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Martin Elsworth

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  1. Martin Elsworth
    Thanks everyone. 6-pin it is and I've found a suitable Zimo chip.
  2. Martin Elsworth
    I'm confused! Will Any 6-pin decoder work? A well known shop in Sheffield tells me I need a Next18 chip, which I don't think is right.
  3. Martin Elsworth
    I'm looking for a dcc chip to fit a Farish 4F. Instructions say it is fitted with a 6-pin NEM651 socket. Which chip is suitable?
  4. Martin Elsworth
    Thanks again Nigel. I'm afraid my experience with electronics is more failure than success! A rethink is probably needed. I've been reluctant to embrace full DCC to start with but with a suitable system could I dispense with the need for a control panel at all and just use the display on a tablet say?
  5. Martin Elsworth
    Thanks Nigel. I was begining to suspect that. Could you point me to the type of circuit needed please. I presume that will need an external power supply of some sort.
  6. Martin Elsworth
    I want to use a SwitchPilot Servo unit to control my points via push buttons (i.e. not DCC) and I'd like to have the schematic display on my control panel show the point position via LEDs. Given that the push buttons will have only fleeting contacts, how can I wire the panel so the LEDs give a permanent display?
  7. Martin Elsworth
    I have an old Fairish GP Tank (1990's) which has some little white crusty eruptions showing through the paintwork. Does anyone know what these are and the best way to treat them? Martin
  8. Martin Elsworth
    Once again thank you everyone for your replies. Most interesting.
  9. Martin Elsworth
    Thanks Chris. Operationally the lack of a double slip off the up line would seem to present a few interesting shunting problems. Would a loco have been allowed to pass through the goods shed?
  10. Martin Elsworth
    Thanks to everyone for their comments. I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with signalling diagrams: am I right that the pointwork on the left hand up main is a single slip with lever 4 activating the crossover from down to up and 4+5 giving access from down to the yard? At the station end is that a double slip shown? What is the sequence of levers needed to access the various routes?
  11. Martin Elsworth
    The yard at Hornby station has a stub-end siding near both entries off the main line. The one at the station end is only accessible from the goods shed line (a single slip gives access from the goods shed to the main line). Photos show that the platform ended well before buffers on the stub - so what was its likely purpose? At the other end the stub is longer but again I wonder what it was used for. I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
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