Satan's Goldfish Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Hi Matt The Control panel is a masterpiece.... Its just a shame it will be tucked around the back where people cant see it. I really appreciate all the hard work you have put into this. If only you could Paint as well as you solder Thanks Alan, i could replace all the wood with perspex...... (no) Let me know if/when there's likely to be a change of point motor type in the Fiddle Yard, the change in wiring required is in my head (probably should draw it down before i forget again) and it shouldn't take too long to make the adaptions. A little light photography: Dull ones first, cable ends all labled up. The inside of the panel door now most of the tape has been removed. All the +/-12v jumpers linked to the relays ready to feed to the point motors. Very messy! And powered up :-) Turns out not all Chinese LED's are made equal, some tweeking was required to isolate all the different colours from each other electrically as the reds tend to take all the current away from the green. Which is a pain. But looking at the picture, you can see the LED set red on the crane panel is repeated down to the main panel and the shunters panel. In theory this should tell the train operators not to move the train on that line as the crane is 'attached' to it. The yellow LEDs on the crane panel warn the crane operator that the turnouts at each end are set to those lines to make them aware that a train could move from there. It's very easy to get blinkered while operating the cranes and not see the train movements coming, and that's when the cranes break. Speaking of trains and my inability to paint well, with the mainline coming into use big Al has given approval for me to provide a steel train (up to 6ft) so i thought i'd do a quick measurement check to make sure it fits. 5ft of train plus 1ft of grubby Heljan 58. I'm quite happy with my red re-paint on the wagons here Alan, they just need a weather. THAT IS ALL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 liking the EWS 58 & it's train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I've a couple of yellow BAAs myself which could do with repainting Matt, which colour by whom did you use please mate? C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Thanks Ralph. I've a couple of yellow BAAs myself which could do with repainting Matt, which colour by whom did you use please mate?C6T. It's 2 coats of Railmatch 'Rail red'. the cradles obviously can all be removed for painting but the ends were very well masked from the rest of the wagon first. can be seen here: HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Last little bit:Brackets fitted to panels so they can hang off the edge of the backscene. A scrap piece of 12mm ply can be seen at the far end as a backscene stand in for spacing.And the Secondary panel after similar treatment hanging off the tool chest :-) That, most definately now, is all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 28, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2013 Last little bit: Brackets fitted to panels so they can hang off the edge of the backscene. A scrap piece of 12mm ply can be seen at the far end as a backscene stand in for spacing. DSCF3398.JPG And the Secondary panel after similar treatment hanging off the tool chest :-) DSCF3397.JPG That, most definately now, is all. i like the clip board Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 i like the clip board There's a similar one for the Primary Panel too. Got to have somewhere for the wiring diagrams when it all decides not to work :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 28, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2013 i thought it might be for a running order for WL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 i thought it might be for a running order for WL Are we that organised?! :-D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Hey Phil,have you spoken to Pylonman about some yard light towers?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2013 Hey Phil,have you spoken to Pylonman about some yard light towers?? Yeah 2x 200mm ordered for my layout, Plympton Grange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 my latest purchase for model railway use/diy and container preparation for use with Heljan crane image.jpg Been to the toy shop i see. Nice work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted June 30, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2013 Been to the toy shop i see. Nice work! Yeah I've been. Also got work light for garage and repray use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Yeah 2x 200mm ordered for my layout, Plympton Grange. They wil look great!! if you send pylonman any pictures of different "types" of yard light towers he can make them too.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOMBATTY Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Matt arrived with control panel today We wired up fiddle yard and much to his relief it worked Anglia 86 and mk2s, coming to a completed layout soon... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2013 Looking good. Glad the panel worked. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2013 Glad test went well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 A job well done Matt. Thornton Fields looks a bit drab though! C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOMBATTY Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Thornton Fields has a bit off a lump in the middle Maggie receiving instruction on the use of the shunter panel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2013 Good to see al and Matt today. And the fiddle yard control system looks great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi all Great photo's... Love the Anglia livery and the rake of coaches to match... Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2013 A strange loco made its way onto the test A container problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2013 i saw an unusual container on the way back from seeing al. couldnt get photo unfortunately. it was GE Healthcare in white. would be cool to model. just gotta find some pictures now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2013 al or matt. the rmweb'ber that sent us all those container pics do you think he might have some pics? have you got his details so i could pm him and ask? phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOMBATTY Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 al or matt. the rmweb'ber that sent us all those container pics do you think he might have some pics? have you got his details so i could pm him and ask? phil Leave it with us....We know just the man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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