UnauthorisedCinnamon Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Are you using a CDU? that removed the buzz for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) Are you using a CDU? that removed the buzz for me No. Noisy solenoids don't worry me probably because 'noisy' is what they do. The baseboard top point motor in the goods yard merely clicks. If I go to the trouble of replacing the current pointwork with the new Peco bullhead points, I will probably fit new point motors. Edited August 31, 2017 by coachmann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted August 31, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2017 Those were the days.... 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tender Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Really great sound your getting Larry, can i ask what sound file you're using in the Dukedog. I'm guessing it's a Paul Chetter production as i know he uses the F2 active braking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norton961 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Coach, excellent, you have just tipped me over into buying a Dukedog, have been provaricating as I have always liked them, and Wellington (Salop) was a winter home for 2 of them when they went into store ( before being returned to service in the spring). Love the sound files. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 The last of the static grass is going down today. I use an early Dyson to suck off the surplus and get the grass to stand on end in the PVA glue. I kept telling her indoors it was only a toy but, when it began to fall apart, I was glad to use it in the railway shed for sucking off surplus ballast and lots of other jobs. With the news that vacs over 900 watts are on the banned list from today due to EU rules, I am dreading the day when my 'toy' 600 watt Dyson packs in. Never mind static grass and sucking off surplus ballast; the VAX I bought for the house would lift track with it's 2,200 watts! I don't understand this limit on wattage, surely better to have a 5 minute flash round with 2000 watts than all day with 900...... AND the carpet will be cleaner,,,,,, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwinian Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Whether it cleans better or not depends on the efficiency of the engineering in converting electrical energy to suction at the business end. LEDs after all provide just as much light as an old style filament bulb but for a fraction of the power use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted September 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2017 I don't understand this limit on wattage, surely better to have a 5 minute flash round with 2000 watts than all day with 900...... AND the carpet will be cleaner,,,,,,This worth readinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41119355 Sorry Coachmann I do not usually do OT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 What I like are the statements which have a let out clause, such as using the words 'if', 'may', 'best', some', etc., etc., .... energy experts say the best (£££'s) low-power appliances clean just as well as high-wattage machines. .... Power doesn't always equal performance, though the misconception has become widespread. Some efficient models maintained high standards of dust pick-up while using significantly less energy - due to design innovation... The lower power machines are perfectly adequate.We have animals at home = lots of hairs, I can assure you I've yet to use a low energy vac cleaners that clears them up as well as our 1200w VAX machine. We tried an expensive low energy machine recently, that came with all the boll-shet about will pick up anything etc., It didn't do a good job with the hairs, took it back and in spite of the salesman saying it was just the machine, we were told it wasn't designed to pick up hairs?????? We got our money back too, bought another 1200w VAX I also have a 580w Henry for the car etc., but it's not that clever around the house. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) Scenery is now complete as far as the site of the down platform. This type of lineside fencing has removed much of the GWR look, in fact it only needs the appearance of a 'Crab' and it could be Glasgow & South Western territory... Edited September 1, 2017 by coachmann 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) The 'Crab' is a left-over from one of my Standedge layouts. It has lathe turned wheels and reduced flanges, courtesy friend PGH. I have had this loco quite a long time so it pre-dates "DCC-Friendly". It will have to be hard-wired via loco & tender plugs when sound-fitting time comes around. They were impressive beasts but when one hauled me on an Oldham Loop rush hour working in 1960, it took ¾ hour from Manchester to Oldham Mumps! I thought it was going to sit down on the climb to Werneth... Edited September 1, 2017 by coachmann 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted September 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) I like that last video of the Dukedog, Coach. They've even got gulls calling and I'm sure I heard a car go over the station bridge, great stuff. On the hoover debate, suction means little it's the flow of air through the machine that picks up stuff. Edited September 2, 2017 by Rowsley17D 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2017 Oh, that first shot of the Crab shows such great depth to the scene, that is an illusion we would all love to create - that really looks good, really captures the feel of the real place. Pet hair vacs - can't beat a Miele Cat and Dog. No idea how many watts, just works. Not cheap - good! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2017 Having been a 'dark side' (US) modeller for many years, it is noticeable that most mid to high end US rolling stock has non-magnetic axles for that very reason. With my engineers head on, the exhaust sound of locos is as varied as our own voices - I notice this a lot as I was trained to listen carefully to all machinery so you can tell if it makes a 'new or different' sound - meaning something has changed, usually not for the better. GW locos have a particular sound, rather a good one as it happens, and capturing that in the decoders is for me, important. The Dukedog was particularly good in that resect! I have most of the Peter Handford Argo records and enjoy listening to them to identify the particular sounds of individual classes of loco. A GW engine with a LMS 4F sound would stand out to me as incorrect, as does an incorrect beat/revolution ratio. