RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 25, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2013 I can't believe I've only just found this thread somehow! I've really enjoyed reading through this thread - a very good and inspirational layout. Mind you I agree with the others that a backdating to the 80s would be good......I spent many trips home from university going through Banbury, and with its old infrastructure, signals and boxes it was a highlight of the journey, This captures it very well, and is another layout shwoing how good modern N gauge is, especially if you want to run full length trains. I'm also considering moving to DCC for my N gauge layout - and tips or hints? What decoders have you used? Do you control the whole layout including points with DCC? Sorry for so many questions! If it ever heads north to an exhibition I'll try to have a look. Thanks Tom I generally use Bachamnn 6 pin decoders in anything with 6 pin sockets such as most Dapol locos and newer Farsih ones. Some of the Dapol steamers need thinner 6 pin decoders such as those produced by CT Electronik In Farish 66's and others that need hard wiring I tend to use Digitrax DZ125s or 135's. Most of the Farish Chiltern 168 DMU's have Hornby decoders but am starting to move to the Digitrax DZ125's as the wires tend to come off the Hornby ones when having ot remove the body a number of times to clean the bogie pickups etc. The whole layout is controlled using Digitrax system with a Loco buffer interface into the all in one touch screen PC's whihc have JMRI software to control and monitor the DCC wired turnouts (using Digitrax DS64 stationary decoders). We have a few shows up North in the pipeline. Keep an eye on here as I will post details of the shows nearer the time. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Hi Ian, Just to say Banbury looks fantastic, I have just recently started in n gauge after years of 4mm and bit of 7mm modelling so will be looking at this layout along with a few others for hints and tips. I will have to keep a look out if you are heading up North with Banbury. Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 25, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2013 Tahnks Simon Layout is loaded ready for the journey to Seaford on the coast tomorrow. Hope we can outrun the predicted storm on Sunday to get home and safely stored. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 26, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2013 I woke up very early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep so it was downstairs to continue working on the Windhoff MPV. The motor is now in place and wired to a Digitrax DZ125 decoder. Most of the etched handrails are now fitted to the various units and these now temporarily glued down onto the MPV. It's still mainly in primer with one chassis painted black but it hasn't dried properly so it's had a quick spray of Dullcote which at least it has hardened enough to be handled. I am going to have to get a collection of acrylic paints as enamels just will not dry on 3D prints. Any fingers crossed that the MPV (and the KTA pocket container wagon) will make it round the layout today without any problems. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 26, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2013 The layout is running well today... Hope that doesn't now change after saying that. Meanwhile a line up of class 66's in the fiddle yard. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The layout is running well today... Video's or didn't happen Enjoy the show, see you next week at wycrail, I will stop for a proper viewing this time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 26, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2013 Video's or didn't happen Enjoy the show, see you next week at wycrail, I will stop for a proper viewing this time! We banned video cameras today!!!!! See you next weekend. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 26, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) A few photos taken today Another road vehicle has appeared on the bridge. A truck bought 2nd hand today for a fiver. Needs gluing down. The KFA pocket container wagon running rather well. Needs the brake wheels adding and weathering. And finally the first run of the Windhoff MPV. Still needs a lot of work on it and more pickups. It has a couple of temporary bogies on the rear of each unit. I have put longer couplings on them and packed them a little bit better tonight plus added some weaight over the driven bogie to help improve performance tomorrow. Edited October 26, 2013 by roundhouse 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Nice pictures Ian, especially the first one. How did the KFA perform? Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 26, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2013 Graham The KFA performed bery well with no derailments and considering its just a container in the pocket with no added weight and 11 feet of other wagons behind it, it did very well all day. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 nice set of photo's like the line up of 66's & the 70. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60006 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 All looking great. Fantastic work on the MPV too. Can i ask what make the truck is that you bought? It wouldn't happen to be Train Save would it? Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Nice photos Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted October 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi Ian, Some great photos. I have been recommended elsewhere to try oven pride oven cleaner (primarily sodium hydroxide) to clean 3d printed parts fir painting. I had some trouble with an IQA taking ages to dry, though it did after a few weeks. That model had originally been cleaned jus with isopropyl alcohol. I much prefer enamel to acrylic for spraying - mainly because acrylics seem to dry too quickly and gave a tendency to clog - so I'd be interested in any acrylic spraying tips! Cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 27, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2013 Thanks Ben I tried doing the light green on the WIndhoff cab last night. As I had sprayed the can with yellow cellulose I thought the enamel green would dry but it hasnt. We can run it today as its best handled using the chassis in the middle. I have use USA acrylics in my spraygun and had mixed results. I have also used some of the Humbrol acrylic rattle cans and so far they have been fine but genreally I brush enamel paints. Tom - I will check what make the trxuk is today when we get back to the show. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted October 27, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2013 I much prefer enamel to acrylic for spraying - mainly because acrylics seem to dry too quickly and gave a tendency to clog - so I'd be interested in any acrylic spraying tips! Cheers Ben A. Hi Ben My son uses Vallejo acrylics for spraying and they give a very good result not sure though if any of their colours will be of use. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 27, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2013 All looking great. Fantastic work on the MPV too. Can i ask what make the truck is that you bought? It wouldn't happen to be Train Save would it? Tom. It's this truck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60006 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Thanks for that Ian. After a quick bit of research, they were apparently sold by Farish before Bachmann acquired them. I dare say they're pretty tricky to get hold of now. Very nice find. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 What "medium" does anyone use with Air Brushed acrylics? I haven't tried it yet....... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Pete Could you elaborate on what you meant by 'medium'? Would that be the 'thinners' or some sort of retarder to slow down drying. If thinner then for Vallejo, LifeColor and esp Tamiya I use their own thinner and for Pollyscale / Badger I use distilled water Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Yeah, sorry - I'm also a water colour painter! Thinners is what I meant.... I only use Distilled water when I paint with watercolour - too much calcium in most tap water. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 27, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2013 The Windhoff sitting in the sidings today. Ordered the correct Kato bogies for the wheels and bearing / pickups so hopefully they will arrive in time to get the extra pickups working for next weekend. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 27, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2013 A rather nice show badge 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 27, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2013 The layout is now safely stored back home and we are hoping that we have no damage in the approaching storm. Apart from a short in the wiring yesterday and operator mishaps the layout ran very well over the weekend. The short happened due to some now redundant wires for polarity change being knocked in transport. They have now been removed altogether. This afternoon the show was still busy ( and busy over the whole weekend which is good for the club). We even had a couple of young girls with their father keenly counting wagons as they passed and they had a brief go at driving a few trains under the guidance of Mike. Being at the end of an aisle we had a lot of interest in the fiddle yard. A few more photos from today. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 29, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2013 Work contntues on the Windhoff MPV on the painting front. i now have some acrylic paints and these are drying quite nicely. I have the decals ready to go on as soon as enough of the paintwork is done. Also moving along quite nicely is the BMTHTrains NR rail grinder. Some of the decals are now on with the rest to go on in the next day or so. Hopefully the Tomytec chassis will turn uo in time to have this running at the weekend awell as the MPV. More photos to follow soon. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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