RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: I found it easiest to tackle one wire at a time, say the black wire from point number one all the way back to the power source, then the same wire on point number two and so on. I taped each wire under the board to keep it tidy until everything was wired and tested. Doing it in stages like that means you can walk away for a while and not forget what you were doing. It's also handy to say to yourself, I'll get wire X done and have a break. Being able to see progress in the rats nest is encouraging! That does sound like a sensible way of going about it. Talking of a rat's nest - you've clearly had a look under my baseboards! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 It doesn't have to be complicated. This is the underside of one of my boards. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, MrWolf said: It doesn't have to be complicated. This is the underside of one of my boards. Don't worry I'll be able to make it complicated! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Most of the red and black cables there are jumper cables for the insulfrog points and continuity feeds for the track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 If you don't have one, get a multimeter with a continuity function. It's far easier if you can test each wire as you go... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 I refuse to post a photo of underneath my baseboards; it's too embarrassing. I really must tidy it all up. In fact, I should do that before I start on the point motors. Notice how I've managed to kick the point motor task into the long grass again? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, Nick C said: If you don't have one, get a multimeter with a continuity function. It's far easier if you can test each wire as you go... Good call Nick. I already have one, and it's proved very useful. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Also a long length of wire with a crocodile clip on each end, for when you can't reach the other end of the wire you're testing... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Thanks again, another useful tip. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, Nick C said: Also a long length of wire with a crocodile clip on each end, for when you can't reach the other end of the wire you're testing... Or one of these, I've had mine since my Apprenticeship in 1965, and still does the job today. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-633597-Circuit-Tester-12/dp/B000LFVPQC/ref=asc_df_B000LFVPQC/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309893255017&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16427341996186440729&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007203&hvtargid=pla-378921491724&psc=1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) As threatened, a couple of snaps of the (almost) finished goods shed plonked in place on the layout. Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 31 minutes ago, Graham T said: I refuse to post a photo of underneath my baseboards; it's too embarrassing. Can’t be any worse than mine… …..DCC two wires!! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, Graham T said: As threatened, a couple of snaps of the (almost) finished goods shed plonked in place on the layout. For something ‘plonked on’ it looks just right! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 39 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Can’t be any worse than mine… …..DCC two wires!! Makes me think of work... This is one of my patch cabinets: OK, so it's a bit neater... Al. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) At least you're not having to decipher the circuitry from one of The Dead Sea Scrolls! Edited September 22, 2021 by MrWolf 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 11 hours ago, chuffinghell said: For something ‘plonked on’ it looks just right! Thanks Chris. Not finished yet of course, but then what ever is on a layout? I'll add the doors once it's been bedded in, and also some handrails next to the office steps. I'm thinking that I might make a start on building the cattle dock next, and then I could start filling in some of the groundwork between that and the goods shed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Alister_G said: Makes me think of work... This is one of my patch cabinets: OK, so it's a bit neater... Al. All I can say is - eek... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 10 hours ago, MrWolf said: At least you're not having to decipher the circuitry from one of The Dead Sea Scrolls! I thought I saw an omega loop in there, but then I realised that it's all Greek to me... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) Early morning at Chuffnell R, and things are just beginning to stir... Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Edward Posted September 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Graham T said: Early morning at Chuffnell R, and things are just beginning to stir... I very much like the way you created a sense of space on the layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 Thank you! I will try not to fill it all up; no more track to go in anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) I spent a pleasant hour after lunch weathering the ballast (anything to avoid wiring point motors...) There's a before shot first, showing the light grey ballast. After a few test runs on the goods yard, where the ballast will almost all be getting covered with Das anyway, I weathered the rest using dilute sleeper grime, and then added black to the mix for the track along the platform. Looking at an aerial photo of Lambourn the ballast there looked a lot darker than the rest. I darkened the end of the two tracks next to the terminus buffers too, as per @Alister_G's suggestion. I've also left some areas without any weathering, as if they've been recently re-ballasted. I think I might leave the main running line from beyond the station approach out to the fiddle yard untreated as well. Anyone got thoughts on that? I still need to do the track on the bay platform. Not quite sure what to do with that; make it as dark as the main platform? Part of that problem is I'm still not quite sure why they bay exists, and so don't know what traffic would have used it mostly! Now I must get back to work! Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 The eagle-eyed might notice that I also repositioned the ground levers, after following the discussion about them over at Warren Branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Graham T said: The eagle-eyed might notice that I also repositioned the ground levers, after following the discussion about them over at Warren Branch. I only have one ground lever. I hadn't actually installed it yet, but the direction that I had in mind for installation was of course, the wrong one... Thanks to the Warren Branch Conference, I now know better! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2021 I find those 50/50 decisions go the wrong way far more often than you'd expect... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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