SHMD

Another source, that needs to be eliminated, is static electricity.

Namely the floor and shoes used.

Some hotels, I stay in, give me a zap every time I touch my rooms door handle!

Kev.

You could just write about typical days or workings.

You are a great read as you have a real talent for setting the scene and not distracting the reader with trivial/irrelevant data.

There was also a lot of useful modelling info in almost every paragraph.

Much appreciated and missed.

Kev.

Amps will only cause you a problem if...

A/ There is enough "volts", behind them, to force the "amps" through you! (A shock.)

B/ There are "a lot" of amps, normally in the circuit, and you provide a short(er) circuit for them. (A fire hazard.)

C/ There aren't enough amps for what you want them to do! (The thing doesn't work!)

Was the layout wiring complete and the LED circuit connected to a PSU (of some sort) but currently switched off?

Regards,

Kev.

4 hours ago, sncf231e said:

Through the roof of a restaurant car:

Regards

Fred

For your first post, above, I was going to say "nah rubbish - I can't see the menu" but thought better of trying that joke.

..but I'm now glad I didn't because I can see that there was a printed menu!

Outstanding.

Kev.

19 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Another trip further back in time to Cambridge around 1947/8.

 

 

 

Cambridge LNER B1 down pass Kings X to Cambridge 1947 JVol1437

 

David

That "16 tonner" looks unusual and very early too.

Kev.

Illavanoverone

9 minutes ago, Ruston said:

A quick weathering, just to take the plasticky finish off and they're starting to look good.

 

Wow - they really brush up well!

My (lonely) one arrived out of the blue yesterday.

Really pleased.

Kev.

On 21/04/2024 at 18:01, Lord Flashheart said:

Three of my favourites in one picture, perfect. 

 

Rob

Victoria with a Teddy-Bear and a Skin Head!

Kev.

(Can't wait for these pictures to disappear and someone tries to make sense of this!)

I found that being 3-0 up is worse !

Kev.

6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Does anyone remember Miss Marilyn's Super Flying Fun Show, a channel 9  kids morning show  from the early 1970's? It had Rod Hull who played some bloke called Caretaker Clot, from memory.  Maybe it was a Sydney only show.....

Yes, and all in black and white.

I watched it in Melbourne and I was always up early for the start.

The programme before it was always two "old blokes" talking the most boring stuff imaginable to a kid - probably politics.

"Watch out, watch out - there's a Humphry about!

Kev.

I thought the "country code" encourages you to "leave gates how you find them".

(...with a very few exceptions of where the gate is obviously in the wrong position.)

Kev.

I thought they had to abandoned the "square egg idea because someone said that if it went ahead, then all the other farm animals would complain about the noise!

Kev.

32 minutes ago, kevinlms said:

I don't know much about it, but 100% it's nothing to do with AC electrics as the trains run off 1500 volts DC.

Not AC "Traction" power/supply, or transmission, but simple interference rejection of the domestic 50Hz supplies when operating "sensors" remotely from the signalling system/network.

I also wonder if it might just be a simple "spark gap" used to protect the occupancy circuits if AC traction supplies are present and fault to the rails.

Kev.

Is it a "load" so that the occupancy detector can detect that the circuit is working even if a train is no "shorting" the rails together?

Think of it as a resister and that the occupancy detector can detect 1/ an "open circuit" - a fault, 2/ an "unoccupied circuit" - line clear, and 3/ a "short circuit" - a train or line occupied.

Of course, it makes more sense if it is actually a capacitor (providing impedance) so that it works with AC electric - of a frequency that does not correspond with "mains" frequencies (and their derivatives).

Just my speculation as I don't work in the rail industry.

Kev.

It's the "Bafta Games Awards" tonight.

Info here...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72pjyl4w04o

Kev.

Shrinkflation

"Special Branch" and "Flying Squad"!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-oxfordshire-68785461

Made me laugh.

Kev.

27 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:

 

 

This could be an advantage if you can't find the receipt.  😉

 

Or you can buy and pay on line and have full proof of purchase with details.

I've found that not all things are available online forever.

Can you still get a "Hattons" receipt online?

Kev.

4 minutes ago, Kaput said:

 

 

Sadly in my experience most smaller model shops only give extremely basic receipts that have the amount of money spent listed but no details of any use on what the money was spent on.

I was thinking that too, plus the fact that some receipt materials used just fade away - usually years before I even start the project that the receipt paid for!

Kev.

The "resultant finish", of fake products, "may not be the same" because any defects/loss of fidelity does not matter to them as they fully intend not to support them in any way once sold - unlike a legit business which must factor in these costs.

Kev.

19 minutes ago, kevinlms said:

How do you know that Dapol can't tell the difference between of their products and a 'fake' one?

They can. It's called "proof of purchase".

This thread really does show why "proof of purchase" (a receipt) is so important now - and increasingly so in the future.

All sympathies, and support, to Dapol and other victims of this type of crime.

Kev.

I hope there is some serious sole searching after all these appalling puns!

Kev.

42 minutes ago, jjb1970 said:

How to uglify a nice looking aircraft, I'm sure these things are extremely impressive technically but they are not especially nice looking.

 

What is the aircraft type? (Modified and unmodified.)

Kev.

9 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 I came across this on Youtube , not a ship but a different take on propulsion .

 

I will post as a link as a tease .

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLRNf8nzcC8

 

I loved the relaxed lifestyle there. Very tempting!

...but the "boating" was brill too. So effortless.

I loved the super long Dip Stick, the bottle on the exhaust, and the efficient way they "seesawed" the motor bike off at the other end.

The safety looked well catered for - at least there were life-jackets a plenty!

The engine looked well maintained and tended. Clearing the Prop would be a doddle!

Did you see how many "views" that video has!!

Thanks Mike for posting that. Very therapeutic.

Kev.

6 minutes ago, ColinK said:

You can now get a working swing from Faller.

I think that "99.6% finished" figure has just changed down to 99.2%!

Kev.