Darwinian Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 This may be a daft question but how do you fit the post mounted guides for the weigh bar to signal arm operating rod? Before or after painting the post? If before does that mean you only bend up the operating rod at afterwards? Thanks for all your inspiring posts on this thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Steve Hewitt Posted December 22, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hi Darwinian Thanks for your question. If post is brass, then I solder the guides before painting. If the post is a 3D print, then I sometimes fix after painting, but there's no fixed rule. Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. Steve. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Steve Hewitt Posted March 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2023 Show Time........ Its the Preston exhibition this weekend. Venue Preston College Times Sat 10:00 to 17:00, Sun 10:00 to 16:00 I'll be demonstrating some new signals I'm building for my club's new layout "Beattock". I'll be accompanied by John Holden and Les Green from the Lime Street Crew. Great chance to come and chat about the devolopments taking place on Lime Street.......... Steve. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Steve Hewitt Posted March 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2023 On 03/03/2023 at 23:33, Steve Hewitt said: Show Time........ Its the Preston exhibition this weekend. Venue Preston College Times Sat 10:00 to 17:00, Sun 10:00 to 16:00 I'll be demonstrating some new signals I'm building for my club's new layout "Beattock". I'll be accompanied by John Holden and Les Green from the Lime Street Crew. Great chance to come and chat about the devolopments taking place on Lime Street.......... Steve. What a great weekend! I've now created a new topic for our Beattock project..... https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/177988-beattock-00-finescale/ Hope you find it interesting. Steve 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Steve Hewitt Posted September 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2023 Signals for Hest Bank..... Whilst spending most of my modelling time on the Club's Beattock project, I'm still making some slow progress on the signals for Hest Bank. The first two completed are the Branch starter and the Up Home. The third - work in progress - is the Up Starter. This welded stem bracket will carry three arms: Up Main starter with Distant below and the Main to Branch starter to the right. All the signals will be servo operated using GF Controls and lit by LED/Fibre Optic. More to come when progress is made....... Steve. 19 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Hest bank had an interesting gantry signal with both a semaphore and a colour light are you building that one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Steve Hewitt Posted September 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Michael Delamar said: Hest bank had an interesting gantry signal with both a semaphore and a colour light are you building that one? In a word - Yes. However I won't be adding the colour light signal. I'll be leaving that for Mike Edge to do. Steve 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Steve Hewitt Posted September 7, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2023 Progress on the Up Starter............... A few work in progress shots: Most of the main structure has been completed. Handrails and Dolls still to fit. The foundations. 5/8th inch tube to locate everything in the baseboard. 4mm square tube to fit inside the "Welded Stem". Surplus holes for operating wires, free to a good home. Standing up for itself. The signal uses Rocking Shafts to transfer the pull of the operating wires horizontally from the main Welded Stem to each of the Dolls. I use 7mm scale "medium handrail knobs" as the bearings. The Rocking Shafts will be brass tube or Nickel Silver wire. After a good scrape and clean and a ride in the dishwasher followed by a bath in Cellulose Thinners it will be time for the paintshop prior to final assembly. To be continued........... Steve. 9 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Steve Hewitt Posted September 17, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) The assembled signal.............. Fitting the servos will be next.......... Steve Edited September 18, 2023 by Steve Hewitt Remove surplus photo. 14 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Awesome as usual Steve! JF 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Steve Hewitt Posted September 20, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2023 Thanks Jon, I found your bus at the Showground, but couldn't find you! Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On 20/09/2023 at 15:54, Steve Hewitt said: Thanks Jon, I found your bus at the Showground, but couldn't find you! Steve. Aww, if I'd seen you we could have had a quick trip down to Whalley and back! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 00:48, Steve Hewitt said: The assembled signal.............. Fitting the servos will be next.......... Steve Awesome modelling there Steve. I'm in the throws of building some 7mm signals for a layout which hopefully will be fully working and lit similar to your signals. I've gleaned some info from this thread regarding signal transfers and "gaslight" LEDs, but can I ask what type of fibre do you use (single-mode or multi-mode) and where do you source it from please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Steve Hewitt Posted November 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2023 Hi Ian, Thanks for your kind comments. I use 0.5mm dia Fibre purchased from All Components. It's the 'end lighting' type, not the 'side lighting'. Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Steve Hewitt said: Hi Ian, Thanks for your kind comments. I use 0.5mm dia Fibre purchased from All Components. It's the 'end lighting' type, not the 'side lighting'. Steve. Hi Steve, Many thanks for the additional information, very much appreciated. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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