Dagworth

A great little show, very high quality, and I think very unusual in that TT was the most popular scale! Rich's layout seemed to go down very well. Andi

MPs and Lies in the same sentence... sounds about right! Andi

The circuit that I once posted was for inverse wired two-lead bicolour LEDs rather than for common cathode. Adding a pair of diodes around the tri-leg LED can convert it to effectively a two leg device. Andi

Haven't we been here before? Modernisation plan anyone... Andi

Those look good, but you have fallen into the same trap that I did. The equipment will normally be on the side of the portal facing the direction of traffic for the line it supplies, not all on the same side. Andi

It was the first thing we found with the camera train, until you were looking out of the front window of the train you were driving you didn't realise just how fast you were going. Andi

Whereas I sold my ECoS and went back to my Lenz Set 100, it's bombproof reliability for me every time. Andi

In this video is a 14 car Hornby APT on my layout. The layout has long gradients. the APT is powered from one of the central power cars using a central can motor mech and flywheels/cardan shafts to Heljan bogie towers. There are no traction tyres.The power car is pushing six vehicles and pulling seven. If I can build by hand a mech that will shift that lot with no problem there is no reason on earth a factory cannot turn out a mechanism capable of doing the same. Please please please leave the traction tyres in the nearest skip. https://youtu.be/boiIcPWZz3c?t=247 Andi

Can I just say http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87205-sheffield-exchange-what-a-to-do/?p=3114212... Hope the 2P is ok, park it next to the hymek and they can sympathise with each other Andi

I took your advice, trouble is that halfway around the course the damned thing decided to pullover Andi

I would never play Rick Astley either, but it seems that the "Rickrolling" joke has passed RMweb readers by Andi

I think we may have to bring the "home stereo" (1k PA system) next time Ravens goes out, a little bit of this to get everyone in that 80s mood http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55ohpk Andi

Glad to know you were able to sort it easily Andi

Maybe not, but you can under 6.25kV AC, and that was apparently with 1500V DC insulators Andi

I guess you had one loco on the track back-to-front so what should have been the return wheels on the electric were on the live track rails? Andi

Did it have a bloke playing the piano as accompaniment? Andi

But what's the best way to model it? Andi

Why do so many people have to do the huge song and dance about how good DCC is on the thread of a bloke who has said many many times that he doesn't want it? Clive's seen DCC, he's used DCC, he's happy with DC. Leave the poor old luddite alone! Andi

I thought it was yellow Andi

While you've got the power bogie out of the chassis stick a 9volt battery across the brushes and see if you can see which wheel is not true. Andi

Don't tell me, the poor woman has been sat in that ditch for a fortnight... Andi

Oi! That's MY tinfoil hat I'll have you know... Andi

One show we did with Dagworth was opposite a layout with taped bird sounds. On the second day we brought a photo of our cat and fixed it to the front of the layout to try to scare the birds off. Wait until we get Ravensclyffe out on the circuit with the level crossing bells. There is a volume control on the bells that could well be a useful negotiating tool for DCC sound layouts that won't turn their levels down! Andi

I don't think it was anything of mine, I use either a Duette or an old Lima trainset controller when I want to run something in. Andi

Learned from experience (How's that Hymek by the way...?) Andi