[Peco Setrack and Railmatch weathering]

I might be overthinking/worrying about nothing but while searching for suggestions on track cleaners I found a topic about Track Magic making Setrack brittle (being a solvent).

 

This then got me thinking about the track weathering I wanted to do and would the paint cause any issues, looking at using Sleeper Grime Enamel Aerosol Railmatch-1406.

Has anyone ever had any issues with Peco Setrack and painting/weathering and the sleepers going brittle?

[Arduino servo control for signals.]

How many signals would you want to have on servos? 

I've been working on a servo controller system using an Arduino Uno and some other components but it's geared more towards controlling many rather than a few. 

 

 

[Arduino Interference - Sporadic Operation]

Do you have a link to the code or instructions for your setup?

The Nano will have built in pull up resistors which can be enabled within the code.

[British N Gauge Railway Modelling (issue No.4)]

Ordered my copy 

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16 hours ago, DavidCBroad said:

This might be more achievable, one up one down and one bi directional platform, like Carlisle had at some points in history, red crossovers would make operation simpler and reduce conflicts between movements.

 

I like the left bit, is a lot simpler than I came up with 
 

A double crossover would have been nice but I'm limited by setrack with it's angles.

The left bit on the grey is somewhat temporary so we've got a layout we can run until another one is done and they can be joined.
Tweaked it to get 4  lines from the fiddle yard.

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You're not wrong  I was just throwing some ideas about and as it's on a non scenic part wouldn't have to look pretty.

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31 minutes ago, AndrueC said:

Agreed. I have a 4-6-2 locomotive that is only 'rated' for R2 and above but she will happily negotiate a single turnout. She is not so happy with two back to back however.

 

I would also advise against trying to access across the the full width of the board. My board is 2.1 x 1.5 metres and I found accessing my central section to be awkward and tiring. There is a big difference between 'I can reach it' and 'I can stand there for ten minutes fiddling with another *censored* fishplate'.

 

I like the layout. It's neat and packs a lot of interest in. The only thing I'd change (and it's strictly personal) are the dead-end sidings. I have two staging yards where I keep my rolling stock. They work but mean that in order to 'just have a play for half an hour' I have to first carefully reverse a train out onto the mainline. It doesn't take long but I've noticed that it detracts slightly from the experience. My next layout is going to be ready to run. I still have (larger) staging areas but they are double ended so all I'll have to do is set the turnouts and hit the Go! button

 

Thanks, I forgot to mention some ambitious future plans so it currently looks like there's more sidings.
It will require making some custom turnouts but I'd like to join the 4 lines on the lower left to complete the loop and diverge off to another future layout.

 

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On 24/05/2021 at 19:15, ITG said:

Is it, as seems, almost a metre wide? Not easy to reach across, either when building or accessing for derailments etc. Not impossible but could make life difficult.

Overall layout? Depends what you wish to achieve . As it stands, it looks like a train set assembled from set track. Nothing wrong if the user wishes to “play trains “ but if you wish to get close to prototypical operation, then features such as facing crossovers might need rethinking. Actually, there is a lot of crossovers.

What are the sidings for? Carriage storage? Goods? 

re points, are these to be electrically operated? If so, you have some directly over a batten , which may limit under board motors.

 

I'm hoping access wont be to hard. The right side will be where the bedroom door opens too so I'll be able to get more access behind from that side.

 

I've used setrack for ease (and we were given a load of points already) to get a workable layout going.
This one is for a friend who's more interested in being able to run trains than things looking prototypical.

 

Sidings are just to add a bit of variety, unlikely he'll want to do any shunting but they'll provide some space for some abandoned wagons 

 

I'm thinking of using 63mm x 38mm timber with 9mm Ply.
If it's glued and screwed I don't think the Ply will sag.

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52 minutes ago, Aire Head said:

What period and region are you planning on modelling or is it just to run trains?

 

no wrong answer it just changes what feedback could be given 

 

This one is for a friend so he can run trains, mostly modern era, no particular region.

He's got a GWR Azuma and waiting on the LNER Azuma too  plus a steam loco and coaches to represent a heritage tour. 

The plan is to have a J shaped layout with another one using code 55 that will join to this. 

 

27 minutes ago, Kris said:

Those points look like set track points. If you do use these be aware that there are quite a few locos (mainly steam outline) that are not designed to run on track that is less than 2nd radius. Set track points are 1st radius. The latest mk2 coaches area also designed for 2nd radius and above. These will not go round 1str radius curves without modification.  

 

I did try to avoid the setrack points but they do allow a bit more in the space available. 

I've got 3rd and 4th radius at the ends apart from the curved points due to them being 2nd/3rd.

 

We tried the new Azuma and it seems to navigate them OK on a little test track. A steam loco we tried would derail running tender first though.

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Hi All,

 

Apart from dabbling in a bit of T Gauge I've not had a layout for nearly 20 years but as a bedroom is becoming free I'm wanting to get back into modelling.
This time I'll be going for N Gauge having previously done OO.

 

I've been using AnyRail to get a plan going and just looking for feedback/thoughts and if there's any potential issues I might have missed.

 

 

The baseboard sizes are a bit odd but leaves room for expansion later.

 

Thanks,
Alex.