Madeira Meadows

[Northroader]

I can just make out what your other two showcases are, any chance of a pic of each, please?

[riscosuser]

Those are not mine. There is an article on Dave & Shirley Rowe in this months BRM.

 

Did take pictures though.

 

 

Hope these are OK.

[Andy Y]

[Guest ShildonShunter]

Great video along with some really great modelling skills and all running to the sound of the magic roundabout. Thanks for sharing such a nice display.

[Gypsy]

Love it! Thanks for sharing

[shortliner]

As a lover of the great mans wonderfully whimsical designs - "Thank you" - It proves that the British "sense of the ridiculous" humour still exists!   Far Twittering and Oyster Perch for ever!  Simply Wonderful.

[riscosuser]

Bit of a gap as I've not been too well.

 

I've completed two crates to mount the PWM controller inside. I'm looking to tidy and finish it this week.

 

Will post some more pictures.

[riscosuser]

Been asked a few times off forum about the size of the Pulse Width Modulation module used in this project.

 

So before it's cased, here is a picture with a 50P and the Li-ion batteries with the added current control.

[Guest ShildonShunter]

Will be looking forward to seeing the finished project and pleased you are feeling a little better.

[riscosuser]

I had wondered how to disguise the control.

So I built two custom crates from coffee stirrers

I've now fitted the PWM board into the bottom crate, the second will sit on top.

 

To disguise the charging socket I've fitted the reclaimed socket inside a milk churn.

 

The picture shows the parts.

 

[riscosuser]

I think the rear centre can be considered mostly finished.

 

The picture shows the crates housing the PWM control and the socket inside the milk churn.

 

 

 

[riscosuser]

Getting quite close now, I have done the signs. I've pretty much decided not to fit a gas lamp in (It was going to be on the corner with the fencing).

 

Wondering whether to fit the owl and dome in?

 

The tree at the back of the station had an owl in the original Emett drawing.

 

Only place really is to make an Emett style platform / crows nest on top of bare tree (That is used as a handle).

 

Any thoughts appriciated.

 

 

 

 

 

[riscosuser]

Given up trying to find a genuine 6" high cake box everyone ordered over the internet was 5". So have now submitted with a picture of it sat inside one of the 5" boxes & additional cereal packet!

 

 

 

[riscosuser]

I am taking  Maderia Meadows & Smokey Mountain / Soggy Bottom for the "Emett" corner at the 7mmNGA Bradford meet this Saturday.

 

Also taking The Bunny Mine cakebox along as well.

[riscosuser]

A little video of both cakeboxes running;

 

 

On the bunny mine info the Arduino uno board on the left. (I'm going to use the smaller Arduino nano. The 1.5A H-bridge to the right.

 

 

 

 

 

[Northroader]

Pictures of the one off to the left, pretty please, kind sir???

Edited November 12, 2018 by Northroader

[riscosuser]

Pictures of the one off to the left, pretty please, kind sir???

One on the day, I'm about 75% of the way through restoring it. Sorry, there is a bit of motion blur.

 

 

 

Here it is in a 100% unrestored condition.

 

 

It will be at the "Off the rails Event" on the 17th November along with both cakeboxes and Abbotts yard.

[Northroader]

Thanks for that, I think cakeboxes are all very well, and congratulations on what you did, as weren’t you the only person to attempt ones that moved? but something just a bit bigger is more interesting, so hope you can do updates on what you’re doing there (hint, hint)

[riscosuser]

On 22/01/2018 at 12:25, outcastjack said:

I think, this is fantastic, a real challenge to get something of that gauge top run nicely with a >20% difference in distance at the outside rail vs the inside one.

 

Will you be trying to use normal stock or building something special to suit?

Thought it worth an update. Not had much modeling time this last year.

However Madeira Meadows has now run for over 100 hours at various shows.

Flange wear has not been insignificant despite graphiting the track.

I'm intending building a fresh loco, possibly the steam taxi, just for Madeira. Thoughts include off-set axles and using smaller wheels on the inside.

Also worth noting it ran all day at the Bradford 7mmNGA members open day last November. I took it out of the box the following week at "off the rails" realising it had been left switched on. It then ran all day without being recharged!

 

Both Madeira Meadows and Bunny Mine will be at the 7mmNga show at Morecambe this coming Saturday 22nd Feb.