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Flangeway announce new 7mm RTR Independent Snowplough
PaulRhB replied to Richard Barnett's topic in Flangeway / Footplate
Cheers Richard I asked on the stand at Basingstoke and it was passing Singapore or something according to the lady chatting to me so glad it’s making good progress still 🚢 -
I don’t find it simple 😆 I had a right battle with learning DCC but I wanted certain things from it. A lot of it is unnecessarily complicated in its literature or indeed total lack of it. I still find bits of it frustrating and rely heavily on the net to find answers. I get the time learning things when it could be spent on getting stuff done.
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To be honest that’s mostly down to much of the writing and enthusing being for things many people simply don’t need. The pursuit of every bell and whistle masks that it’s actually quite good at some very simple things too. I don’t need to worry about section switches at a show as I just put them all to on. It’s surprising what a difference that makes to reducing tiredness especially on my modular layouts that would need multiple switches for cab control. The second advantage to me is control of sound, which took a lot of research to find the whys and wherefores, and I just want the automatic chuffs, a whistle and flange squeal plus I like having a separate brake which makes it much more like actually driving a real loco. I simply don’t use announcements, spirax valves, seagulls, door slams etc so probably 60% of the sounds on most chips are redundant on mine 😆 I get people selling the merits of automation etc and they simply don’t get I don’t want to automate things I just want to run, (shhh play 😉 ), trains. I think the only thing I’ve really embraced as an extra is route control of multiple points as I find that reduces thinking and tiredness like section switches. If it provides an advantage you can use the simple end of DCC otherwise if you’re happy with dc’s abilities then keep going! 😀
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Yes overly techy information confuses us mere mortals but when broken down into manageable bits it’s actually quite simple in the wiring. My mantra is wire for DC, but with isolated frogs / crossings on electrofrog points, and then just swap the controller. It is but sometimes we can do a lot of the things with dc as Rob’s shunting layouts ably demonstrate. Finding what works for you is the key. I find DCC is an advantage for sound and for the ‘big’ modular ideas I’m building. I’m also still building and running stuff on DC at home as I just can’t afford to DCC everything in one go. Certain items it’s really not worth it as they’ll never get sound or runner a show but I’ll enjoy playing at home.
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HSB in the Süd Harz HOm - Braunlage to Walkenried.
PaulRhB replied to PaulRhB's topic in German Railways
Hi Dan, amazingly that’s two shows in a month that fall on weekends off! 😀 So yes pencil it in and I’ll send you my email in a private message. Cheers Paul -
April/May was the last update I had and that might slip due to the shipping chaos now.
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Yep they were there on many layouts but quite small type only about an inch tall. What I found most disturbing today was the cake stand filled with a model railway on the BRM stand and Phil standing around not making sure there was ACTUAL CAKE! You’re slipping Mr Parker😁 Thoroughly enjoyed my day, could have done with the sign for the shuttle bus stop being visible at the top of the steps as we left as it was down hidden, as was the queue, at the bottom of the steps completely out of sight as you exited 😉 The whole point is to save our aching feet by being lazy and using the bus not hunting for it 😝 Good selection of layouts if a bit light on current day, I only found two, but plenty of variety to keep me entertained and the folks on Newchapel Jn just never stop running do they?!? 👍 The HST was genius, Mad but fun! Favourite of the show 😀 lovely modelling, well operated and thanks for the info.
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How do I find out how much space I need for OO gauge layout of Salisbury.
PaulRhB replied to Peak's topic in Layout topics
Having drawn Kings X in 009 I think I’ll sit on the stones in my greenhouse 😝 -
How do I find out how much space I need for OO gauge layout of Salisbury.
PaulRhB replied to Peak's topic in Layout topics
In todays terms platform 2 and three just fit ten 70ft coaches so 2800mm or 9.2ft platform 4 takes 12 70ft coaches so 3360mm or 11ft -
How do I find out how much space I need for OO gauge layout of Salisbury.
PaulRhB replied to Peak's topic in Layout topics
I’d start with Google maps and something like side by side maps, https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.0&lat=51.06890&lon=-1.80580&layers=168&right=BingHyb Print out a scale drawing or draw it up on lining paper then figure out what you can compress. I do have a large scale drawing somewhere but it only covers the railway with no outside the fence detail. I can photograph it if I can find it. -
Neil’s freight stock :)
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That didn’t work very well as the traction tyres on the locos made using the railers a bit unreliable. It’s only a temp fy until I build the yard anyway.
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Yes that worked for us in HO following the RSTower standards and why I just adapted it for 009 👍 Superb and exactly what we found that it’s less daunting to get involved.