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  1. LNERGE

    I think i have just had an urge to do some modelling.

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Yaay -  Make sure they get your good side :)

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      I have a good side?

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Sorry, the photofloods are all bu@@ered, and the films out of date too.....

       

  2. LNERGE

    I'm finding simple things difficult lol. I have managed to carry out a control change on a signal  and thats about it. It did involve five track circuits and three lots of point detection but was succesful all the same. (OO gauge, steering clear of the bigger stuff for a bit)

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    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Definitely. The model railway has never had so much attention. 

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Little and often.  That's the way I try and get back after some time away from the layout.  Keep going matey.

    4. beast66606

      beast66606

      Hope you get better soon Richard - in the meantime I'm glad the little railway keeps you going.

  3. LNERGE

    I'm sure i saw a OO scale vestibule rubbing plate like those on a class 33/1 somewhere. I've searched and searched but can't find them now. Any ideas?

    1. Phil Mc

      Phil Mc

      DC Kits ?

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Replica Railways used to sell parts from their MLV kits which included those rubbing plates.  May be worth giving them a call?

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      many thanks

  4. LNERGE

    I'm sure when i was a kid my Airfix Coastal Defence set had guns that fired some sort of projectile? I bought one for the lad and no sign of anything dangerous.

    1. woodenhead

      woodenhead

      Little shell shaped pieces of plastic and a spring loaded firing pin.  Ditto with the coastal fort.

       

      But to be fair, pretty good chance you could fire them towards someone so not surprised they no longer have that feature.

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      But fairly tame when compared with the Triang R672 Honest John missile. I can still see the dent in the ceiling where mine was fired straight up from the living room table. 

  5. LNERGE

    I'm thinking of a mail coach with an opening door and deployable net. Is it possible to get a dcc servo controller and small servo's that will fit in a OO scale mailcoach?

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      I've got TPOs that operate with

       

      HD 3-rail

      HD 2-rail

      Triang (and Hornby) mechanical ramp

       

      As mentioned above the HD offerings have a socking great solenoid that whacks the "net" and the delivery door open. Only a tinplate coach could survive the forces involved!

       

      The benefit of the HD setup is that it only operates when you want it to, if it passes the apparatus without the button being pressed, the doors stay closed. The Triang and Hornby version opens the doors each time it passes, whether there are mailbags to be collected/dropped or not.

       

      My first post should have had a "tongue in cheek" smiley after "I think its been done before...." :jester:

       

      Unless you have some sort of a lineside trigger, you'd have to have "net" boards at a suitable distance before the apparatus to remind you to deploy the pick up net in time....

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      I can't use an extra rail with dcc so it will have to be something else. Magnets may be worth a try.

    4. Stephen Freeman

      Stephen Freeman

      Reed switch?

  6. LNERGE

    I’m getting old. Just carried an auxiliary pair of key token instruments out to the van. I’m wrecked. 

    1. Tim V

      Tim V

      One at a time might have been easier!

       

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Those days are long gone. Carrying them down the box steps and away was once so easy lol

  7. LNERGE

    I’ve just put an eBay motor in a Lima 08. A bit wild at first but fiddled with the back emf setting and it’s a usable loco. Hornby chip with home made stay alive. 

  8. LNERGE

    My Christmas present from Mrs LNERGE has arrived.. Christmas 2021 that is. Welcome Ring Haw.

  9. LNERGE

    My twins are nine years old today. Who pressed fast forward?

    1. Tim V

      Tim V

      Blink and they grow up!

    2. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      Lol, my first born turned 20 yesterday ......

    3. Welly

      Welly

      My goddaughter turned 19 this year - it feels like only 5 minutes ago that I was feeding her a bottle in my arms!

  10. LNERGE

    Nights last night. New points tested into service in London. A bit zombie today but with resolve to find me a new Deltic. To no avail though..

     

    A knock on the front door.. Parcel for Mrs LNERGE. She immediately hands it to me... My favourite Deltic, with sound..

    1. Bucoops

      Bucoops

      She's a keeper.

       

       

      Mrs LNERGE too.

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      I decided that many years ago after her reaction to the Vulcan taking off from RAF Cottesmore… 

  11. LNERGE

    OMG playing it with the kids is a challenge. What a lovelly evening though.

    1. truffy

      truffy

      By “it” do you mean ‘tag’, or some other ‘it’?

