RMweb Premium ColinK Posted November 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2019 Go on, build some more. Make a superb layout even better. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 After the WiFi issue at Warley I decided to introduce the same redundancy, that the wired throttles give the operation, to the points if I was to lose WiFi between the tablets used as Control panels and the command station. Fortunately the tablets held up under the assault this time The cobalts have the contacts for push switches so I’ve wired up 27 and mounted them in some 3mm mdf. Now I just need to drill some holes along the back in line with each point so they will be recessed out of the way but easily available if needed. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 Working on the basis that if my large digits fit I made a series of 16mm holes and there’s now a line of these along the back of the layout! And 27 pairs of red wire snaking their way to the contacts on the cobalts Prepping it all takes longer than the installation. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 I know just the person you really require to test them! I didn't notice at Warley but doyou also have track diagrams with turnout numbers on the back of the layout? We have the diagrams just in case the touch screen gives us grief so that the throttles can be used to change thetturnouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 There are laminated diagrams with turnout numbers in the box but I they aren't permanently fixed as they would then make it too busy as I already have the Magent locations, Whistle boards and loco identification sheets on the back Basically if the tablet fails the laminated diagram replaces them on the small tables I use behind the layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glo41f Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Paul I think this is a marvellous layout and for me it totally evokes the Harz region and those marvellous trains. I was not able ti get to Warley but I wonder where you might be taking it next year so I can watch it and be transported back to happy days spent on the system. Thank you and very well done sir. Martin Long 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 Nothing currently booked for the whole layout in 20 but should be at Wimborne in March 21 and provisional invites for 22 & 23. I’ll post any confirmations in the first post of the thread. Had a load of interest at Warley but that doesn’t always translate into invites 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross34 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Can't believe I've only just caught up with this thread.. what a great layout! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2019 Just picked this up for £20 incl. post via eBay. Nice selection of pictures and eras of the whole system including a few of the Süd Harz and quite a few new to me, and I’ve got a pretty comprehensive collection now. It also includes a dvd from the end of the DR period, incl SG steam at Gernrode, which has some excellent photography so even without any German it’s well worth it. Highly recommended. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2019 Was it the only copy they had Paul? If not, could you pm the link please. With 'Blackmoor (gate)' now under construction my Harz layout will be the next one at some point in 2020. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 minute ago, roundhouse said: Was it the only copy they had Paul? If not, could you pm the link please. With 'Blackmoor (gate)' now under construction my Harz layout will be the next one at some point in 2020. Already emailed it to you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2019 Dvd is obviously done right at the transition as the Brocken is included at the end with Russian troops still there and tourist trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2019 Have you seen the two volumes of 'Harzer Schmalspur-Spezialitäten', by Otto Kurbjuweit? Paperback, large format, well-illustrated, with quite a bit on the Süd Harz, as well as the Harz itself, and some standard gauge. About £13 each, and available via Amazon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2019 Oh yes, had volume 1 when it first appeared and then vol 2 and the revised copy of it last year If you want a superb book on the modern HSB then this is simply stunning for photography 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 31, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2019 Found another book on eBay, £20-25 mostly it seems but I found one for £15 incl post! good general overview of the surviving NG lines with a little bit of historical content too. Second photo of contents page 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 31, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2019 Hope you are running some witches specials tonight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 31, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2019 Hope you are running some witches specials tonight? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 31, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2019 That’s the end of April isn’t it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2019 Yes witches late April. remember seeing the witched but didn't get any photos back in 2011. Plenty of steam though. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) https://www.tillig.com/dateien/Unternehmen/LogIn Fachhändler/Prospekte/2020/TILLIG-Schmalspur-Neuheiten-2020.pdf More wallet busting loveliness appropriate to your pic Ian So NWE 13 is 99 5903 which is still around and 5905 was NWE 14 but scrapped in 1975. Edited January 25, 2020 by PaulRhB 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 Over recent days I have been building a rather expensive laser-cut kit. It isn't quite Sud Harz - but is quite close by! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 Is this a decision then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: Is this a decision then? Well yes, and a bit awkward. The station layout that has been operable for the last 18 months is a three-through-road thing, and so will need expanding to be Eisfelder Talmühle. This chap has a range of Harz station and town structures, and more to come, so his brochure says. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 Do you have a link? Even if I resist Ian L needs corrupting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 Steinerne Renne Schierke (two versions) Drei Annen Hohne (Q4 2020) Straßberg Stiege (4Q 2020) Alexisbad (2Q 2021) Multiple town buildings for Wernigerode, including the Westerntor tor. And a couple of RhB items, too. www.die-modellbahnwerkstatt.de Not cheap at all, but if I can turn out such a fair model, so can anyone. Almost all of the kit is wood or card. Only window acetate and rainwater goods are plastic. That matters to some people. I only had to paint the rainwater goods. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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