Seven Mills Sidings, from TOPS to the POD, Page 169 and Bench Road, Stabling and Fuelling Point from Page 245

[Andrew P]

47199 and 08173 sit in the centre road at Seven Mills.

[georgeT]

Really do love that 47, the weathering is spot on, you will have to sell it to me ? 

PS,  Also enjoyed our Zoom meeting last night with Mark, lan and myself nice to talk to you all face to face.

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, georgeT said:

Really do love that 47, the weathering is spot on, you will have to sell it to me ? 

PS,  Also enjoyed our Zoom meeting last night with Mark, lan and myself nice to talk to you all face to face.

Yeah, last night was very good, just like a club night without a Sh1tty Chairman thinking he is God.  It was good to see what you and Mark had been up to on your respective Work Benches.

[Andrew P]

Ratty Rat 25054 leads a short Rake of OAA's out of Seven Mills Sidings towards Dore End Yard.

[Ray H]

That's certainly not the (Class 2) passenger train that the displayed reporting number implies it is! I think the driver needs a few words in his shell like!

 

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, Ray H said:

That's certainly not the (Class 2) passenger train that the displayed reporting number implies it is! I think the driver needs a few words in his shell like!

 

Oh, Is that what it means?  I thought it meant the Driver wished he was 30 again, Oh 2 B 30.

[pwr]

Fully air braked wagon load  trains always look odd to me without a brake van even though as we know they are not required!

 

Paul R

[brushman47544]

2 hours ago, Ray H said:

That's certainly not the (Class 2) passenger train that the displayed reporting number implies it is! I think the driver needs a few words in his shell like!

 

 

Now that would be a great DCC function... select headcode.

[Andrew P]

Bench Road Office.

[Mol_PMB]

17 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

 

Now that would be a great DCC function... select headcode.

I did once look at using white 7-segment displays driven by a DCC function decoder to allow the reporting number to be changed on an O gauge class 25. The letter was more difficult.

These days when small high-resolution screens are commonplace on phones etc, it would be quite a feasible project to display anything on the headcode. It would probably need a separate bunch of electronics but that's what the big bodyshells of O gauge diesels are ideal for. Maybe you could send the required headcode as a text or whatsapp to your loco and it would display it until you sent another one?

I hasten to say that achieving this is way beyond my knowledge of electronics but I'm sure it's possible!

[Mol_PMB]

Maybe something like this?

 

https://www.crystalfontz.com/product/cfal6448a066bw-64x48-small-graphic-oled

 

With some software behind it, you could have the numbers scrolling up and down as the 'driver' wound the handles. And a randomised feature that they would sometimes wind the wrong way and get all the way to the end before he realised.

 

Ideal for DMU destination blinds too?

Edited January 22, 2021 by Mol_PMB
more ideas fizzing away

[Andrew P]

I forgot  to post these pics at Lunch time due to dashing out for an eye test, but here's the result of this mornings efforts, adding some more paint to the river bed, then some PVA, and finally some stones / rocks and flockage / tradmark @Alister_G.

Just need to wait a few days now for the PVA to dry clear.

 

 

[Bogie]

Almost as exciting as watching paint dry.

[Andrew P]

9 hours ago, Bogie said:

Almost as exciting as watching paint dry.

Yes your right, it will seem like its taking for ever. That's why I need other areas to work on as well. or just sit and play the old Guitar or do some painting, haha.

Edited January 23, 2021 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

An original and a cropped version of a nice pair of Tractors, 37206 in the foreground and 37183 hiding behind.

 

[Andrew P]

Just been out for a quick look at the River Axe before coffee and its drying better and quicker than I thought it would.

 

[Andrew P]

And so time for another coat of PVA, this time diluted a little and some more varied flock dropped in to add colour and weeds to the River bed.

 

[georgeT]

Stream  /river looks very good Bodger, well done very realistic..

[Andrew P]

13 minutes ago, georgeT said:

Stream  /river looks very good Bodger, well done very realistic..

Thanks George, a few more coats to give it depth so you see through it for the weeds etc. and it should look O.K.

[Andrew P]

33012 Ready to depart from the Loop.

[Andrew P]

An cropped version of the one above.

 

[Andrew P]

The River Axe is drying well after yesterdays soaking, so tomorrow it should be ready for another coat of PVA.

 

[Andrew P]

I've had an excellent morning doing another Video, but this time, one with a difference, and it should be posted up later I hope.

[Andrew P]

Sunday, and Bench Road is full again.

[Andrew P]

Hopefully my Static Grass and Foliage should arrive from Hattons tomorrow so a start can he made on the Old Fuelling Points and re do those as Sidings.