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    DIY for baseboard, and loco drawing computer tech. questions

    in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips

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    On a PC with Adobe Reader you should have a toolbar along the top. If you cannot see it try pressing F8. There is normally a couple of buttons to rotate the view. If you cannot see them, right click the toolbar, select Rotate View and select the rotate buttons.

     

    If yoy feel you need something stronger than rawlplugs and screws search for rawlbolts or sleeve anchors, perhaps on the Screwfix site

     

    Brian

    Why does the signature on a will need to be witnessed?

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted

    You can't make a deed of variation if there isn't a will as there is nothing to vary. You just give your money to your children.

     

    A variation can be applied to the normal rules of intestacy as well as to a will. As long as all the beneficiaries (in my case just me) of an estate agree, who inherits what can be altered. The variation has to be in writing (deed ?) and made within 2 years of the person's death and follow certain rules.

     

    https://www.gov.uk/alter-a-will-after-a-death

     

    As I wrote previously if I simply give the money to my children it would be treated as a gift. If I then died in the next 7 years that gift or a part of it would still be considered part of my estate and subject to inheritance tax. By making a variation I am saying I don't want the inheritance and pass it straight to my children. It never becomes part of my estate.

     

    Brian

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    Why does the signature on a will need to be witnessed?

    in Wheeltappers

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    IIRC you can give them each £3,000 pa tax free - though of course you then have to think about how many of them, how much money in total, how many years before they get the full amount you want them to have.

     

    You're only allowed to give up to £3000 in any one year, but you are allowed to give as many gifts of £250 as you like, which to me seems a bit contradictory.

    Information on this and the 7 year rule here

     

    https://www.gov.uk/inheritance-tax/gifts

     

    Brian

    Why does the signature on a will need to be witnessed?

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted · Edited by brigo

    Why do you need a Deed of Variation?  Once you have inherited the money, isn't it up to you to do with as you choose?

     

    A Deed of Variation allows me to give some of the estate directly to my children. It does not become part of my estate and therefore is not subject to inheritance tax when I die.

     

    If I inherit it and then give it to my children I will have to live for at least 7 years to avoid the inheritance tax.

     

    Brian

    Why does the signature on a will need to be witnessed?

    in Wheeltappers

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    Wills are less elaborate, but the same principle applies. They must be made in the presence of a public official, suitably licensed; they must be witnessed by a specified number of persons who may not have an interest in the proceedings, financial or otherwise. The fact that those witnesses might be dead, senile or living in Australia if and when the will goes to probate, is not the issue.

     

    A will does not have to be made in the presence of a public official. Anyone can write their own will and have it witnessed by a couple of friends or neighbours as long as they are not beneficiaries. Obviously you need to be careful how it is worded to avoid misinterpretations and if you don't feel up to it or it is complicated then use professional advice.

     

    Currently sorting probate for my late brother who didn't make a will meaning I became his sole heir. I intend making a Deed of Variation to give some of his estate to my children, but I can find no information if that needs to be witnessed.

     

    Brian

    Swiss Holidays

    in Swiss Railways

    Posted

    Quick RhB operations question; we see the freight coming down from Samedan each evening, but never see any freight going up. What time does it head up? Or is it doing a large loop of the system each day through the Verina tunnel?

     

    If you can access it, there is the Grafischer Fahrplan for the Albula line at

     

    http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_graphic_tt/2018/GRhB5.pdf

     

    I think the 5xxx numbers are freights.

     

    You might find this document helpful

     

    http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_graphic_tt/2018/GRhBVP.pdf

     

    Brian

    removing oily prints off a loco

    in 7mm+ modelling

    Posted

    I've always used lighter fluid (refined petroleum spirit) for this sort of thing. Test first on a unseen area of paint. Put some on a tissue or cotton bud and dab the affected area, don't rub. Don't get the surface too wet, better to have two or three goes leaving time for the lighter fluid to evaporate between applications.

     

    Brian

    Gimp - a replacement for Photoshop?

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted

    Many thanks one and all.

    There's plenty there to think about.

    I have Gimp coming in the post so I will see,

    but there's plenty of advice above to enable me to seek something nearer what I perceive I want.

     

    I mainly trim, resize, darken, lighten, cut & paste, change colours, all (to me) simple actions. 

