Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 2 hours ago, 5BarVT said: Procrastination on the other 3 has been a benefit for once. Paul. I too was glad I had put of assembling the kit for a few weeks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 I've got the dtc8a mounted in its final resting place, ready for wiring. The can vout and usb4 have also arrived. They still need assembling however I have designed and 3d printed some mounts and test fitted the pcsbs. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Got the next two merg modules assembled this weekend... I also wired up the dtc8a. It's now time to start playing with cbus 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Cbus installed, I need to add some termination resistors still. The chocolate block is ready to take wires across to the next board. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Over the past couple of days I declared the first boards wiring mostly complete having connected both the points on the lenz system and the feedback in the merg cbus into rocrail. Below shows a comparison of the new and old styles of board wiring. I have now ripped out the old wiring in the second board and started slowly hacking away at the new work.... Today I received yet another merg package. This time the can vout and dtc8a for board 2 as well as a cbus plaque. .... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 ... I also fixed the lighting valance where I had ripped some of the led strip tape a few weeks ago. I then screwed on the merg plaque, I'm not sure I will ever exhibit atleast not for several years as I have neither a car, much spare time or the confidence in mybworkmanship, however I couldn't resist the little pcb "publicity" plaque. Whilst I had the lighting out I also repainted the layout name plaques as they had rubbed on each other ( the valance folds in half) to stop this in the future I put in a small woodscrew next to each of the totems that stands proud of the 3d print and therefore prevents them from touching when folded. I painted these black to help them blend in. I'm not sure if I should get another plaque for the other end. I am considering either 3d printing or purchasing a custom lenz dcc plaque to compliment the merg one. Any thoughts? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Needed to take a photo for a YouTube thumbnail which gave me an excuse to setup the full layout and lighting pelmet. Happy with the way the layout is coming along. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2022 Looks fantastic! Wish I'd had your skill when I was at university! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Horsehay Railway Modeller said: Happy with the way the layout is coming along. I should think so too! That looks really good. And your wiring is top-notch too. I've no idea what most of the components you're talking about even are, tbh, but the neatness of your work under the baseboards is impressive. Puts mine utterly to shame, I must say. I've been considering rewiring the whole layout, and that has pushed me a step further in that direction (which is probably a bad thing, come to think of it...) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Corbs said: Looks fantastic! Wish I'd had your skill when I was at university! 13 hours ago, Graham T said: I should think so too! That looks really good. Cheers, thanks very much for the kind comments Edited February 28, 2022 by Horsehay Railway Modeller Smelling and grandma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Apologies for my absence, uni work has been hectic. I've just weathered the class 122 added a new decoder and bought some people to go inside. I'm quite happy with the sides and underframe. But I'm not sure if I really love or really hate the roof... Ive seen a few photos with big black splodges where the exhaust hits the roof so that's what I went for. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 I've just taken a little more off of the roof with some thinners and I think it Looks better now. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 That looks much better. Less is often more. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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