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  1. Sooo, today's successes: 4 more class 156 interiors painted. Today's failures: Still not managed to get the lights to work on my 155, nor have I found a suitable coupling that's not too long or short. Re-layed and painted some track, but no track rubber to clean and test it. Also spilt paint whilst doing it. Started painting a class 110 interior, the matt paint dried patchy and glossy. Burnt fingers on soldering iron. Fried a decoder AND an LED/lighting circuit. ...

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      Sounds like bad day from the start my mate.

    2. JDW

      JDW

      Haha, not quite, in theory all I needed to do was run a wire between cars to connect the lights. The micro connectors proved too fidddly, "I'll just install a spare decoder", I thought... Sounded like a ten minute job. As for the couplers, I've tried various ones, which seem too long or too close to negotiate reverse curves,...

  2. Counting his losses... currently 2x class 153, 3x class 156, Bachmann RTC 47, Lima Dyna-Drive 66, some wagons, 3-car Northern 158 with repainted centre car, a LoadHaul class 122, all currently underwater... Will any survive to run another day? At least most of my stock is safe and dry.

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    2. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      :( that sucks - sorry to hear that
    3. class"66"

      class"66"

      sorry to here this my mate..

    4. JDW

      JDW

      I hope they'll dry out, the decoders can be replaced, and hopefully the motor can be replaced in the Dyna-Drive one, that would be a big shame to lose, most of the rest can be replaced, and at least it was only our holiday home, the main layout is safe! Thanks for the kind comments though :-)

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