RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2016 I've had similar problems with Dapol wagons, I have a couple that I don't run ever as they derail on the points entering my station, although not every time but enough to make me not want to run them. I have a lot of issues with the coupling pockets drooping as well. If there is any truth in Thomas's 'troublesome trucks' then Dapol seem to have been able to replicate it. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 oh yes couplings drooping and the hooks coming off really easily, I've lost loads of hooks! Alas, Dapol seem to be the only company that produce a good amount of Southern region wagons either themselves or through commissions, I think my layout must be almost 70% Simply Southern wagons :') Ash seems to have gone quiet on the modelling market lately, which is a shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2016 Yes a lot of mine are Ash's wagons for that reason. He was at the Uckfield show a couple of weeks ago and I had a good chat with him. He is getting his orders for next year ready at the moment so he should have some new bits out soon. He also gave me a load of coupling hooks as Dapol have supplied him with plenty to replace ones that fall off. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Oh awesome! I remember him mentioning a Brighton Dept. wagon that was in the pipeline 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2016 ohhhh.... That sounds good. Hopefully it's still in the plan. I think the last on he released was the Bluebell Railway one, which while good is a bit too late for both of us. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aac Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I've had similar problems with Dapol wagons, I have a couple that I don't run ever as they derail on the points entering my station, although not every time but enough to make me not want to run them. I have a lot of issues with the coupling pockets drooping as well. If there is any truth in Thomas's 'troublesome trucks' then Dapol seem to have been able to replicate it. Gary I had problems with Dapol CCTs derailing, even on large radius points where they jumped the blade ends. Extra weight didn't help, so I replaced them with Bachmann wheel sets and it seems to have solved it. aac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2016 I had problems with Dapol CCTs derailing, even on large radius points where they jumped the blade ends. Extra weight didn't help, so I replaced them with Bachmann wheel sets and it seems to have solved it. aac Thanks, I shall give that a go I have quite a few spare wheel sets that I was given by one of the P4 modellers at club. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aac Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Thanks, I shall give that a go I have quite a few spare wheel sets that I was given by one of the P4 modellers at club. Gary It's worth it. I too was frustrated by the derailing and had left them in a box for ages. As far as I could see, the profile of the flanges on the Dapol wheels were not quite as fine as the Bachmann version. Visually there was hardly a difference, but there was something about them that caused problems. In desperation I just took some wheels off a Bachmann wagon and put them on the Dapol vehicle to see what would happen. Maddening derailments sorted in 2 minutes. I don't think the older Dapol couplings help either. I removed them and fitted finer Bachmann ones which was easy. It was easy to get the height alignment sorted out too with a small spacer between the coupling mounting box and the underframe (I drilled throught the box and screwed it to the underframe). This was also a useful exercise as my system for auto uncoupling is based on using small pieces of steel wire glued to the dropper on the Bachmann (or modern Hornby) coupling hook which protrude backwards (i.e. inwards towards the centre of the vehicle) so that the wire drops, and lifts the hook, when positioned over a rare earth magnet positioned under the baseboard. I couldn't do that with my Dapol coupling hooks as they were ferrous. Anyway, good luck, and I like the layout! aac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 Took another video today of the Cs double headed https://twitter.com/GreenGiraffe22/status/791985711708864512 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 I got some screws and thus my Q1 is up and running again, however it is still unscrewing itself so I'm constantly tightening the side rod screws but at least it isn't stuck unusable on a siding now, it also still hates most of the curves on my layout but it makes it (most of the time) around the outside circuit .I started getting a bit experimental and arty with photo too, turns out if I edit them it makes the file size a lot smaller! This is the main ptoblem screw that unscrews itself very easily when the loco is in motion. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Some nice weathering there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted November 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2016 Those pictures are superb. They all ooze atmosphere. I especially like the sixth one with the M7 and the final one. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 thank you both Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 For the loose Screw dab a bit of clear nail Varnish on the Thread and it should hold tight for you and you will be able to get it back out should the need occur. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) finally got rid of my turntable, paiting the wooden circle that filled the hole made me realise how much that baseboard has faded over the past 15 years or so... I'm going to completely rebuild the yard and have a nice road leading to the station with fences either side and such I weathered up my new C Class (See before and after) and added a bit more white water stain detail around the whistles of the other one and then had a bit more fun with photography and photo editing Edited November 7, 2016 by GreenGiraffe22 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted November 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2016 Love it, weathering looks really good. Keep the edited photos coming. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) Keep the edited photos coming. Alrighty then! I still need to weather my E4, but I'm thinking of sending it off to get repainted into Wartime black no. 2473 , I was just gonna get the number changed but with no. 2517 coming out at some point in olive it'd be cool to have one of each livery, (watch Bachmann announce a wartime liveried one as soon as I get round to doing mine .) Edited November 9, 2016 by GreenGiraffe22 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted November 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2016 Those are excellent. The E4 would look really good in wartime black, mine is going to get repainted into LBSC goods green at some point. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 That'd be cool! I love that our layouts are essentially the same just 40 years apart! I think it's cool to look between the two layouts to see how the region changed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted November 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2016 Your right it is very cool to look at the changes that occurred over what was really quite a short space of time.Most of out locos are even the same types but they are still different. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) a brief update today, not an awful lot has changed, I had to take out the curve in the island platform after getting new curved points because there wasn't enough clearance. but there was room to extend it the other way with a straight so it can comfortably hold 3 carriage trains now Here's a pic I took of the other side of the layout just for fun! The tank on the corner will be loaded onto a Hattons Warwel next year! I have comittied most of my trains to the Brighton - Eastbourne route, managed to break the M7 in the process removing the discs but it's not noticeable from a distance or the untrained eye really... Also my 2Bil has been numbered with the route 18 Ore-Brighton via Eastbourne, I don't know whether to number the other end 16 for the return route or to leave it blank? Next task will be to creat some sort of gravel road between the level crossing and the station and reworking the yard. Edited December 6, 2016 by GreenGiraffe22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted December 6, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2016 Looking good! I would number the other end of the 2Bil if it were me, but I would also paint all my locos yellow/brown and claim its green! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Decided to do some rebuilding today to make better use of the space, naturally it comes with another handful of problems, as you can see I need to purchase some more small bits to fill a couple of gaps. Now at the moment, the tests have passed through the points derailment-free (It's a Christmas miracle!) however, instead, I can't get any power what so ever going through that middle completed line , trains are just stopping dead after the points travelling in each direction , it's possible there are connection issues whilst the track is not fixed in place, but i didn't want to fix it down and have to pull it up again because it isn't working... Oh this railway building business is never straight forward , is it. Still, once it is all up and running I will be able to have 4 different trains on the inside loop, 2 in the station and two in the storage lines , obviously keeping one of the 3 storage lines open for traffic to pass through, the shorter one on the inside will be ideal for my 2Bil and when I get around to getting a 2Hal. The middle one just about holds my 700 with 3 carriages, something like my E4 + 3 carriages will fit more comfortably, the the largest line will probably mostly run goods trains. Also re-working the goods / loco storage yard, I'd like to have a single engine shed in there somewhere, there is also going to be a road going from the station to the level crossing. It is one thing having too many wagons and carriages to fit on the layout, I am getting very close to having too many locos... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted December 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2016 It's looking good, even if it doesn't work properly (yet!). I had electrical issues with my old layout for ages. The important thing is to keep going and not get to down about it. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Managed to solve the power issue, I had a dodgey connecter between a rail joint, all sorted! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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