Stephen Freeman

You may recall this signal Well I have fitted lenses to the lamps and think they look much better. Here is another video. I have had to replace one of the servos, this time with a standard 9g analogue one, much quieter than the digital ones! I haven't set any bounce on the centre one yet but may have another go to refine the operation of all 3 when I have a moment

I hope you don't mind me commenting on your superb layout and signalling. I too have an interest in Peterborough North albeit in a different scale and earlier era but one thing both periods have in common is wide variety of signalling. I think you have commented before on the complexity of the bracket signals and the lack of trade support for them (Wizard only seems to do a small selection and probably less so in other scales). With that in mind I got PPD to do some for me, fortunately I think I will only need a smaller selection than you have had to cope with, so just acquired some etches of some of the larger types in 2mm scale, whilst I was at it I did some in 4mm scale just in case I might need them. With regard to your DCC woes, the only time I ventured into macros was using JMRI PanePro. All the macros were stored on the PC, the handset wasn't involved.

one more to do after this one probably tomorrow

I have done a couple of short videos First one is the lbscr signal above. I have used a MERG Servo4 for the video using Sema4 firmware, but I didn't set any bounce. The second one is of a Penzance starter signal. Again using the same servo control board, no bounce set. The shunt arm is unmotorised though capable of being so.

Still busy.. I have a couple of videos still to do but here is the latest. just noticed the stray bit of red, which will be fixed pdq. Video replaced by the next one, which is much better

Personally, being a Member of MERG I would use their Steady State Accessory decoder to switch a suitable relay to effectively simulate a simple On/Off switch. If I wanted to use Panel Pro. I wouldn't consider just using the DCC controller, that's for driving trains in my book.

depending on whether your DS64 outputs a constant voltage or not, if not you will need a latching relay. Personally I cannot see the advantage of using DCC for the control of signals or turnouts unless you are using such as JMRI panel pro on a PC.

I take it the Velux is new since I visited last?

I appear to have answered my own question by reading the book carefully. Yes until the long burning lamps came in they were removed during daylight hours.

I know that the GNR removed the signal lamps during the day but did this practice extend to Ground Signals too? I understand that this stopped around the time of the Great War, not just due to the lack of manpower but the adoption of long burning lamps at about the same time.

Still slightly puzzled. Surely it is easier to work outwards from the Vee? If you put the Vee down first, you just gauge outwards, much easier to get it right rather than trying to work from a stock rail.

Annett was in charge of LSWR signalling around the turn of the century, so no surprise on them being fitted to many LSWR signals. The SECR may be a different matter, I think that the SR may have fitted them though on checking I see the SECR also used Stevens arms. The southern were not averse to using equipment far from its original stomping ground i.e. the finials-LC&DR - on the home signals at seaton junction (there is a good photo in Southern Infrastructure vol 2) Mr Annett was seemingly very innovative,amongst other things he also designed a route indicator, which was very similar in operation to the GWR cash register type, he even took out a patent for it but I have never found an instance of it being used in anger.

Replaced by better video further down

Good Afternoon, I have been busy videoing etc The first short one is of a GWR square post 7mm scale signal -details Arm Wizard, lamp body and finial Modelu. Post and LED me. The servo is controlled by a MERG servo 4 , using my own version of SEMA 4 (slightly modified bounce and pull simulations)

A swinging arm would be better but controlled by an over centre spring arm. That way the bogie would guide the loco into the curve. Persverance chassis kits used this for bogies and it is probably in the Flexichas book by Mike Sharman, if you like I can check.