Churchill Halt now has a working GWR level crossing.....
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It has taken me a while to get this model to work and look right. I hope this has been achieved.
It was important to dig in the two gate mechanisms and then to lay the track.
The servo`s worked well once I had callibrated them to be in crossing gate mode. However, I had not realised that first you needed to cancel out the bouncing signal mode and so although this short video
looks reasonable, both gate hinge mechanisms broke when the servo flicked back into signal mode and slammed the gates agains the posts !!!!!!
This mayhem did, however, lead me to completely redesign the hinges and make simple shock absorbing joints below baseboard.
The blob of fluid is sweat from my brow !!!!!!!
I guess one comment would be `dont use heavy white metal crossing gates in 7mm ` having said that, these Springside models crossing gates are an accurate GWR representation and it is a pity that a pedestrian side gate is not included.
Studying the one picture of Sarsden Halt crossing that I have you can just make out those charactristic bars of `kissing gates` so I have had a go at representing these as accurately as I can.
The white metal gate is from the Duncanmodels range.
Obviously, everything awaits painting and ballasting in.....................
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