Danemouth

Rick My deepest sympathy; I think that's a lovely idea and a touching personal tribute Dave

The short answer is yes. I too use a Powercab with steam locos using SWD chips. The sounds are each allocated a function number - have a look at this https://www.southwestdigital.co.uk/F%20Keys/GWR%20Grp%201.png Note two things about the Powercab: The "Option" key needs to be reprogrammed to address functions 10 and above, see Page 18/19 of the manual, the new value needs to be 122 rather than 94. Afterwards a single press of the Option key makes F10 to F19 available and another press F20 to F29. This is clearly seen on the screen, Pressing the "Momentum" key can screw some sound decoders. I opened by Powercab and put insulating tape over it to prevent accidents. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/89097-beware-nce-and-esu-momentum-idiosyncrasies/?hl=powercab Hope this helps, Dave

I say the bunker is more than a bit full on that Prairie! Lovely atmospheric photo, Dave

Ok chaps, given Larry's prodigious workrate what's the betting that the track will be lifted and the new track laid by 1st September? :) Dave p.s.and the new buildings by 1st October? :yes:

Brilliant cartoonist - really captured the spirit of the valleys with Aberflyarf and the pub "The Golden Dap". I can still see one of his cartoons in my mind which included a sheep with a sign on its back "Ban Mint Sauce". Dave

That emporium told me that the minimum order for Railmatch is effectively £300 which is carriage free - order less than that and the carriage charges are significant making the line unprofitable. Dave

Well the track painting is almost finished but not without "moments if interest". Blackboard paint applied the the baseboard - should make it easier in the goods yard. Painted the sleepers with sleeper grime and then gave the rails two coats of Humbrol rail rust. Tried the layout having first cleaned the track top. Oh dear! a couple of dead sections - I've never had problems with dry joints before until this layout - put that right. So I decide that the sleepers need another coat of sleeper grime and the jar promptly runs out. I go to L & B to collect a couple of panniers that were having sound fitted - but they were out of sleeper grime. So I go to Lendons and they are also out of it - ended up ordering it from Gaugemaster where the postage costs almost as much as the two jars - waiting for it. I will post some pictures once the paint has arrived and I've applied the final coat, A thorough retest is then indicated after which I will start work on the scenic break bridge. Regards, Dave

Excuse me Mister, there's been an earthquake in Kings Moreton :yes: :) Dave

Not forgetting it goes over the Glenfinnan Viaduct so north of Fort William? Dave

Sorry Rick, that's not for me - I hate peanut butter for a start! As a boy the American childrens programs imported by ITV had children constantly eating peanut butter sandwiches. So I got my mother to buy a jar - turned out to be ghastly stuff. And as for ruining good bacon with bananas and syrup - Oh Dear! When I very occasionally have a cooked breakfast make it bacon, sausages, fried eggs, mushrooms and buttered toast! Oh, and forget this hash brown nonsense :) Dave p.s. As a dessert I do like a banana split - don't see very often anymore.

Sorry Chaps & Chapess' I can't even stand the smell of Gin, now if we're talking single malts that's something completely different, Dave p.s. I can't stand the stuff, why the hell am a reading a thread about it?

Does this mean you are giving up either 0 or 00 Andy? Whilst doodling don't forget Pencarne and Glen Roy - two of my favourites Look after yourself, Dave

Larry, Could you post a photo of a pair of notches carve in plain track please? A picture is worth a thousand words! Many thanks, Dave

Ian, It's funny you should mention Porthcawl - that's a station I like especially the three platforms. I tried it in an earlier incarnation of Danemouth but ended up with far too much track and something that looked very like an overgrown train set. I can remember Porthcawl, I must have been about 7 or 8. We changed onto the branch train at Pyle - three autocoaches with I think a small prairie in the middle. My love of operation will doubtless mean that Danemouth will rival Clapham Junction in its service frequency :yes: Regards, Dave