     

    For a straight forward photo editing program I have used FastStone Image Viewer for many years. Free to use for home users and regularly updated.

     

    http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

     

    Brian

    DB V60 0-6-0 Shunter Dimensions

    in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips

    Posted

    Not sure from the wording of your question whether you want dimensions for the prototype or a model. I do have a cutaway drawing of the prototype which gives a few dimensions which are :-

     

    Wheelbase 1750mm + 1325mm (jackshaft) + 1325mm. Length over buffers 10500mm. The wheelbases appears to be central within the length, ie 3050mm overhang each end.

     

    Brian

    U.K. Retailers charge more

    in Model Shop Guide

    Posted

    20% VAT in the UK, which with exchange rate differences adds up to about the price difference you see in the above example. Import fees on model railway equipment when I was importing from the US was 0% up to a few years ago when I stopped importing, and unless things have changed since then I'd expect it is still the same. It will have been different for commercial outlets however, I believe they are charged import duty, but at what rate I'm not sure. I think there may have been a limit on the value of imported goods even on personal purchases, I remember trying to keep individual orders below £400 at a time, but an order for Broadway Zephyr sets didn't incur an import fee.

     

    VAT rates in European countries are about the same as the UK (Germany 19%, Austria and France 20%) so make little difference to the prices. No import duties into the UK from EU countries.

    Many European manufacturers still like to have a single agent for the UK, ie Gaugemaster for Roco and Fleischmann so you have to figure in their cut, even though they may only handle some "paperwork", the goods going straight from the manufacturer to the shop. Hornby used to employ an agent for Rivarossi, Lima etc which seemed to bump up the price in the UK by at least 25%

     

    Brian

    "Bidding at...ready to win?" e-mail for an item I'm not watching

    in Ebay Topics

    Posted

    Scroll to the bottom of the email, in the small print will be a link to opt out of these messages. 

     

    The only problem is the wording implies it's tied up with promotions, offers and events. So if you unsubscribe you won't get offers like final value fees of 1p, like my last offer was.

     

    My daughter was seeing things I had been looking at, only thing is she lives a 100 miles away.... and I'm not on any social media sites.

     

    Brian

    Colworth Direct Drive Controller

    in Electrics (non-DCC)

    Posted

    To me , it looks as if the input is the two yellow wires which are soldered on to the top left of the board in the 2nd photo. I would then suggest there are 4 diodes, 2 lying horizontal and 2 vertical.

    The 2 horizontal ones are linked to the track that runs along the top and down the righthand side with the orange wire linking it to the collector of the transistor, so that will be the +v rail. The vertical diodes are linked and their track goes down the lefthand side and across the bottom and connect onto the direction switch, so this will be the 0v rail.

    So, input would be the normal 12-16 Volts AC.

    Did find an Ebay listing from a few weeks ago for a Colworth Electronics catalogue for 1983/4

     

    https://www.ebay.com.my/itm/Colworth-Electronics-Model-Railway-Electrical-Catalogue-1983-84-24-Pages/253546419139?hash=item3b088b53c3:g:cw4AAOSw4ZxayMR1

     

    Would seem they made a number of board based products and sold the normal wire, switches etc.

     

    Brian

    ECM Compspeed circuit

    in Electrics (non-DCC)

    Posted

     

    I do remember someone stating that the circuit contained a very common chip. After all controlling a locos speed, is not a challenging task. 

     

    I think that was me. I do have some hand drawn sketches of the circuits for a standard Mk I, a centre off version and the Rambler Minor. I'll try and scan the drawings later today, not sure how well they will come out. Also not sure if I would be breaking any copyright if I put them on here, but I can always email them.

     

    I don't think there is much to do to uprate to 3 Amps. The input diodes are 1N4002, so will need to go to 1N5401 or 2. The output transistor is a "plastic" TIP3055, so should handle the current, which then leaves the current sense resistor 1R0 to be changed to a lower value.

     

    Brian

    Calculating worm drive thrust force

    in Motors & Drive Systems

    Posted

    Is the drive arrangement simply a motor with a worm on it, driving a worm wheel on one of the axles ? If so, would not the greatest force be when the loco is unpowered and being pushed along the track. The force on the motor would be that required to push the loco (weight x coefficient of friction) times the ratio of driving wheel diameter to the worm wheel diameter.

     

    Brian

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