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwinian Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Your layout looks superb Coachmann and that backscene has been really well integrated, wish I'd done as good a job on mine. Just a quick comment on the attachment of things like the telgraph poles. I read a military modelling article somewhere, a while ago, describing using neodinium mini magnets on the bottom of aerials, flagpoles and the like to attach them to scenery / models so that they can be easilly knocked over and simply put back up again afterwards. A bit of tin can burried burried into the scenery just below surface level might suffice. I've not actually tried it, just a thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Good morning Larry, I believe you may have mentioned somewhere previously about the possibility of having a Dean Goods running ? If you were to do so have you any thoughts on which sound file you would use for it ? I only ask as I'm prompted by your last posting regarding listening to files prior to purchase so to speak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 The Crab looks good and you have blended it all together ,pet hairs and inground dirt we have Kirby excellent not cheap but you get carpet shampoo kit with it as well and a sander ! had them for long while worh a look. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Good morning Larry, I believe you may have mentioned somewhere previously about the possibility of having a Dean Goods running ? If you were to do so have you any thoughts on which sound file you would use for it ? I only ask as I'm prompted by your last posting regarding listening to files prior to purchase so to speak. The forthcoming Oxford Dean Goods is top of my shopping list but I haven't yet considered which soundfile to use. It will have to have the F-key #2 active brake seeing as a Dean Goods would be used for shunting the yard. Sadly there isn't a 'live one' to listen to, but it probably sounded like the Dukedog that has similar boiler and chimney. Edited September 2, 2017 by coachmann 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 2, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) I'm on the home run now the Down platform was started this morning. Strips of 60thou Plastikard were glued end to end with overlappers under the joints and were left to harden. I went for a brisk walk.... A compass was used to transfer the curve of the track onto the platform... Shown cut to shape and Peco platform edging glued in place. There are also many supports under the platform.... Then English Bond Plastikard brick was added to both faces... The whole platform shown in Halfords Acid #8 etching primer. Time for midday lunch..... The bricks were sprayed engineering blue while the platform surface was sprayed with my mix of 'Tar' colour. Then the edging slabs were painted sandstone colour.... White line added along platform edge ... To be continued ... Edited September 2, 2017 by coachmann 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2017 Great work Larry. I'm just about to build a platform so very useful to see how you do it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnauthorisedCinnamon Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I got hold of some Phoenix Rusty Rails and had a go with it on my own layout I have to say once you polish the rail tops it looks very realistic - thanks for the recommendation 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 2, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Humbrol matt white enamel with four times a much white spirit was brushed all over the engineering bricks and wiped off with a kitchen tissue shortly afterwards. The bricks should be much darker but of course they had to match those on the up platform. The 1/8" cork underlay was removed so that the platform was the same height as the one opposite. The sleeper makings are evidence of a short-lived trail with goods yard on the down side of the station.... The GWR Auto trailer is my widest and longest coach and was used to set the platform edge.... Heavy weights in place after the platform hjad been glued to the baseboard with Evostik. The little blue book contains a whole raft of measurements taken at Carrog.... Edited September 2, 2017 by coachmann 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 After a day at Telford (GOG) my head is bursting with ideas, not the least some of the books I bought on the Ruabon - Barmouth line. Expensive day, but then you can't take it with you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 3, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2017 (edited) Construction of the long awaited down platform has made a big difference to the station visually. The more railings I erect, the more there is to get knocked about by the camera and this is evident behind the signalbox. A 14XX is seen entering the station with a Bala-bound auto working. Waiting for the right away.... Out intrepid photographer, Effyn Blinder, was there to record the train returning to Wrexham..... The platform slope surface is not a separate piece. A 'V' was cut in the underside of the Plastkard and the slope bent downwards. Tar doesn't have sharp edges. Edited September 3, 2017 by coachmann 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 One of my purchases yesterday was a new copy of Martin Williams book, The Ruabon to Barmouth Line. I assume you have a copy? I also found a second hand copy of Cambrian Companionship by T. P. Dalton. The latter has lots of photos of Manors as well as a chapter on "Strangers on the Cambrian". The strangest was ex-L&YR 2-4-2T 50781 double heading a Tal-y-Llyn Special which subsequently spent several days at Machynlleth shed. I doubt it travelled over the Ruabon Barmouth line though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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