Vistisen

10 hours ago, Simond said:

I see the dragon has a thagomiser.  *
Most impressive.

 

* a genuine case of reality following art

 

atb

Simon

You should see the Shark sitting on the roof of the goods shed!

NO this is a book I have not seen before. Thank you very much for the link. I really ought to bring this blog up to date, it's almost a year since the last post. I shamed to say there has not been a lot of progress. Must do better.

Just with water, about 1 to 1

Thanks, I'll do that once the second half of the panel is made as well, when I know that I won't need to move things about again

I should add that the foam can be cut easily with a jigsaw without too much mess.

I used gorilla glue which is amazing stuff:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gorilla-1044202-Glue-60ml/dp/B001W030CW

I have purchased a 7cm long 2,mm drill bit for dropper wires

Thank you Oh master :-)

Thanks for the comment. I will try as you say using gravity

I don't think it will be a problem, but thanks for the warning. My multi pole connecters are only used to active the DCCConcpts dcc accessory modules not actually drive the point motors.  As I understand it, they short a circuit that acts as a signal to filp/flop the motor. I have used them on Hatch for several years with no problems. One thing I do need to be careful of is the number of LEDS that can be run on the same circuit for route indication. I used this site http://www.hebeiltd.com.cn/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator to calculate the correct resistors. But they don't half run hot! I think that I need to return to som 'O' level physics to look at running in series/parallel.

Thank you very much Martin,

This is very useful information. And I'm sure that it is on the Templot Site , (somewhere :-))

Is there a 'typical point size for different scenarios' page?

By Scenarios I mean things like. Sidings, country stations, mainline crossovers, motive power depots, and so.

Yes I bought both the S179 solder and and their SFNC flux that are recommended. I quite understand not starting with hand built points. Neither did I, I first section of the layout was built using Tillig points, I think they are much better to look at than Pecos and are very elegant, if a bit less robust than Pecos points.

Thanks Vistiaen, really enjoyed your post.

 

As a beginner who has yet to build his first layout, I know next to nothing about pretty much everything.  I've been persuaded to wait for the DCC track and points, but your post has left with night sweats.  Although I've been an electrical engineer, and at one time held a mil-spec soldering certificate, I am seriously concerned about the prospect of trying to solder droppers to their rail.

 

Did you say that DCC didn't/couldn't provide flux and solder that worked?

 

Maybe I will just go with C&L + Peco points.  Being located in Australia, the layout (should it ever be realised) will never be published or attend a show, and I doubt anyone that will see it will be able to tell the difference.  Except, of course, me.

I wrote very carefully. I have decided that DCC rail and soldering is not something I can do reliably enough that I feel secure in building 20 + points using it. I don't doubt that others can. But if I'm not to lose what little forward momentum I have, then I must  make things easy for myself. I do want to see my own points, even just looking at the half built one here gives me satisfaction. Sad but true! I recommend that you try it before investing heavily. In fact I can will help out. I have bought one pack of rail. Anyone who wants to can send me a PM and I cut a bit about 10 Cm off and send it, as long as you'll pay postage cost ( I Live in Denmark)  and the price of a padded envelope. The rail is free! all I want in return is to hear your results :-)

Just out of curiosity why are you building a D-6 into straight (or straightish) track? 

 

Quentin

Not sure really. I don't know much about points but have the general idea that the longer and the less 'extreme' the angle the better. Recognising the fact that all model railways are far too compressed compared to reality. I want to use the largest size I could while still being able to fit everything in. As I say I know next to nothing about track, What is it that causes you to wonder? is the D or the 6?

Not enough news for a new post, but the first baseboard is now completley finished. It is 140 cm by 55 cm and is strong enough to support my 80Kg. I have stood on it to test it.

The weight of the baseboard is 3.5 Kg :-)

I was thinking more about the length of the sleepers what with it been OO or 4’1’’

Even the 'history of page' is 16 years old. This is serious software history :-)

I know Martin is someone who appreciates precise data :-)  so I have just checked CTRL+Z dates from the Zerox PARC text editor from 1974

Billiant thats a video I have not seen.

And the storage box concept is something else I must delve into.  At the moment I just make sure that I never overwrite anything and then keep opening things until I find one that looks right.  

A fellow Oracle man prehaps? I must give Templot another go. If I can code webservices against Oracle databases, I must be able to make a design for a  point of some sort. the problem is almost certainly that being an IT professional I must swallow my pride and RTFM.

A day later and I've read a few pages of some of the threads on track building and I am totally confused. whether to user chairs or solder, plywood or PCB, OO or OO-SF or ... Think I'm swinging back towards Tillig, and sod the sleeper spacing. I might have something running inside a year.

One more thing, I'm going to paint the walls sky blue rather than the orange they are today!

I have just looked in my photo collection and can see that quite by chance I have correctly used track with sleepers. The photo in this post is taken from the GWR era. But I have a picture taken from the same postion in 1962 and here the sleepers are clearly visible Of course by 1962 the goods loop line was removed, but I need it for operational purposes.

Yes please I am very interested in any plans, and photos, especially of Chard junction which is the next fase of the plan. I'll have a look at your thread to see what can be done to create baulk roads

I have just searched for them, found a shot of the goods shed from the road side, which I have never before seen on a photo. I guessed that there would be sliding doors that opened to the fulle height of the building, but there was onel one I guessed that there would be two.

Thanks for the link to hackerspace, I see they are in Denmark as well, I will be paying them a visit soon