John ks

I have been trying to order a TR156-111 (deposit + final payment + sound ) but when I proceed to payment the VAT is not removed As I am outside the EU should the VAT be removed? I think I recall a post to VAT but I cant remember if it was related to Realtrack or some one else I have sent a couple of Emails to Realtrack regarding this but so far no reply John

The glass in the prototype appears to be glued in position in a similar way to modern car windscreens allowing the windscreens to be flush with the body There will be an border on the inside that is painted black To me it looks as if Hornby have made the window openings large enough to represent the clear part of the opening & have moulded groves in the body to represent the edge of the glass When painted I am guessing the area between these groves & the transparent window mould will be painted black to give a representation of the black boarder on the inside of the glass The drawing might help explain my thoughts Of coarse I could be completely wrong John

Here is a slightly diferent version of Bertiedog's diagram You need to use the Common (C ) & Normally Closed (NC) contacts on the micro switches The diodes can be 1N 4001 or similar With the switch set so that the motor gets (+) to the left side Current can only flow through Micro SW & then diode on the left side When the servo arm moves to & opens the micro Sw on the left side current stops flowing to the motor When the reversing Sw is changed the current goes through the Diode & Sw on the right side & through the motor & it turns in the opposite direction until it opens the micro switch on the right side & the motor stops Another alternative might be to use a stall type point motor, my preferred version is the Tortoise Here is one I have set up as a remote control for a point You could also add linkages directly to the moving armature as shown by the black lines, a bell crank can be used to change direction & length of movement In normal operation the silver screw moves the full length of the black slot (Currently shown in the centre position) Hope this gives you more alternatives John

Maybe i was too specific When I asked for the X2000 on its world tour So if EddieB wants to post his X2000 I be happy & we can move on Else a Wild Card John

Lets have a train arriving into the main station of a capital city, anywhere outside of the UK. Is arrived close enough to arriving At Roma St station in Brisbane Australia A close look at the train in the distance Which as I recall was the X2000 during its world tour It is almost as for north in Queensland on SG (standard gauge) as it can get. The SG track finishes a few hundred meters past these photos & finally a 25KV Bo-Bo-B0 Electric on QR's NG network arriving at Roma St Station Next More pictures of the X2000 during its world tour John

MTH were the first to release the SD70Ace in MRL so I rushed out & purchased 3 As these were to be run as a permanent set of 3 with 2 facing forwards & 1 facing backwards I gave them all the same number I tried to set CV29 in the backward facing unit so it will run backwards with a forward throttle setting (this failed & I gave up in disgust & replaced the DC/DCS/DCC decoder with a standard DCC decoder) This is when my joy turned to frustration & I decided to avoid MTH like the plague I've weakened a few times when there was no other choice (Bi-Poler, Little Joe & a couple of steamers) or were on sale (F7 ABBA set, CV29 was programmable on these more recent purchases) As I recall all these loco's were programed on the main with Digitrax DCC John

Should be in Southampton now I'm getting excited John

May be not what you expected Here's a different angle Shot in Brisbane during its visit to Australia Not quite on the mainline but only a few meters away While we are in my part of the world how about something from NZ John

Does this count as a train set All the parts are from train sets & there was very little modelling involved Pic was probably taken in the early sixties Next one of your earliest models that you still have, if you consider the thread fixed otherwise we're still looking for a train set John

I haven't got access to prototype data but I took width measurements from some models I own HO QR NG diesel 32.2mm HO NSW SG diesel 34mm HO Class66 32mm OO Class 66 35.8mm OO intercity 125 36.2mm While these widths may not be 100% accurate they show that the NG & SG stock are close to the same width The suburban electrics have a 100mm lip/platform at floor level at each doorway that effectively widens the coach by 200mm Because both gauge coaches are approximately the same width then the centreline of the coaches have to be the same distance from the edge of the platform The way to do this is to have the both gauges on the same centreline hence the SG straddles the NG Hope this is a bit clearer then mud John

DJM Dave, on 08 Apr 2017 - 03:01, said: Are the date stamps on these posts shown in GMT or in my local time My local time is at the time I write this is 11.04 PM on 21/4/2017 The date stamp on my computer for the above post shows 8/4/17 at 3:01 AM By my reckoning there is still has about 3 hours before 14 days are up John

I just checked a very old H&M Clipper Probably from the 60's or 70's It uses a selenium plate rectifier The AC Volts was measured at 17.22V AC The DC side was 14.99V DC With no load These measurements are fairly consistent with Bertiedog,s measurements in post 17 I seem to remember measuring a Tri-ang controller with a capacitor across the DC terminals having an output voltage of about 20V DC This memory is consistent with Dhjgreen's statement in post 10 John

