Neils WRX

Guess I'll have to carry on using the iPad....

Actually put the Belgian and Danish models away and have done a bit of railway modelling. Having been so impressed with DCC Sound on the above models I've decided to convert to DCC for the Balkan layout. Only issue is most of the models don't have DCC sockets. First conversion to be attempted was one of my Croatian 2061's, which started life as a Balkan Models kit. Looking at various how to's on line it all looked quite straightforward, so I cut the wires and wired in a 8pin DCC socket (as I didn't want to hard wire in a decoder). On trying to get the bodyshell back on it sat a little high so, unsoldered every thing, shortened the wires and tried again. I tested the model with a decoder which worked fine. I've downloaded an American loco with a 16 cylinder GM567C engine (which is the correct power unit), to get my the motor sounds. My current issue is getting the correct air horn sounds, I never realised there were so many versions!! From memory the loco's have a classic American horn (but which one is correct) and a more European horn as well, again not sure which ESU on to use. Have tried listening to YouTube videos but struggling a bit. Any ideas? Here's a picture so far: https://www.flickr.com/gp/neil_sutton/81e27b

Looks really good, captures Portugal as I remember it in the late 90's. Do you have any of 19xx Alstoms?

Thanks for that will order a couple of forklifts on eBay.

I'm looking for a forklift to park in this space along with some pallets etc. Are the Wiking forklifts any good? They look a little plastic to me. Any suggestions of other makes to try?

Really struggle posting images from the IPad. Been playing trains again, another Danish picture, this time a a Roco MY on a local passenger train vice MR DMU.

Not posted for a while, this is a B-Models class 55, which I brought on EBay but was a poor runner and had a broken buffer, so replaced a gear wheel and buffer and it's as good as new. https://flic.kr/p/GXsiJY B Models SNCB 5537 by Neil Sutton, on Flickr

Excellent model. Looking forward to seeing it completed. This picture is the last time I saw it being hauled by 146 at Downpatrick. https://flic.kr/p/9vg1bo

Just seen mention of the multimas wifi controller in the Toyfair report elsewhere, looking forward to trying that out. Currently use an iPad and iPhone to control my z21

It was an earlier Loksound unit, I gather the later ones have s Zimo unit.

Another little GoPro MP4 showing the difference between Roco and ESU Sounds for a SNCB Nohab, there is quite a marked difference... https://flic.kr/p/E5RJCJ [yt] [/yt]

Thanks, the truck is a Herpa one. I got it on eBay from Germany

Been having a play with the Go-pro again. A short 2 minute MPEG of a Roco SNCB 62 running round its train. Loco has been fitted with ESU Loksound. https://flic.kr/p/CC3b9t [ yt ] [ /yt ]

Another new arrival, must stop buying DSB Nohabs and sound fitting them....

Santa's other model present a SNCB 80 class. Note the new station building in the background under construction.

Latest Danish model another Roco DCC MZ

And now for something completely different, Danish night, swap some stock and take the MZ and MY out of there boxes. Here a MZ passes light through the station https://flic.kr/p/BCJse3 Roco 62713 - DSB MZ1414 by Neil Sutton, on Flickr More at : https://flickr.com/photos/52825810@N08/sets/72157662118774282

Layout was Originally a Balkan Layout but has moved a few hundred miles north to be in the Czech Republic.... Balkan / Belgian Fusion... ( now with added Danish) Having just found this bit of the forum I thought I'd introduce my layout. The idea of this project goes back to a trip to the Balkans in the mid 1990's. I was taken by big noisy GM (General Motors) diesels working local trains on 4 wheeled rolling stock and decided I'd like to try an recreate this in HO scale, my first thoughts were to use American prototypes to represent the diesels I had seen, I also fancied a play with manufactures such at Althern etc as previously I had been modelling a Belgian / German layout. However on further inspection these proved to be much larger than European HO and just weren't suitable, the only RTR models available at the time were a SZ Slovenian Railways and HZ Croatian Railways Air-con coaches by Roco which were 1:100 scale so not even scale length. Over the years there have been limited runs of models that are useful eg the Klein Eas bogie open wagons and Heris Gbs 4 wheeled vans, and these have been added to by rebuilding / repainting other models to use on the layout. The layout itself is based on a border station between Croatia and Bosnia in the east of the country, the trains like the prototype are often short so don't look out of place on a 9 foot scenic section. Passenger trains are a mixture of local and international services, the Bosnian passenger services often run as mixed trains with a tail load of a few wagons. Freight traffic is generated by the factory at the rear of the layout and by the concrete pad at the front where logs are loaded. There is a small power plant off the scenic section than receives coal and operates a couple of steam locomotives including a class 33 which is a former German Railways class 52 Kreislok. These trains re-engine in the loops opposite the station building. At the moment there is a fiddle yard at only the right had end of the layout, at some point in the future it's planned to build a fiddle yard at the opposite end of the layout as well and operate it as a through station at exhibitions, as the layout would be to large to fit in its current location at home with fiddle yards at both ends. The layout is currently 13 foot long by 2 foot wide and is portable and has survived two house moves, construction of the scenery has been going on very slowly over a number of years. Buildings are by Kibri and Walthers and have all been rebuilt / repainted. Trackwork is by Peco code 100 and uses a mixture of concrete and wooden sleepered track, concrete for the mainline, wooden for loops and sidings. Catenary was originally from Pola (?) but has since been replaced by Sommerfeldt masts. Control is DC with the points are all motored with Peco motors controlled with an electric pencil. This has since been changed to a Roco Z21 DCC system with a Multimaus wifi controller (which I think is excellent) HZ 2061011 G16 Balkan Models by Neil Sutton, on Flickr Here's a link to the album: https://flickr.com/photos/52825810@N08/sets/72157626264044375 My interest in Belgian models was reawakened a year ago and I had the idea to change the layout by changing buildings and scenery and even the catenary (again using Sommerfeldt components). The Belgian layout is DCC controlled using a Roco Z21, most of my original models were DC only without decoders sockets, so they have been replaced by loco's with decoders and a number also have sound which I'm now hooked on. SNCB DMU's Old and New Together by Neil Sutton, on Flickr Here's an album of the Belgian models : https://flickr.com/photos/52825810@N08/sets/72157646646831559 Now with Czech models, here's the album : https://www.flickr.com/photos/neil_sutton/albums/72157683098661445 I'll try to provide updates as things progress Thanks Neil