RMweb Gold Popular Post Adrian Stevenson Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Here are some views of the layout with the goods wagons. Edited February 9, 2020 by Adrian Stevenson 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 I have also fitted a smoke alarm. I have tomorrow off work, so Andy and Jeff are coming over to see the cabin and the layout. I am starting to get a few things for the cabin and have bought a new matching kettle today as I know Andy like his tea Cheers, Ade. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Hi Ade, It's looking very good mate, Jeff and I are really looking forward to seeing it all in the Flesh as it were, tomorrow, we'll be up about 10-30 so get that kettle on, haha. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Andrew P said: Hi Ade, It's looking very good mate, Jeff and I are really looking forward to seeing it all in the Flesh as it were, tomorrow, we'll be up about 10-30 so get that kettle on, haha. Any Welsh Cakes left from the haul you took from Corwen in November @andyp ? speaker on it's way tomorrow Best regards Craig. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, muddys-blues said: Any Welsh Cakes left from the haul you took from Corwen in November @andyp ? speaker on it's way tomorrow Best regards Craig. Haha, I only had ONE PACK mate, no rush with the speaker, but really appreciate it mate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 Now designing the last baseboard. This will taper off from 3 feet wide to about two foot wide. Length will eight foot. Reason for this is to not block access to the doors. The board will feature a small crossing over the line, known as Lover's Lane, then a small girder bridge over the Avon and finally into the tunnel. This will be severely compressed, but they are nice features to model. The fiddle yard will be on the remainder of the board. The fiddle yards will be cassette based I think? The height of the baseboards has been chosen to coincide with one of the logs forming the cabin wall, so only one will be need to be cut, as eventually the line will run down the garden about 40 feet. Cheers, Ade. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 A few pics of the Sentinel. Buffer beams repainted red. Coal load fitted. Lettering removed from the body and all glazing, makers plate and roof masked off ready for the respray. Cheers, Ade. 10 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldgate Box Boy Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Hi Ade, looking good. Can I just ask how you took the lettering off the Sentinel? Cheers Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Hi Ade, Thanks for great morning and an insight into the Den. Trains ran well, but I still think you need a BIG cushion at the F/Yard end at the moment, that's a big drop onto the floor if you forget a Loco is running, haha. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2020 Hi Tim, I gently used a glass fibre brush. Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2020 Hi Andy, I really enjoyed your and Jeff's visit. I used your favourite tool this afternoon (the hot glue gun ) to secure down the cattle dock, lamp shed and coal store. Gave the Sentinel it's first coat of GWR green too. Cheers, Ade. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Taddeo Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) Ade, Loved the update photos! is that a 2-6-2T I see on the layout!? some mighty powerful shunting four sure! My Hornby 14xx finally arrived today, and I'm super excited to work on it. I'm Planning to upgrade the motor, replacing the tracting wheels with full flange wheels, add detailing, repaint and weather. I've noticed that on several forums discussing couplings in 00 scale, some have removed the Hornby Coupling all together in favor of Kadee metal couplings. Whilst others have preferred modifying their Hornby coplings using a bent wire that is fitted over the buffers (I assume). I was wondering if you have any ideas for close to realistic couplings for 00 scale? Thanks Dan T. Edited February 12, 2020 by Dan Taddeo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2020 Hi Dan, yes it is a Heljan Large Prairie Tank 6110 2-6-2 you can see. For couplings these might be an option for you? I have not used them myself though. My days of doing 4mm were 40 years ago now and I just used the usual Tri-ang/Hornby/Wrenn couplings. http://www.gwr.org.uk/procouplings.html Cheers, Ade. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi Guys, as I mentioned in a previously post, I had added a few temporary power feeds trying it here and there and all appeared ok? I started fitting the bus wires today. I began by fitting the black bus wire first, which is for the front rail in my case. Fitted all the black droppers to this. I then started fitting the red bus wire and as I added the droppers to this, I tested as I went along by running a loco. However, I have discovered a problem. This occurs after the first point when it is switched to run onto the main line. The loop and the engine shed loop both work fine. I have indicated the lines which run ok in yellow on the plan. I have fed to power straight to the track at the end of the head shunt, next to the cattle dock, as I had not yet decided where to put it on the bus. All the points have been converted and insulating fishplates added after the frog. I tried fitting a Gaugemaster frog switch to see it this was the problem, but no different, once the loco crosses the frog onto the mainline it stops? I have checked I have not done anything obviously wrong, like mixing up a wire to the wrong rail and I have checked nothing is bridging the rails to short it out. But clearly something is amiss. I tried jumping a wire from the one live rail on the loop to the dead mail line section, but this causes a short. I have also tried feeding the power after the point, again no good. The layout is still powered on DC. I don't have a circuit tester. Any ideas as to where I have gone wrong? Cheers, Ade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi Ade, I think you need to do this at both ends as it looks like the frog may have doing a cross polarity. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 As Mrs Non-smoker said “I agree with him!” atb Simon 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi Andy, I will give that a try! Thanks. Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Andy, I will give that a try! Thanks. Cheers, Ade. If it continues, ring me, and I'll pop around Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Andy, I will give that a try! Thanks. Cheers, Ade. If it continues, ring me, and I'll pop around Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) Hello Ade I had something very similar happen some days back when I was testing my layout pre-ballasting. In my case I did a no power test [meter set to read resistance] to check that the point frog switching was working correctly, it wasn't. I had missed cutting one of the wires on the frog so it was still live all the time and did not switch polarity over. If Andy has a meter that will be the best call to make or take a torch apart and make up a bulb tester BUT but but disconnect you DC power supply before doing this test. It was a simple job for me to pop up the point snip the offending wire and relay it. There could be 2 problems, the one I had as described above and the one below. As Andy has indicated both points in the main line need to switch together ie both be set to run the same routes or a short will occur. Even if you do as Andy says you could still have a short as either side of the insulation gap will connect to the same bus bar polarity. To check set LH end and RH end points to run the main line, does the loco run, if yes switch both points to run the loop does the loco run? If it fails short then I would suspect it is down to the frog polarity switching ie cut the offending peco point links to the frog as the frog polarity should be switched when the point is thrown. Of course it is also possible that you have the wires crossed from the frog polarity switch as that would cause a short too. Best Edited February 16, 2020 by Barnaby 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi Barnaby, thanks for the advice, much appreciated. Hi Guys, had advice by PM too, again thanks. So after a truly lousy day at work, I came home and went down to the shed tonight after tea. Pulled up the point, no offending wires, but managed to break the frog wire... So rigged the point up to a bit of track, added power and it worked ok. Checked down the bus wires and found I had put a black dropper wire on the red line.... Cut it off and now works fine. Sackcloth and ashes time..... Cheers, Ade. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 We all learn the hard way sometimes Ade. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hy Ade bin there got the T-shirt too. Glad it's working ok now. Best 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Hiya Ade........you will soon realise that you can't beat a good 'short' circuit ....just send for while he's only just run the corner 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted February 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2020 I generally find with such gremlins, the sooner I post or ask for help, the quicker my error will surface. I like to think I'm cheating fate in that regard! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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