Highclere - 2mm Finescale

I like the way you say 'squeeze in a bit of chassis building ' and then come up with something stunning.

Don

Yes, understatement Missy One again inspirational work.<br>Tom<br>

And who said the skill is going out of the hobby? Top engineering B)

Good to hear you're now sorted on the job front Missy and to see that your amazing modelling has not lost out completely

That little chassis is very impressive! B) B)

Thank you guys

 

Its taken quite a bit of time so far, especially the little 'tweaks' you do to get the thing running smoothly, I have spent some time today rebuilding part of it as I wasnt totally happy with how it run but its now next to me on my table running VERY well !! The aim is to get it finished by the end of the easter break....

 

M.

Hi Missy, stunning work as always, and at lightning speed!

 

I can understand the time taken in the little 'tweaks' - my 02 is still being an absolute pain to get to run smoothly!

 

Andy

On the servo subject I read on someone else's blog about trouble with the MERG servo board- he said there was a fault on a batch of them, he got a solution off the MERG forum. I believe he returned his and they replaced them FOC as it was a production fault.

Chassis is another min work of art.

Hi folks

 

I can understand the time taken in the little 'tweaks' - my 02 is still being an absolute pain to get to run smoothly!

Andy

 

I think it was Edward Sizzling who once said to me that he always buys 2 of each kit as the second one is always better than the first attempt. Some dont have the oppertunity to do that but its a wise comment as inevitably the first attempt will need 'tweaking' to get it right. I have ended up rebuilding this chassis to some degree as I wasnt happy with the first attempt and now always assume that when I build something for the first time it will need rework to some degree. The secret I think is to accept this and not get disheartened by it but 'learn by your mistakes'. The record for me so far is the 42xx where I am now on chassis number 4 (and its still not 100% right!)

 

On the servo subject I read on someone else's blog about trouble with the MERG servo board- he said there was a fault on a batch of them, he got a solution off the MERG forum. I believe he returned his and they replaced them FOC as it was a production fault.

 

Thanks for the tip-off but I am now thinking that the problem might be in the USB to Serial cable I have. From what I gather MERG have recently upgraded the servo controllers from SERVO4 to SEMA and SEMA4 (whatever that means!) which now means I cannot use my servo setting box anymore as its not able to program the chip. The only option now is to program them from a PC using thier software which is way more versitile (and includes optional signal 'bounce') but it does mean using a USB to serial converter cable (as most modern PCs dont have a serial port anymore). I bought the first one I came across on Ebay and didnt realise it had to be a 'null' cable so I dont know if the one I got is a null cable or not. Anyway, MERG Trevor has been very helpful (as MERG peeps are) plus I have now ordered a null cable too...

 

Missy

Hi Missy, What are the overall dimensions for this little loco as looking at the first posting with the ruler next to the milled PCB it looks about 4inches long? I am guessing that I am wrong as the times I have seen Nn3 it has been tiny!

Regards

Tom

Hi Tom

 

The loco (body) is a little under 35mm (1"3/8) long and 15mm (5/8") wide, the chassis is 31mm long. A good reference is that the axles on the chassis are 1mm in diameter.

 

Not quite 4 inches!

 

Missy