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lapford34102

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Hi,

 

Although St Jude still has a couple more shows to go to I had more or less decided it was time to retire it. However it was invited back to a local show where it had been shown a couple of times before. Going back a third time seemed to me to be a bit much for the paying public so I declined but had not really considered a replacement. That was until I found all sorts of useful stuff in the builders skip at work. MDF sheeting and timber in largish quantities. I asked if I could have some and was told to take what I wanted.

A 5' by 1' piece was framed up and I was away. In keeping with my eco-friendly side the track came out of a box of salvaged and unused stuff in the garage so it's becoming something of a recycling effort.

 

 

DrewryLane1.jpg

 

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The track is code 100 Peco with electrofrog points. The plan is all my own and any similarity between any trackplan, prototypical or model, is purely coincidental. I can cock things up quite well on my own thank you!.

The fiddle yard (!) is off to the right. It'll be fine for an 08/04/03/Pannier/0-4-2 and a few wagons with something larger putting in the occasional appearance. While the trackplan is pure tosh the idea is based on somewhere that did exist. One important thing I do hope to get from doing this is trying out some techniques I haven't used before such as using cheap Maplins switches to both physically change the points and do the frog polarity. So far I've been impressed with this. However if it all goes runny then I haven't lost much. It'll be DCC by the way. The name is a bit of a skit on such worthies as Napier Road and Deltic Avenue though I doubt it'll be anything like those.

Cheers

Stu

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Hi Stu

 

It looks very workable, unlike many small shunting layouts it has a runround loop. I look forward to seeing it finished, especially if to the high standard of St Jude.

 

Tea Boy

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I had always wondered what the books and articles meant by "points are operated by dpdt switches" so that last shot is really useful cheers.

 

Any chance of of seeing how you connect them up underneath? or a how to in the guides section (when you have the time)

 

regards

 

Steve

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This is not the most elegant way to do this but it works.

Rodding.jpg

Brass wire with a rough omega loop in it to take up any slack in the system held in place by some old cipboard joiners which had been cut in half and had a slot for the wire cut in them. They're screwed in close to the point mechanism.

I looks rough but works well. Hope this gives you an idea of how things work.

Stu

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