RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Any invites for the whole length? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Any invites for the whole length?Warley 2019 and another possible earlier next year for nearer you Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Also if the pics work out in the limited light it could be on a shelf sometime too 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Paul Excellent. I must get a decoder in my loco in time for Didcot once next weekends show with Star Lane at Trainwest is out of the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Also good to see Pfiffi and Fiffi getting some mileage, despite the availability of the 2-10-2s. I take it the latter all behave as intended now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Is that Andrew, the esteemed editor of CM? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Also good to see Pfiffi and Fiffi getting some mileage, despite the availability of the 2-10-2s. I take it the latter all behave as intended now?Pfiffi and Fiffi run so well it would be a crime not to and they are the perfect size for the local trains. Two of the three 2-10-2's run well now 247 after the mods and 222 has run perfectly out of the box. 7238 is still a dog to be honest and is going to get attention now the main build is done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Is that Andrew, the esteemed editor of CM? it's his fault I committed to the full layout for NGS at Swanley last year so there was a chance to photograph the whole lot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Paul Excellent. I must get a decoder in my loco in time for Didcot once next weekends show with Star Lane at Trainwest is out of the way. Looking forward to it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Pfiffi and Fiffi run so well it would be a crime not to and they are the perfect size for the local trains. Two of the three 2-10-2's run well now 247 after the mods and 222 has run perfectly out of the box. 7238 is still a dog to be honest and is going to get attention now the main build is done. I found 222 and 247 running well on my couple of yards of track, but 0243, the oil-burner, seemed a bit noisy. Pfiffi has been a bit fragile, and I’ve had to rebuild the valvegear a couple of times. Fiffi, bought in the goods set as ‘new other’ on ebay, may get a run when I get home this week. I hope to really make a start on the layout now the weather is a bit warmer there. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Running them in on a loop really helps with the noise, rollers don't work so well with the 2-10-2's due to the articulation setup. The plastic valve gear is fragile I agree but I've only ever had one bit come unclipped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Next out just for the Braunlage section http://grs-uk.org/shows/2018-globalrail-2018/2018-globalrail-2018.html 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 it's his fault I committed to the full layout for NGS at Swanley last year so there was a chance to photograph the whole lot He is doing it justice. That is 36MP of full-frame DSLR he has on his tripod. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Hopefully Andrew is also a Harz fan and when I accosted him about 009 at Swanley he said so when can we get some pics of yours. I said I need to finish the full concept first 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSX2004 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I found 222 and 247 running well on my couple of yards of track, but 0243, the oil-burner, seemed a bit noisy. Pfiffi has been a bit fragile, and I’ve had to rebuild the valvegear a couple of times. Fiffi, bought in the goods set as ‘new other’ on ebay, may get a run when I get home this week. I hope to really make a start on the layout now the weather is a bit warmer there. Wiil you model the Selketalbahn?. I´m thinking seriously about modeling that railway in the DR time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Wiil you model the Selketalbahn?. I´m thinking seriously about modeling that railway in the DR time. I definitely favour the DR period, I think, although I am not keen on weathering locos and stock. Buildings are another matter, though. Alexisbad is an attractive prospect, having a slightly more operable junction layout than Drei Annen Hohne, because you can have simultaneous departures to both routes. And Stiege is enormous fun, with the real world balloon loop. But I have yet to finally decide location, which is likely to be fictitious. Both Selketalbahn and Harzquerbahn have stretches outside the forest, and that appeals to an extent. Edited April 8, 2018 by Oldddudders 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 9, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 I definitely favour the DR period, I think, although I am not keen on weathering locos and stock. Buildings are another matter, though.Ooh in the DR period you are going to need some stock weathered although when there were celebrations they did seem to clean up the stock quite a bit. Maybe just some weathered freight stock Alexisbad is an attractive prospect, having a slightly more operable junction layout than Drei Annen Hohne, because you can have simultaneous departures to both routes.Yes and I was sorely tempted to add another board in at Brunnenbachsmühle to get a bit of run in for the parallel departures but it wouldn't fit in the cars! Something for the one day permanent set up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 I feel trains were shorter in the DR period, although I hope to be able to run 6-cars, which is nearly long enough for today. I also think the Selketalbahn still has shorter formations. The Brocken remains the big prize for the system - and that was off-limits in the DR era, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 9, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 Yes Brocken was shut down although I understand they did run some heavy supplies up to build the base. In photos one or two coaches wasn't that unusual in DR days. I standardised on three coaches plus a van as suitable for 6101/2 and 6 coaches for the HSB mainline service as it makes the stations look bigger than using the full length. I can run standard 8 coach sets if the mood takes me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Some great pics of the layout Paul. Look forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Thanks, lots of bits to fettle and detailing to do. Also the operation worked well but one or two things need clarifying to prevent jamming up loops at Braunlage. Oh and the light rig needs to cover the new bit Video looks alright. Was the signalling non-operational? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 9, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) At the moment, I'm still looking at decoders that will do what I want to do and decide if I use dcc for them too. Ideallly I want them to clear when the operator presses the button before departure then revert to danger automatically. I could use the Heathcote units with push buttons on the layout too. It's all on the list of jobs to do this year Edited April 9, 2018 by PaulRhB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 At the moment, I'm still looking at decoders that will do what I want to do and decide if I use dcc for them too. Ideallly I want them to clear when the operator presses the button before departure then revert to danger automatically. ... Q-decoder? Or would that be too complicated? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 Video looks alright. Was the signalling non-operational? Give ’im a chance, Ivan! Paul has built this into an impressively long and decently scenicked layout in no time at all. The fact that signals and lineside signs are in place at all puts him ahead of many of us who take years over such details, if ever. And Paul does know a bit about signals....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 On our first trip to the Harz system in 1989 the trains terminated at Schierke on the Brocken line. Some trains we used on that trip were only two or three coaches and on one train there were the two of us plus a West German railfan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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