Dagworth

3 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

If Aunty Beeb wants to know what British track looks like - here's some I photographed last Tuesday : - 

 

Taken with permission.

stud contact too!

Andi

If someone leans on my layout then I reserve the right to paint the offending part of that person to match the scenery

Andi

What decoder do they have fitted?

I presume you have turned the brightness of the lights down in the decoder settings? This is done by switching them on and off extremely rapidly. If you put them to full brightness they will stop flickering like that but will probably be too bright. The only real solution is to change the resistor values on the light circuits.

Andi

Cow - Gene Loves Jezebel

The only skinhead 31/4s were 418 (which existed in unrefurb and refurb periods) and 444/450/461 which only existed in refurbed form

Andi

Edit: forgot one! thanks @Hairy Bear Digital

Ben Jones at Rails of Sheffield 

Acrylic or enamel? 
 

I find that ballast glue causes tarnish until it’s fully dried (yellow rail heads), could it be that your paint hasn’t completely cured yet? 
 

Where is the layout? (Loft, shed etc.?)

Andi

Buy a pack of playing cards!  Ask @Clive Mortimore

Andi

Ballad of Bodmin Pill - New Model Army

1 minute ago, melmerby said:

Personally I would've use more 9mm ply for the frame as it's lighter and more rigid than 3x1 softwood.

That's what I used for the individual sections on my layout, where each board is 4' x 3' and the frame is 100mm wide strips of 9mm

 

Each board will take the full weight of my not insubstantial bulk. (80+kg).

I don't have the equipment for working ply to the level of accuracy needed for making frames, the board tops were recycled from a festival so all I had to do with them was cut them in half with a jigsaw. Softwood frames allowed me a lot more flexibility for terrain changes where the landscape is below the track board within my own skill levels.

Andi

It’s So Easy - Guns and Roses 

I’m working with 4ft square boards at the moment, 9mm ply on 3x1 softwood frames. While they are not too bad for weight it’s more a matter of how to hold them to move them. They are awkward but manageable, though half the time I’m moving them up and down stairs. 
 

Andi

Simple answer. fit the best that you can afford.

Andi

I’ve had three separate phone calls from EON-next this week about changing my electricity meter. None of them seem to be aware of the previous calls until they dig into my records and suddenly realise that they’ve already spoken to me. 
 

Andi

Check photos of both ends though, fitting of speed sensing equipment as part of the deadmans in the mid 80s involved conversion to sealed beam lights at one end as the equipment went inside the old headcode box.

Andi

Thank you Kevin, 

That is a really useful picture of the box, it shows exactly the layout of the steps as well which I was previously unsure of.

The bridge itself is not particularly easy to photograph, only really visible clearly from Gyppeswick Park with a telephoto lens.

Andi

4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Oh d ear.

FTFY

Hi all, 

An appeal for assistance if anyone is able to help. I need photos of London Road railway bridge in Ipswich to aid in building an accurate model of it. I have some photos from Flickr but none are brilliant, in particular I have nothing that shows the down side wing wall on the London side of the bridge. Also any photos that show detail of the parts at the base of the three long arches, as to whether they are brick or concrete, and details of the pipe and its supports.

And an extra ask, does anyone have any photos of the signal box that used to stand on the Up side of the bridge that controlled the exit from the Yard and later became a shunters cabin, and the walkway from the road down to it please?

Can anyone help please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

3 hours ago, 2E Sub Shed said:

a stage lighting fixture (spotlight) was available in a knock off version

Our industry is full of crap Chinese knock-offs. So much so that some of our desks have a category under Manufacturers which is simply China. Chances are that no two batches of Chinese fixtures will be the same either!

3 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

DCC?

Don’t be so cruel to Clive, he had hair until DCC arrived! 

1 hour ago, RikkiGTR said:

how do I reset a decoder using Gaugemaster Prodigy Advanced?

Do you know what make of decoder is fitted? Different makes have different reset options

Andi