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      yes tag. I had to break into a gallup a couple of times. I may recover.

  12. LNERGE

    One last asymetric brake section to add and all the main running lines and both return loops are so fitted. 32 sections so far

  13. LNERGE

    RIP KX SB

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    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Kings Cross PSB closed and control tranferred to York

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      66767 named Kings Cross PSB today

    4. truffy

      truffy

      Wow. They must have good eyesight in York. Must be the Henderson’s relish!

  14. LNERGE

    Sitting at the lineside waiting for a possession to start with a manky looking fox for company. 

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Let's face it, he could be a Politician. Great place to be.........:scared: 

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Second shift just starting. I wonder how days got on ?

    4. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Third shift and sinking fast

  15. LNERGE

    So ok I am driving two solenoids from one accessory decoder. From the elite controller it works fine. From Railmaster one end goes the opposite way. 

  16. LNERGE

    Steam coming out of cooling towers? Is Ratcliffe about to generate?

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    2. woodenhead

      woodenhead

      @truffy The GOP will never ban coal, no such thing as Global Warming to them.:D

    3. Davexoc

      Davexoc

      Gas price is up again, so coal is probably cheaper...

    4. truffy

      truffy

      @woodenhead just don’t let Greta Funtimes hear you say that! ;)

  17. LNERGE

    The back contact is at the front. The front contact is in the middle and the arm is at the back.

  18. LNERGE

    The Cat is back! Well done to all those who helped in getting it back to Duxford.

  19. LNERGE

    There is footage of a Tallboy going off whilst being defused. Not a job for the faint hearted. Everyone ok apparently.

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    2. truffy

      truffy

      Hmm I was led to believe that it wasn’t supposed to go off. So I’m assuming that this wasn’t an unmitigated success. 

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Apparently the idea was that they were trying to do a slow burn on the contents and the 76 year old Torpex was feeling a bit frisky!

    4. truffy

      truffy

      That's the problem with 76-year olds; when they feel frisky they fall apart.

  20. LNERGE

    To go out and pick up a token instrument from an auction house or stay home and wait for the postie with my Genesis tool van… Sore back and dirty hands tonight. 

  21. LNERGE

    Was on the 23:18 Edinburgh Waverley - Perth last night after attending the Tattoo. We had the train nearly to ourselves me n Mrs LNERGE. Where is everybody?

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Fringe.

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      A similar ride pre pandemic remains the most crowded I have ever seen a train. People sitting on top of seatbacks with their legs round people in seats. 

    3. St Enodoc

      St Enodoc

      "People sitting on top of seatbacks with their legs round people in seats."

       

      TMI.

  22. LNERGE

    What’s the best sound decoder for a Bachmann 37?  I’ve been rummaging round the net but can’t make up my mind. 

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Deffo not an Olivia's!!!!!!!

    2. Adamphillip

      Adamphillip

      Biffoman

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      I got a Hornby 31 to work nicely so I though I’d get it a sound chip. What I got was rather lame. I don’t want to make the same mistake with the 37.

  23. LNERGE

    Wundermap showing 40.4 at Hethersett.

    1. Nick C

      Nick C

      We had 41.7 (in the shade) in our garden (Hampshire) earlier. Not with a properly calibrated thermometer, admittedly.

  24. LNERGE

    Yay first jab.

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    2. ROSSPOP

      ROSSPOP

      Had my first AZ last Sunday .... tiredness and joint pains finally gone today..but that has been 45 days after a positive Covid test...

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      AZ. Feel a bit sluggish but that could be all the other ailments lol.

    4. beast66606

      beast66606

      Both me and the Mrs are jabbed

       

  25. LNERGE

    Yay I’m a grandad! How long should I wait before buying my new granddaughter a train set? 

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    2. john new

      john new

      Make a train shaped rattle one of the early toys then a Brio set as the first more train set like purchase, but regarding the Brio not for a year or so yet.

    3. Duncan.

      Duncan.

      Give her the gift of the joy and encouragement of creating with her own hands.... railway modelling is just one way of expressing that joy. 

    4. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Once she's crawling, you want the ELC Happyland Train. Here's an unboxing video: 

      twenty or more years ago, we had two sets, including points and a diamond (well, square) crossing. It could be set up with two trains circulating in opposite directions on a dog-bone layout with passing loop. With care, it could run for ages without a collision! You can probably get extra track or complete sets second-hand.

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