​From Bertiedog's post "The Unifrog seems a good idea till the extra plastic creeps in, and how the tip is made and what material," This image is a HO Peco Code 83 Double Slip & is probably irrelevant to the bullhead points. It looks to me like the frog was made in one piece (from 2 pieces of rail) then a cut was made to separate the tip from the rest of the frog John

Sandra I hope this helps I would go for 1 of these John

Easy And again What the locos look from the outside Queensland Railways 3205 fresh from the factory on a test run (possibility its first) Next:- Something similar to something in these images could be narrow gauge Electric , Diesel, wooden over bridge, platform or a combination of any or all but not from Queensland

Oops This wasn't staged The driver of the locos coming out of the tunnel ploughed into the back of a stationary train The rest of the train was uncoupled & removed before the press arrived & took these photos My previous ask resulted in 2 T1's that was above & beyond what I could hope for & 2 wagons as a bonus (edited to improve gramma) Next A pacific loco John

I like what you did with the frog A couple of posts have described this as a picture of HOn3 unifrog It is a PECO HO code 83 double slip John

Next 2 locos or wagons from different countries

On the slip in post 2 the unpowered section of the frog is about 20mm long The unifrog is about 8mm long Powering the unifrog reduces the dead section to about 12mm My layout is mostly complete track wise. Any additions or alterations, I will be happy with unifrogs For me I probably wont power up the unifrogs Most if not all of my locos have enough pickups so that running over a 20mm dead section(frog) wont be a problem If your locos have 2 wheel pick up per side and a wheelbase less than 20mm then powering the unifrog is essential otherwise I stand by my statements in post 2 John

Peco's range of code 70 HOn3 points have unifrogs I have a Peco code83 double slip, I have tossed the packaging but I am sure that it has unifrogs I still cant fine the code83 double slips on Peco' website Here is the frog from a Code83 double slip Out of the box it acts like an insulfrog If you connect the wire from the unifrog to a aux switch on a point motor or to a frog juicer then that short bit of the frog will be live I cant see much point in doing that because the piece of frog is very short & only locos with very short wheelbases may be affected Hope this helps John

Just received an R3434 Merchant navy class loco from a mail order shop in England First time I tried to run the loco at the train club it wouldn't move, could hear the sound of the motor spinning and a small clunk Subsequent tries could only here the motor spin & no movement. Felling a little disappointed at this time & thinking if I send it back it could be months before I see again Decided to take the body off & discovered that the shaft from the motor to the gear tower was gone. Remembering the small clunk I heard I thought that this was the drive shaft letting go Went back to where I tried to run it, looking for the shaft, no luck A friend and his son also had a look & his son found the shaft I replaced the shaft & reassembled the loco & if ran like a treat. The shaft may not have been properly installed at the factory John

Here are some images from Roma St station in Brisbane Australia At first glance it may look like a normal double crossover The LH point that splits the duel gauge straddled track into standard (straight) & NG(narrow gauge) (diverging to the left) has 2 flexible point blades The image shows it in the straight position The closer blade moves (flexes) to the running rail & the further blade moves away from the running rail, setting the point to the diverging NG track This is a close up of the rest of the point on the left middle of the above photo This is looking the other way My understanding is. The duel gauge track on the right with the common rail is used to run around standard gauge locos (Last time I looked the interstate trains were the XPT, Aussie equivalent to the intercity 125 making loco run-around's rare) The duel gauge track on the left where the standard gauge straddles the narrow gauge is the platform where inter-state trains arrive and depart Suburban electrics also use this platform My best guess for the gauges to be straddling each other is so that different gauge coaches can use the same platform & still be at the correct distance from the platform John

This was or will be a common rail transition point in a duel gauge track The wider gauge rail (red rail in drawing) has been removed or yet to be installed John

Dave When you say "on the high seas" do you mean in a ship on the high seas or in a plane above the high seas Either way the light at the end of the tunnel is a 71 & its heading our way John

The following are my observations and are based on the 3 images below If the white dots I have circled on the 3 images is the area you are referring to then it looks like it has been corrected on the finished model The doors on the finished body look more silver than white (to me on my monitor ) The roof & sides look to be the same shade of blue on the finished body When you put the images next to each other the different shades of blue are very apparent, the lighter shade on the sample may be due to lighting or camera settings when the photo was taken I may weaken & get on of these John