P.C.M Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Time for an update. Last night I powered up the 3 point motors and all seemed to work fine, power feeds have been soldered to the track and I have also started to build a traverser. My original plan was to have part of one board and another smaller board to hold the traverser, but this started to give me some worries on how it would actually work and at the end of the day was only saving myself 2 ft. I have now started to build a new 4ft board for the traverser and replaced the cut out section on the main board and relay some track. I have also replaced the cut away sleepers removed from improving the Peco points. Cheers Peter. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hi Peter, Looking good. The Peco point upgrade makes all the difference to the look of the trackwork. There is a product available that is laser cut and drops into the crossing vee to reduce the wheel drop with Peco points and makes running smoother. I think it was shown on Two Tone Green's thread 'St Davids' in the 7mm section a little while ago. Quite in-expensive for such a marked improvement. Keep up the good work, that 45 looks great by the way!!! Jinty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The Point improvement is well worth the effort Peter, I have done the same on Pen Y Bont, by cutting out the 3 sleepers completely and replacing them with 3 from flexi Track, but had to remove 3 chairs from the curved rail. All coming along nicely mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hi Peter, Looking good. The Peco point upgrade makes all the difference to the look of the trackwork. There is a product available that is laser cut and drops into the crossing vee to reduce the wheel drop with Peco points and makes running smoother. I think it was shown on Two Tone Green's thread 'St Davids' in the 7mm section a little while ago. Quite in-expensive for such a marked improvement. Keep up the good work, that 45 looks great by the way!!! Jinty Thanks Jinty. I was never happy with the out of the box point so removed as much as I could, I did manage to stuff one up though I couldn't get it working well after trying to fix it an expensive mistake as it cost me a new point. Hence the painted sleepers from the old point being used to replace the gaps. I had a quick look at St Davids but didn't see the point mod, I did drop some plasticard in the frog of the point i buggered up as I did notice my Grampus wagon dropped into the frog a bit. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 The Point improvement is well worth the effort Peter, I have done the same on Pen Y Bont, by cutting out the 3 sleepers completely and replacing them with 3 from flexi Track, but had to remove 3 chairs from the curved rail. All coming along nicely mate. Thanks Andy, I have been following your progress. I did notice your point mod I might try that way next time. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 I powered up the track tonight, I had to change the wires over to get the frog to work, but apart from that everything was live and using an old DC controller I moved the Peak up and down. I do have a clicking Tortoise motor though any thoughts on what it might be or is it about to fail on me. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Hello PCM. Here is the video for the drop stop. There are two threads running for layouts called St Davids. Possibly you looked at the 4mm one. Mine is 7mm. Edited April 10, 2018 by two tone green 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Hello PCM. Here is the video for the drop stop. There are two threads running for layouts called St Davids. Possibly you looked at the 4mm one. Mine is 7mm. Thanks two tone, Thats a great little gadget I will look into getting some of those. It was your thread I was looking at I am sure you have some very nice stock I really like your Std 4 tank. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Hello Peter. The 4MT was a bargain buy a few years ago at the O gauge Carmarthen show in mint condition but needed painting which was do for me by the superb guy Conrad Cooper. If you have any problems getting hold of the drop stops let me know and a carefully placed boot will motivate the laser operator and they should then be on their way to you. Edited April 11, 2018 by two tone green 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hello Peter. The 4MT was a bargain buy a few years ago at the O gauge Carmarthen show in mint condition but needed painting which was do for me by the superb guy Conrad Cooper. If you have any problems getting hold of the drop stops let me know and a carefully placed boot will motivate the laser operator and they should then be on their way to you. I am not sure I will be picking up any O gauge bargains here in Oz. I would be very tempted if a 4 MT turned up here. I will message via facebook about the drop stops this weekend so will keep you posted. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hi Pete. I will let Steve know you will be trying to contact him. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Are these available anywhere online to purchase? I used to make my own using strips of styrene or card, but this would be far more convenient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Are these available anywhere online to purchase? I used to make my own using strips of styrene or card, but this would be far more convenient. Hi Martin, They are by Parliamentary Trains you will find them on Facebook. I messaged them last night. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 I made some progress on the traverser board today and although it was raining a bit today i took the chance to set up all the boards. Cheers Peter. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 After a bit of wire swapping to get the frogs the right way round and one point switch. I had loco's running on the two main boards. Cheers Peter. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Cheers Peter. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi Peter, Looks good. Nice smooth running. Remind me is it DCC or DC? What does your traverser slide on? Is it the timber frame? Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi Peter, Looks good. Nice smooth running. Remind me is it DCC or DC? What does your traverser slide on? Is it the timber frame? Mark Thanks Mark, It's DC at the moment but once I get some decoders it will be DCC. The traverser slides on draw runners I bought from Bunnings. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 7mm stock looking superb Peter! Looking forward to future updates. Kind regards, Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 7mm stock looking superb Peter! Looking forward to future updates. Kind regards, Will Thanks Will, Still plenty to do though working on the layout will slow down now as working on it outside will get harder due to the days getting shorter and colder. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Not much happening with the 7mm at the moment but a friend is interested in how I have done the traverser so I will post up a few pics here although it's not finished yet. I have the track to put down but I am going to paint it first. A few new items of stock have arrived recently too, thanks to the Hattons sale. I had wanted a few Dogfish and Catfish so was well please to be able to get a few. I think I might paint one of the Dogfish in the Dutch livery if I can get the hopper off. Cheers Peter. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 A nice start there Peter, they look the business mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 A nice start there Peter, they look the business mate. Thanks Andy, I really like the Dogfish and Catfish they are a great looking model. The OAA sits a bit high so I will remove the springs and also paint the befferbeams and buffers black I don't remember seeing any with red buffers. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Thanks Andy, I really like the Dogfish and Catfish they are a great looking model. The OAA sits a bit high so I will remove the springs and also paint the befferbeams and buffers black I don't remember seeing any with red buffers. Cheers Peter. Yes I did wonder about the Buffers, but at least that's not a big job. All the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Well it been a while since any updates and to be honest nothing much is happening at the moment as I am working on my 4mm stock. But I have made a start on my Heljan OAA. I thought the chain that comes with the model looked to big so I have added some smaller chain from the spares box. I am also after a favour. I need some C&L fishplates part number 7FP101A. The C&L website isn't really set up for overseas ordering. I can pay via paypal if anyone can help. Thanks Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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