Guest 838rapid Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Plenty of Railway porn here for Christmas day.. Model Rail just arrived and a selection of new release DVD's from Visions international. Freight the BR years,plus a couple others on BR Diesel and Electric Blue for research. No connection to Visions International other than very happy customer.. Happy Christmas guy's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted December 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2012 .......... I'm looking forward to reviewing in a few weeks time, that hasn't even been announced yet! CHRIS LEIGH Does this co-incide with the comments in the magazine (received today!) about small carriage workings....... Might we be getting some new GWR carriages????? - Or is that just wishful thinking? Toplights perhaps? New tooling for B stock / non corridor maybe? :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Does this co-incide with the comments in the magazine (received today!) about small carriage workings....... Might we be getting some new GWR carriages????? - Or is that just wishful thinking? Toplights perhaps? New tooling for B stock / non corridor maybe? :-) No. I was referring to the 2-BIL which hadn't been announced at the time I made that posting. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted December 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re Backscene, MR 178 p.145; Peco Points and DCC I was surprised at the letter from Ben Arnold, Engineering & Development Director at PPP Co. Ltd., because your instructions in MR's DCC supplement for electrofrog points are very similar to those on the "Peco Streamline 83 Line HO Flexible Track and Electrofrog Turnouts" leaflet that is enclosed with their electrofrog code 83 points. If Ben Arnold disapproves of your instructions, perhaps he should disapprove of his company's own instructions first. In my opinion there is absolutely nothing wrong with your instructions. I have an OO/HO garden layout using various Peco points. It is my experience that point-blade contact works for a couple of weeks after installation, and then it is absolutely impossible to keep the contact points on the switch blades clean, so I have to do something to ensure current gets to all required rails at all appropriate times. This means rewiring Peco's points as you have shown in the DCC supplement (electrofrog) or by a method similar to Hornby's Digital Electric Point Clips (insulfrog, although the dead part of the frog needs extending a bit to avoid short circuits). I should remind all those who want to complain about my use of Peco track outdoors that "Peco Streamline with nickel silver rail is suitable for use out of doors in temperate climatic conditions. ... The over-centre spring should be lubricated ..." [again from their code 83 leaflet], which in my opinion just about covers all of their NS track in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted December 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2012 Is it possible that those instructions are specfic to the code 83 stuff, which Peco created especially for the american market? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted December 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2012 Not if some of the stuff I've seen on various web sites is anything to go by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Suppose its typical of the slowness that pervades Beer but the logical thing for Peco to do would be to do all the possible wiring and instruct purchasers to snip the wires they do not want, far less risky than trying to solder a link in place. In any event a wire across the pivot on blades is a definate need for all that they should be doing as its the other weak power link aside from the conatct between the blade and stock rails Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Why does the picture of Brinkley in post #11 look more like an electronicly drawn picture rather than a photo of a model? Too much Photoshopping I think! Happy modelling. Steven B. Yes, it does look a little that way. It's very light, slightly washed out and with a strange pupleish/white tint on the loco wheels. But neat modelling and a nice composition, if a little odd looking on my screen - perhaps its that which needs adjusting? G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrowroad Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Yes, it does look a little that way. It's very light, slightly washed out and with a strange pupleish/white tint on the loco wheels. But neat modelling and a nice composition, if a little odd looking on my screen - perhaps its that which needs adjusting? G. Grahame, See my post #25 above - I think your screen needs adjusting. Robin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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