calvin Streeting

so onto the coupler  i want to leave trucks as standad version, but that little loco and another i want to be able to control the coupler, trucks can be shunted over standard un-coupler but loco needs to un-couple where ever i need (boy thats a lot of repeated words.. )

but anyway i salvaged some magnets from old headphones, and have some coil wire so going to try and print this out so it uses the coil to repel the magnet and thus lift the coupler, this might be feed by transistor circuit.. it sits just behind buffer beem and is only 9mm x 9mm etc. so pushing my printer to thinist tolarance  

8 hours ago, andyram said:

It is amazing the impact a 7 year old daughter can have. Another day, and once again my little girl was determined to do more to Gairloch

who's layout is it  lol.. but got to nerture that enthusiasm for modelerling...   

that dose look like a smudge on lense.. as it seem's consitant in location right side half way up (ish)...  could the smudge be on inside of lense ? 

so using these magnets this might work.. so going to print one of. (right at limits of my printer , so fingers crossed) only 9mm qubed and hopefully sits right behind buffer beam with coil repeling on load

On 11/01/2019 at 10:31, ianLMS said:

nice stables..   looking to add some somewhere on my layout

ooo very slowly...  scrap my comment i wil  pay more atantion, but was looking at trains

if you could get those clouds moving it would be perfect.. but bloady good still  

finding this is a rabit hole of products... 

first intresting build / test https://nigelcliffe.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-03-03T13:47:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=14&by-date=false

second a comercial product that seems to be built ontop of a 12v PCB relay http://www.keen-systems.com/DCC Uncoupler.html 

I also not probably will need a Transistor to do switching, which is np as built ALOT of thoses in my life

and now i am rading the tiny magnets from old nokia head phones... (also have alot of those lol )

well its back to the pub roof this weekend for a night or 2 on the tiles.... 2mm x 3mm roof tiles indervidualy stuck in place very time consuming, but creates a different texture to stip tiles, and this is a old roof..  and i also started the down pipes..  (this building is a rareity as it seems they plumed in a toilet..  (gutters not glued yet just held with blue tack for mo...

also been looking at wharf track layout, a simple layout, but (dont tell wife) could extend the base board to the right, and thus add more warehouses and track, maybe a shuting game layout, evne considering it being part inside building modeled, with views from inside etc.. lots of things to think about,and i spent a bit of time looking at liveries of private shunters etc, and considering a "Eastpoint Wharf Shiping" company with red and yellow... (silly i know, but this is fun... )

lol... love the cat and dog

HAHA ...  told you...

those split metal chassis are a pain to DCC.. i blew up a chip on the first one i tried..  good luck

and blimey didn't know that..  mind you bet they hadn't spreed that much tarmac around uk in next 20 odd years... bloady road works on M20 is 4 years and thats only 4 miles... (sit in it each day) lol  

intresting the different colour palates for the road surfaces.. 

1 hour ago, BobM said:

thats a lovely grey brown sandy.... 

but so is the sandy brown ... 

2 hours ago, BobM said:

its a hard choice geting the right colour isn't it..  

remind me again i think you where thinking of blue grey brickwork and lime sandy motor  under smoke and grime that comes from a old steam cutting retaining wall .. might be worth a litte copy past and lay a copy of brick work on each of those images (all great) to see if any pop out as what you have in mind.. 

I ended up using the same palate for exposed natrual rock into road, and buildings as like you said they used what ever is local 

P.S under side of bridge looks good,

ok managed to get in CAD, here is a screen print of the servo module. the servo horn is kept under the to plate and pushs the rail, at wheel flange depth, i dd this to keep it all out of sight so not as to effect the look to much, and it can be painted like a steel plate  

hope thats understandable

here is a screen print of the servo bit in its 2 states.  and a bit of main turnout

and this view shows (kind of) the slot for the horn

hi. its a single blade (like some tram turnouts  and uses a micro servo that fits into a removeable part between the rails, this module is inserted from above so if the servo fails it is easy to lift out and repair etc, without lifting track etc.) you can see that i only have 1 module installed (and thus where it fits on the distant one..  i will post some autocad pics soon

this video shows it moving

47 minutes ago, chaz said:

From some angles the camera is very unkind in spotting the edge of the decals

and becuase you know they are there you spot them more than others  nice modellove the dirt  

Hi Noticed a minor bug  in upload.

if a upload fails (either due to cancel, and or over size) the next upload hits the 10meg limit even if its no where near to 10meg

I am trying to produce a step by step to replicate it, and when i have success (or fail depending on point of view  ) i will let you know

Many Thanks

once again a thing of beauty  

On 06/03/2019 at 23:28, Clive Mortimore said:

I seem to have reached my 10 mb limit again, despite being told it is for each post.

 

 

re: that i think minor bug.. if you cancel a uplaod the limit goes wrong on next upload.. (i will test and post elsewhere so they know..  )

and truck shunting  Blimey lots of post about trains.. not buildings for once ... YAY

I got final pass wrong, forgot to flip the frog switch...

and truck shunting  Blimey lots of post about trains.. not buildings for once ... YAY

I got final pass wrong, forgot to flip the frog switch...

Test of 3d printed yard track turn out, using horndy 0-4-0 desiel and guagemaster DCC27 and home built "Stay Alive" cap 

Note: the only times it stops is when rocrail set speed to Zero. (not due to pickup Failure etc

Still need to replace couperling, but i think thats a go ahead with yard track... (or at least print more parts etc..  VERY HAPPY ...  

Test of 3d printed yard track turn out, using horndy 0-4-0 desiel and guagemaster DCC27 and home built "Stay Alive" cap 

Note: the only times it stops is when rocrail set speed to Zero. (not due to pickup Failure etc

Still need to replace couperling, but i think thats a go ahead with yard track... (or at least print more parts etc..  VERY HAPPY ...  

Test of 3d printed yard track turn out, using horndy 0-4-0 desiel and guagemaster DCC27 and home built "Stay Alive" cap 

Note: the only times it stops is when rocrail set speed to Zero. (not due to pickup Failure etc

Still need to replace couperling, but i think thats a go ahead with yard track... (or at least print more parts etc.. VERY HAPPY ...