kevinlms

I have a number of VCR cassettes of railway items, now the last player I had died, but I inherited a combined VHS/DVD LG player, but remote is missing. With this particular machine, you can't even start something without it. All you can do is insert tapes and discs and eject them! I have a universal remote that claims to be combatable, but blowed if I can get it to work! My brother MIGHT have the remote.

Ok, a fair distance from me! More than adequate. They've gone up by a fair bit, since I last purchased such items. https://www.jaycar.com.au/24vac-1a-unregulated-power-supply-bareends/p/MP3032

Setting it to record something was pointless anyway, because the TV stations started/finished a few minutes out from the published times. Even if you allowed a bit of overlap, chances are that you would miss the start/finish of a show! Having watched a movie on TV and finding that your recording stopped short, 2 minutes before the end, meant that you had wasted the time. My wife used to go to see if she'd caught the end. My view was NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was MUCH worse, seeing the end of a movie, before you'd seen any of it!!

This site might help. https://www.binnsroad.co.uk/railways/romford/index.html

So where in Oz are you?

Ah yes, the number of people who couldn't record anything, if they weren't home to press the record button!

From the number of hits/fires, they should build a section that when something is coming towards it, opens out and starts the automatic sprinkler system!

I did some work for a number of years for a small legal firm and was told that they would always assist me if required. Never had to put that to the test and hope I never do!

The microwave is usually one of the easiest things to set the clock on. Some items such as ovens can be quite difficult to remember. I'm one of these people who can't stand clocks showing the wrong time (I don't mind a few minutes, but those hours out - no way). For non essential clocks, there is always the option, of black tape over them!

Here's another one in a series of defamation cases, by a media company which has lost, over a dog claimed to be stolen by a barrister. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/gina-edwards-awarded-150k-in-damages-defamation-cavoodle/103771666

Much easier to adjust for Daylight Saving!

You can check whether it's suitable for higher AC Voltages. Look at the capacitor(s) - the largish round things. If it says that they are 35 Volts or more, then YES it is suitable. If not sure tell us the voltage it says. Yes, increasing by a few volts will make a difference, because the result at a CDU is the peak of the AC input, not just the RMS (think of average value - although technically incorrect), which is the voltage a multimeter will measure. I realise it's hard, because it appears that you're getting something for nothing, but if you try it out, you'll find that it's true. This is because the output from a CDU is a momentary one and NOT a constant output, which would show it's true colours!

I would be very tempted to leave the current layout, basically as it is. When you are ready, start a brand new layout incorporating many new features, such as better looking points. It can be built over a period of time, with the old one still being available to use as required. To be honest, the work required to change the existing points, is a fair amount of work - but of course, that's entirely up to you.

Well I did expect some sort of CASH, but I do hope the NRM charges them a fortune and not just petty cash, because they've got some old deal going back years. Such as a fixed price years ago, to do as they wished, which seems to be the outcome.

I wonder what sort of arrangement Bradford Exchange has with the NRM, to allow them to come up with the tat, that they do for Flying Scotsman?

A NEW H&M Duette? I don't think so. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126348440406?itmmeta=01HWAYZ911FPQPZVQH324P7WWA&hash=item1d6af43356:g:ATYAAOSwrhFl23Mx

Increase the voltage to the CDU, using AC. I've never had to remove springs, but I guess you could try that on one, if it would make you happier. Remember the springs help to keep the blades over, not just to prevent the blades from moving!

So yes, you are only supplying DC to the CDU. If it was 16 Volts AC, the voltage at the output of the CDU would be more like 22 Volts DC. Having said that, the point motors should be at least attempting to throw. Have you a spare point motor that you can temporarily connect to the CDU output and see if that works?

Maybe, but that is up to the company themselves to decide. Some companies are also VERY particular about how their liveries are depicted and any slight inaccuracy, will attract a 'correct or else' formal letter.

Of course it's a guess, but almost certainly Australia would receive far more containers directly from the US, than central America.

Yes I know that they aren't native to the USA, but it was believed that they came via the USA. Here's the relevant quote from the same article. The ants were first detected in Australia in Brisbane in 2001 and it's likely the pest arrived in shipping containers from the US.

Can't you find a larger photo? We were watching the club cameras the other evening and almost immediately a spider crawled across the lens, filling the screen!

Yes, we usually have a couple of Huntsmen, running around the interior walls. Rather that, then when I go out the front door sometimes and get a mouth full of spider web!

He wants to end up on the motorcycle club's 'eBay Madness' thread sometime in the future, when he goes to sell it!

This rather kills off the idea that ANY entry level modelling, is better than going to a shop and buying the latest highly detailed new model.