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Once Upon A Time In A Computer Desk
Imustbemadatmyage replied to faded_Glory's topic in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas
No room for a New York skyline this time? -
First idea in n gauge
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas
After a while where I was helping my wife after her knee replacement, I have restarted work. I have got the cork down and the track laid. The droppers are in place and terminated in small choc blocks. I still have the main bus to install, but it’s too hot to do anything more today! -
First idea in n gauge
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas
I have taken my first steps to building this layout now! My progress was delayed because SWMBO has had a new knee and has needed a lot of TLC. I transferred my track plan to lining paper, leaving a generous margin for slight adjustment and then cut it out. Again leaving a generous margin, I transferred it to a sheet of 2.5mm cork sheet and cut that out also. As the cork sheet was tightly rolled, I am now going to leave it a few days to flatten out before fixing it to the baseboard. -
Which locomotive do you have? N gauge has very little room and I had a Dapol Mallard which, I was told, would only have room for a particular Gaugemaster chip. Others were too big. I returned it as it burnt out on its first run and another chip made no difference. With a different locomotive I chipped it with a Zimo decoder (they do really small ones) and it runs a dream with my Prodigy controller.
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Many thanks
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Many thanks for all your comments. I am now managing to solder fairly well, as this picture of the underneath of code 55 n gauge rail shows (I hope!)
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Possibly OT but I have the dc version of the alpha mimic board and the leds on that are also the switches. It is ridiculously easy to set up, being plug and play. The dcc version (which I considered, but decided that my small dcc layout didn’t need the complexity of dcc points) appears to be even easier.
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Went for a lovely drive in the Yorkshire Dales the other day and my self driving car arrived at Settle! I couldn't resist wandering down the sidings and happened to notice DCC Concepts. A quick dive inside found me buying some Cobalt Omega point motors and a Cobalt Alpha switch. The manual suggests a special power supply using two wall transformers wired together. This arrangement looks a little bit unsafe to me and I was advised that simply using one power supply and not connecting the common terminal in the middle was easier and cheaper. Has anyone else tried this and with what result?
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Definitely not. It's Peco N code 55 flexi. I realise that soldering to stainless steel is harder.
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Dcc concepts flux. Definitely for this type of work. NOT plumbing flux!
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I have a 50W iron with variable temperature settings (Atten SA50). Despite using plenty of flux I seem to be unable to get the solder to flow well enough to reliably connect droppers to a rail. Any suggestions as to the best temperature setting to use? It goes from 200 to 500 C
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Prodigy Express and Cobalt IP digital motors
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in DCC Help & Questions
What a shame - they looked so easy to wire up! Many thanks for the information. Looks like I will have to rethink my plan. -
N gauge dcc shunter needed
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in DCC Help & Questions
Bampton Grange is in GWR green so presumably era 3 -
I am setting out a small n gauge layout which will incorporate some sidings and an inglenook. I have been looking for a shunter which will go with my dcc Grange class locos. I imagine that it would have to be a Jinty or similar but I can't find a dcc one. Any suggestions gratefully received.
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Power supply for point motors
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in DCC Help & Questions
Many thanks. One ordered today -
I agree with it being small scale but any layout will have to be n gauge as I have very limited room. I thought it better to start in the scale I will eventually use. BTW, my post does mention unifrog points, so I assumed that everyone would realise that I intended to use live frogs.
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I am going to do the same - ie start small. I have built a baseboard (810 x 405 mm) and laid out a small trial track plan for it. I intend to use dcc control with unifrog points controlled by switches on a mimic panel. The whole is using n gauge code 55 flexitrack. (See my thread on boxfiles and microlayouts). This will be specifically a “training layout “ (pun intended) so I can make my beginner’s mistakes on a small scale.
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Power supply for point motors
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in DCC Help & Questions
Thanks for all the replies. Where do I get power supplies from? -
Electrofrog Point Wiring for DCC - Is this correct
Imustbemadatmyage replied to chuffinghell's topic in DCC Help & Questions
Looks good to me. -
Power supply for point motors
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in DCC Help & Questions
It’s only a small (810x405) layout with 4 points. Surely it will be enough? -
Rummaging in my parts box, I found this. Is it suitable for powering point motors with a CDU in the line?
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First idea in n gauge
Imustbemadatmyage replied to Imustbemadatmyage's topic in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas
Proposed layout with Peco code 55 flex track and Unifrog points. The right hand side of the layout is a 5:3:3 suitable for an inglenook. The lower lines will provide space for sheds, coaling etc. I couldn’t resist these coal wagons as they are all from collieries near me. Old Roundwood was about a mile away.