Actually John I can have the best of all worlds by using the headshunt road as: A Headshunt, The road to the offstage turntable or An extra fiddleyard track as the mood takes me. The third option naturally makes an alteration on laying out the tracks on the traverser as the very front track will need to line up with both running line and headshunt. The existing points operated fiddleyard has a maximum train length of just under 80 cms whereas the traverser will increase this to 100 cms which makes a three coach train possible and also allows some vans to be added to the current improbably short goods train I envisage only one or two goods trains day. However, I do see NPCS stock such as GUV and Syphons on the rear of the B Set and the short siding at the end of the run around loop beyond the release crossover will have a short dock to accommodate these vehicles. So there's a little more shunting! Regards, Dave

Ray, The running line is 30 cm from the back, Cheers, Dave

No problem Simon, Whilst cassettes are not for me I find the discussion interesting and others reading the thread may find information useful to them. Regards, Dave

Thanks Ray, TPH & Simon, I did consider cassettes momentarily. With my luck the chances of a train ending up on the floor of the garage (concrete albeit carpeted) is extremely high. The only exception to this will be the Peco Loco lift, the off scene "turntable" on the headshunt. When the traverser is built the two tracks at its front will line up with the headshunt and running line, the other tracks will be further apart to allow for easier stock handling. For me that is the simplest solution - but as a result of the last three posts I did recheck that cassettes were not a better solution for Danemouth. Again thanks for all your suggestions, The baseboard has now been painted with blackboard paint and sleeper grime has been applied - next step is rust to the sides of the rails. Regards, Dave

Larry, I hope you don't mind me asking you a question about the fencing around the station. I will be putting the same type of fencing on Danemouth and had been wondering what colour to paint it - black certainly agrees with my childhood memories around Cardiff, but looking at some other layouts some modellers seem to paint it BR(W) cream. Any thoughts on this, or can you point me at suitable resources please? And the way that 47xx clanked it sounds as if it's due for a major overhaul - lovely sound! Thanks, Dave

Andy, Forgot to ask, the shed is frequently referred to as TOPS - what does that stand for please? Cheers, Dave

Andy, You've had a really rough time for several months now so the disappearance of your mojo comes as no surprise. I liked KM though if I am completely honest as a late steam/early diesel enthusiast I much preferred Pencarne. However perhaps you have taken KM as far as you want to so letting it go to somebody who will appreciate it strikes me as being a good thing. I hope that as your mojo comes back to life, as it doubtless will that work will resume on Pen Y Bont another of your layouts I greatly admire which might expand to use some of the freed-up space. Please forgive me for telling you how to suck eggs - take small steps, a little each day and as you feel better be careful not to overdo it again and end up back where you started .............. Look after yourself, Dave

Please excuse my nosiness Q but are you able to tell us what type of equipment you are actually testing - I have no idea what sort of gear uses a current shunt! Regards, Dave p.s. Still haven't worked out the proper name of Effin Clown Town :no:

Today's playing trains operational testing has brought two minor track changes. The bay platform track has been shortened by four inches to allow better placement of the station building - a Prairie with two autocoaches can still arrive in the bay and clear the point to the kickback siding. The siding adjacent to the run around loop has been shortened by six inches so that the short stub beyond the release crossover can have a short platform/end dock for NPCS stock. Started to apply the sleeper grime. Today some stuff arrived from Track Shack - the Oxford Rail Signal Box to match the station building and a Bachmann Pagoda hut for the goods yard. Cheers, Dave

I did consider that but feel that less is more - I've over-egged the pudding in previous versions of Danemouth and regretted it. There is also the magic headshunt which has a "turntable" just the other side of the scenic break. Regards, Dave

I said exactly the same thing a couple of weeks ago on Danemouth http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/134246-danemouth-a-seaside-blt/?p=3207700 Using electrofrog points which need IRJs knocks two wires into touch Dave