Andrew P Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Poor Andy P. gets confused by mid afternoon if he doesn't get his sleep and forgets a train passing Bala in the 80's would get rather wet before reaching Blaenau. As for steam specials up the Conway Valley, someone told me there wasn't much happening this year. I'd just woken up, haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Bala = 4 letters !!! Blaenau = 7 ....... Peters keep up lad are you daydreaming ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Bala = 4 letters !!! Blaenau = 7 ....... Peters keep up lad are you daydreaming ?? Yeah, dreaming of a Barn full of O Gauge, haha Now where was I? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Yeah, dreaming of a Barn full of O Gauge, haha Now where was I? Better than a barn full of Gay Joe's.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I went AWOL for three hours and what's all the activity on Pen Y Bont about! Gauge changes? Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 I went AWOL for three hours and what's all the activity on Pen Y Bont about! Gauge changes? Paul No, No, No Paul, O may one day take over in TOPS, but not for some time yet. Go back to sleep mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 No, No, No Paul, O may one day take over in TOPS, but not for some time yet. Go back to sleep mate. Your definition of some time is ten times faster than everybody else's proper time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Your definition of some time is ten times faster than everybody else's proper time. Until the Clocks go back an Hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Until the Clocks go back an Hour. And only when there is an 'R' in the month!!! Jinty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Just had a Text from DPD, Tower delivery due between 12.02 and 13.02, how's that for a timed delivery then! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Just had a Text from DPD, Tower delivery due between 12.02 and 13.02, how's that for a timed delivery then! My DPD delivery the other day (also from Tower Models) arrived exactly at 12:02. I thought the driver was early but he wasn't, he had been running early and waited outside until the time window arrived. Compare that to Amazon who tell you that the parcel will arrive between 6:00 and 22:00! I think Tower Models use DPD Local which is run as a different company from DPD (at the moment, anyway). But I had a Post Office special delivery this morning at 7:30 - beat that! Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) 09-30am and the first delivery from Wizard via Royal Mail, ordered yesterday pm. Whoops, sorry about that. Edited April 12, 2018 by Andrew P 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) And at 12-02 the DPD Delivery from Tower. GWR Benches. Milk Churns. Loco Crew for the 64XX and Autocoach and a Porter with Broom 2 X Sets of Lamps. 2 X Sets of Passengers for the Autocoach and B Set. A pair of standing Passengers for the Platform. The Yard Crane. Starter Signal. the one for the Level Crossing end would have been removed. And finally a Lionheart / Dapol 16T Mineral that is on special offer, although I have a Parkside one, it has a fixed Coal Load so this one will have a magnetic removable load. ALL the pics were taken in the normal way so I don't know why they went sideways. Edited April 12, 2018 by Andrew P 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Wow, just like Christmas morning. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Wow, just like Christmas morning. John Funny you should say that, it's what I thought as well, hahah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Plenty of things to get on with mate love the loco crew... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Plenty of things to get on with mate love the loco crew... Cheers George, The Guard is the one recommended as the Driver for the Autocoach, I didn't realises they stood up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold aselley Posted April 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12, 2018 We all love it when the postman brings us presents. Looks like it's full steam ahead on the project...maybe a busy weekend for you? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) We all love it when the postman brings us presents. Looks like it's full steam ahead on the project...maybe a busy weekend for you? Thanks Anthony, many of the bits won't be needed for some time yet, but as they were all bits that would be needed eventually, so I decided to get them all in one go and save on postage. Edited April 13, 2018 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Nice collection of odds and ends. That should keep you quiet for.......well a day or two at least! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) Peter BB PM'd me asking about how I modify the Peco Points, so here's some pics and a brief explination. The first thing to say is that it doesn't matter if your DC or DCC, as all your doing is ensuring electrical continuity without relying on the switch blade touching the Stock Rail. So I put a small piece of wire over the Fish Plate that joins the rails, it isn't neat, but once weathered and ballasted it will hardly show. Next I bond the Switch Rails to the Stock Rails, and also use this as a Track Feed. Next I attach a wire to the Frog Feed, this will go to either switch or Point Motor, in my case it's going to the Traintronic TT300 Point Motor. Lastly break away the small wires under the Frog, I don't break them off entirely, in case I want to re instate them at some time. Don't forget to ensure you have Insulated Fish Plates on the V Rails from the Frog. I also Modify the Point Switch to improve the appearance. Then lay the Point. Edited April 13, 2018 by Andrew P 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Nice collection of odds and ends. That should keep you quiet for.......well a day or two at least! Cheers Kevin, a few Months I would hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I have to say modifying that point looks a lot easier than 4mm size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 I have to say modifying that point looks a lot easier than 4mm size. It is, have you ordered an Autocoach, 64XX and 45XX yet? hahahha 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) Just ordered my 45XX, due an a few Months hopefully. Edited April 13, 2018 by Andrew P 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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