I need to measure to confirm ]. The ash disposal pits are made from similar material but the top section is made from scratchbuilt brass panels - see previous blog http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/116/entry-5141-bristol-barrow-road-ash-disposal-pits-update/

 

Hope this helps

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