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

[Andrew P]

7 hours ago, Barnaby said:

Love the Vids Andy, some great exposure for the Ace 2 Dcc control unit.  I think the flexibility to swap locos and generally manage things is excellent with it I'm well chuffed and dieseled with mine. 

I've been test running my Fowler and class 20 and altering the various functions and naming them what great fun. 

?QUESTION?  Andy do you know if it is possible to assign a different Function number to the 5 buttons on the handset eg can I make handset button 1 think it is actually function 6?  I know I can take control back from the handset onto the panel and have all the 28 function keys available but to be able to change what the handset 5 buttons can select would be good.

Anyway some great modelling happening here Andy.

Best

Morning Barnaby, I'm afraid not a clue about changing button functions, best to have a word with ACE.

Sorry mate.

[Donw]

8 hours ago, Barnaby said:

Love the Vids Andy, some great exposure for the Ace 2 Dcc control unit.  I think the flexibility to swap locos and generally manage things is excellent with it I'm well chuffed and dieseled with mine. 

I've been test running my Fowler and class 20 and altering the various functions and naming them what great fun. 

?QUESTION?  Andy do you know if it is possible to assign a different Function number to the 5 buttons on the handset eg can I make handset button 1 think it is actually function 6?  I know I can take control back from the handset onto the panel and have all the 28 function keys available but to be able to change what the handset 5 buttons can select would be good.

Anyway some great modelling happening here Andy.

Best

I suspect that reassigning buttons is something done at decoder level. So you can have different decoder reacting differently to the same Funnction no.  So you could change all the decoders ( ok if you only have a small fleet) . Still worth discussing it with Ace as you couldn't change visiting locos so easily.

 

Don

[Barnaby]

Yes Gents I think you are right I need to fire off an email to Ace.

You never know my dream of just tag F9 on the main panel and say go to Handset button 1 might be allowed.   Don I probably be too much of a scare-dy cat to start messing with the decoder settings.

 

Thanks

[Andrew P]

I did gleam some new inspiration from this lovely O Gauge Layout based on a South London location / Hither Green area at the Stafford Show yesterday, as well as the Locos you see on the Layout, there must have been over 18 or so on the table behind. All had Sound and some had smoke as well. the Layout is only 19ft x 2.5ft and so with a little trimming of the Allotment I could fit this into TOPS, haha. I wouldn't like to be the one carrying the Box of Locos out to the Car,  Unfortunately my photo of the ARC Class 59 didn't come out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2019 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

With the 47 away currently stabled in Hazel Grove Shed awaiting movement to North Wales, and the 25/3 currently sitting in North Wales waiting to be moved to Seven Mills via Hazel Grove, the question is,

 

COULD I?        

 

[MarshLane]

Nice line up Andy!  Been progressing my coach project the past couple of days, but starting to look forward to getting on with the Depot track so I can replicate such scenes myself

 

Presume you've still work to do on the Lima 33?  Your aware I presume that Heljan are doing another 33 run this year?  Im still being tempted by the Deltic rerun ... despite the faults - but in my mind im hoping Accurascale might just upgrade their OO gauge one, the CADs of which look amazing!

 

Rich

[Andrew P]

Not started on the 33 yet Rich, but I do have all the bits now. The Sound is fitted but a Jintyman Speaker will replace the current Bass Reflex job, and I have the Cab interiors, Flush Glazing, Buffer detailing including Oleo's and new Bogie Side Frames.

I might make a start next week, I have done one before but not with Sound, cab interior or buffers.

 

I will be having a Blue Heljan 33 when it comes out I hope. 

[Anotheran]

It was good to catch up with you on Saturday at the Stafford show Andy. I almost didn't though as it was a lot harder to find a grey haired man in the crowd than I thought it would be

 

Explaining to my daughter who you were brought up an interesting conversation...

Me: "One thing Andy is very good at is making trains look dirty."

Daughter: "Why does he do that?"

Me: "Because in real life trains are dirty and the models from the shop are clean so he makes them look like real life."

Daughter: "Why do I need to clean my room then if it's not real life?"

 

I changed the subject to sound...

[Andrew P]

11 minutes ago, Anotheran said:

It was good to catch up with you on Saturday at the Stafford show Andy. I almost didn't though as it was a lot harder to find a grey haired man in the crowd than I thought it would be

 

Explaining to my daughter who you were brought up an interesting conversation...

Me: "One thing Andy is very good at is making trains look dirty."

Daughter: "Why does he do that?"

Me: "Because in real life trains are dirty and the models from the shop are clean so he makes them look like real life."

Daughter: "Why do I need to clean my room then if it's not real life?"

