Andy Reichert Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I didn't notice a scissors Xing in the more recent posts. Is it commercial item? I maybe able to help you fix it. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Andy Reichert said: I didn't notice a scissors Xing in the more recent posts. Is it commercial item? I maybe able to help you fix it. Andy It's an Atlas job in the staging yard... the rail profile doesn't match Peco exactly (its a bit thicker) and it's just a bit lumpy. I've filed the flangeways a few times to no avail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) I'm quite pleased with how this scene is shaping up... Edited March 24, 2020 by Dr Gerbil-Fritters 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 This view is especially pleasing. I seem to use the camera for planning these days, as it shows me what's there and this prompts thoughts about how to make pleasing scenes. So, I need to complete the brewery/mill whatever, and extend the brick wall around the back to enclose the goods yard, with a nice set of closed gates. Some form of station building flat will also be constructed. Track weathering and ballasting of course. A ground signal or two... Next big project is to reconstruct the staging yard as it's currently not very efficient. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 The new sidings are in, wired up and tested. 088 did the honours. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 23 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: It's an Atlas job in the staging yard... the rail profile doesn't match Peco exactly (its a bit thicker) and it's just a bit lumpy. I've filed the flangeways a few times to no avail. I couldn't see from here if it is wired up or if there are any rail gaps. Were you having problems under power, or just hand propelling vehicles? I would expect the end frogs of the crossing to be switched and the side ones continuous solid metal. Such crossings can have dead spots otherwise due to the opposite frogs being so close together. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Electrically its fine... just all the wheels bump up and down. I've run a file through the flangeways to deepen them with no success. I might just rejig the yard to eliminate it altogether. Peco should bring out there own in the C83 range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 A bit of work in the shed, in an attempt to keep the black dog at bay - working from home is not to my taste... 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Some work done on the station walls. The approaches are shaping up ok. and a couple of new Ferts got #18 KDs fitted. Managing about an hour every other day at the moment. I've bought a LokProgrammer and chip tester, so I can do my own DCC sound work. A couple of other purchases that are - to be frank - seemingly rather random should show up in the next month or so. Let's just say, there's one more itch to be scratched. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 A bit more work on the station, after a 'normal work day' and an hour and a half walk around the neighbourhood... The roof is just loosely plonked in place at the moment, quite a bit more to do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Anyone got any spare all-blue CIGs, VEPs, HALs or a 4TC that needs a new home? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted June 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2020 They won’t feel at home until there’s some third rail down? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Should I plant some 3rd rail in order to encourage EMUs? Is that how it works? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted June 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: Should I plant some 3rd rail in order to encourage EMUs? Is that how it works? Y E S. Edited June 2, 2020 by Clive Mortimore 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 EMUs are a helluva price, for four coaches.... or even two... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 03/06/2020 at 09:53, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: EMUs are a helluva price, for four coaches.... or even two... Dear Dr G-F I have been watching a few on eBay ... there are some "bargains" to be had, usually from someone deciding to change region or even country (!) who wants to shift stock at reasonable prices. If I pick up a Bachmann Mk1 coach between £20-£25 I feel I've got a bargain, as my brain still can't quite handle £40-£50 for a single item of stock (a four coach Minories style train could cost between £160-£200 - good grief!). I've just unexpectedly won a Heljan Class 33 for just over £60 - Hornby Railroad Class 33s have higher starting prices, and I've even seen a couple of Lima models with heftier price tags! I guess patience and a bit of luck are the order of the day! And this message means I have managed to read your thread in its entirety, from ultra neat baseboard build through multiple track layout changes, UP to shortline, BLT to Irish railways! It's been a bumpy trip for a casual reader like myself, so can imagine it has been a real rollercoaster for you! However, we've not seen a trackplan since back on page 32 (of your short line depot) - any chance of one for your current set up? (You'll know from correspondence elsewhere that I am itching to see it!) Eight posts back you alluded to the black dog - the lock down should be allowing everyone to throw their energies into their hobbies, but the truth is that the disruption to daily life cycles, the background worries connected to the situation, and - to be honest - the over-saturation of news reporting as TV channels fill up empty programme slots by constantly repeating the same information means that many - myself included - find themselves feeling tired or simply unmotivated. And that's not even the people who have the virus! I should be emerging from this a far better musician, for example, finding the time to practice my instrument each day that I've not had since I was an undergraduate student! Or be improving my self taught piano skills. Or finishing my micro layout! Instead, I am either unable to sleep (check out the times of some of my posts!) or sleeping far too much, and in between am devoid of energy or motivation. In many respects, I've lost my mojo (full stop) not just my modelling mojo! Having read your thread though reminds me that getting something done is the best way to get something done! Thank you, Dr ... I'll be putting that into practice tonight! Steve S 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Steve, heres the signalling diagram which shows the track layout. There's one fewer siding now, as I took one out a few weeks ago. I also omitted the trap adjacent to platform 2. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 So much retaining wall still to build... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Messing about with retaining walls, and I also finally got round to reducing the height of the approach signals. I suspect the Wills walls will be the way to go (that's easy for you to say...) I simply cba to scratch build another 3 metres of bl00dy retaining walls 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Wills Walls... A long way to go.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 06/06/2020 at 16:49, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: I simply cba to scratch build another 3 metres of bl00dy retaining walls Took me a few seconds to work out that "cba" wasn't a spelling mistake... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Hello hello, Have you had much chance to do any operation on the layout? Our long and varied discussions of operating various shortlines comes back to me every time I think about designing a layout ! Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Hello Will, not much ops so far - the perennial coupler problem with stock. I've installed KDs on most things but they're all over the place really, and the floppy mounts don't help. I can manage about an hour at a time on it these days, and currently that's all taken up with sodding retaining walls. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Crikey, I see Beeching's been... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Not AGAIN...???!!!??? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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