 

I changed the subject to sound...

Always good to have a catch up Neil, I do like her thinking and just read that out to the good Lady, no comment, haha.

 

Also there weren't many there without Grey Hair, other than your good self, it's that type of hobby, Grey or NONE.

[MarshLane]

52 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Also there weren't many there without Grey Hair, other than your good self, it's that type of hobby, Grey or NONE.

 

I am in the latter category .. although I maintain I wasn't before I started railway modelling!!!!

[georgeT]

On 03/02/2019 at 13:41, Andrew P said:

With the 47 away currently stabled in Hazel Grove Shed awaiting movement to North Wales, and the 25/3 currently sitting in North Wales waiting to be moved to Seven Mills via Hazel Grove, the question is,

 

COULD I?        

 

 

Thought for a moment you were going for a depot layout ?????

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, georgeT said:

 

Thought for a moment you were going for a depot layout ?????

Not this week mate, hahaha

[Andrew P]

So a little work on some new purchases from the Stafford Show last Saturday.

 

Worked on the Skytrex Station Shelter, and the Invertrains Signal Cabin. It's supposed to be on a Brick Base, but the Steps and rails supplied are not big enough, so it's going as Platform mounted.

 

Both started off clean and as new, but are now heavily weathered as the Station hasn't been used for Passenger Trains for many years, but the Box is still used two days a week for the Scrap Yard working.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2019 by Andrew P
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[Andrew P]

Home early from Club this evening, so the Level Crossing is now fitted, plus a bit of fencing.

 

 

 

 

[Mulgabill]

15 hours ago, Andrew P said:

So a little work on some new purchases from the Stafford Show last Saturday.

 

Worked on the Skytrex Station Shelter, and the Invertrains Signal Cabin. It's supposed to be on a Brick Base, but the Steps and rails supplied are not big enough, so it's going as Platform mounted.

 

Both started off clean and as new, but are now heavily weathered as the Station hasn't been used for Passenger Trains for many years, but the Box is still used two days a week for the Scrap Yard working.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking good Andy.

 

But might I suggest the cabin would benefit from being raised on 2 or 3 rows of bricks.

So its not sat, rotting, on the platform surface.

 

 

[Andrew P]

8 minutes ago, Mulgabill said:

Looking good Andy.

 

But might I suggest the cabin would benefit from being raised on 2 or 3 rows of bricks.

So its not sat, rotting, on the platform surface.

 

 

Hi Tony, I agree, and as I said, it came with a Brick Base, but was to high, (about an inch),  and so I might take a saw to the Resin Base when next in TOPS, and see how it looks.

 

Cheers.

[Rowsley17D]

4 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Hi Tony, I agree, and as I said, it came with a Brick Base, but was to high, (about an inch),  and so I might take a saw to the Resin Base when next in TOPS, and see how it looks.

 

Cheers.

 

Do it outside on the workmate, Andy. Resin dust is not good for you.

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, Rowsley17D said:

 

Do it outside on the workmate, Andy. Resin dust is not good for you.

Good advice, Thanks Jonathan.

[Jintyman]

I'll just leave this here if I may.........................................

 

 

 

 

 

Jinty

[Andrew P]

1 minute ago, Jintyman said:

I'll just leave this here if I may.........................................

 

 

 

 

 

Jinty

Oooooooo that looks good in this TEASER photo mate.

 

QUESTION, =  have you done the rest of it as well? haha

[Jintyman]

1 minute ago, Andrew P said:

Oooooooo that looks good in this TEASER photo mate.

 

QUESTION, =  have you done the rest of it as well? haha

 

 

It's on my WB

 

Jinty

[Mulgabill]

It's alright Andy, he's still got the other half , on his workbench!!!!!

 

(This bit does look good though).

 

 

[georgeT]

Here's some pictures of your Class 25  that David (Jintyman) bought along last night all weathered by the guvnor' himself, with some other goodies for me, 25285 looks great posing in the electric sunshine of Grundy Street...

[Andrew P]

32 minutes ago, georgeT said:

Here's some pictures of your Class 25  that David (Jintyman) bought along last night all weathered by the guvnor' himself, with some other goodies for me, 25285 looks great posing in the electric sunshine of Grundy Street...

Wowser mate, thanks for posting the pics, he has done a stunning job on this one, I have a lot to live up to when I do mine, haha.

[Andrew P]

A very busy morning sorting out some of Mums stuff for the Charity Shop etc and doing Tip Runs.

 

Once home and after a coffee I had an hour in TOPS, and re cut the Brick Base for the Signal Cabin, (Cheers Tony / Mulbagill) for the prompt.