michaelp

You could fit a Gaugemaster DCC80. It will power the frog and blades whether they are contacting the stock rails or not. Easy fit and forget.

Thanks for the link, I had thought of bonding the stock and switch rails and powering the frog with a micro switch as I have with my other electrofrog points but because of the way the 'Y' point is built and works I'm unsure how to modify it.

One of the contact tags on the switch rails is not making contact with the corresponding stock rail causing my Class 08 to stop, I have tried gently bending the tag up slightly but there is still no contact. Is there a way to fix this by possibly leaving the point in place? 

I should say that the point is on my DCC layout and was fitted straight from the box with no mods apart from IRJs on the frog rails, the other route over the point works fine.

Any ideas/advice is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Queen Of Clubs - KC And The Sunshine Band

No More The Fool - Elkie Brooks

I am The Beat - The Look

I'm Every Woman - Chakka Khan

Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to post this for me, I think that's what I needed, a step by step guide to using Gimp.

These days, saving an image in Gimp will save it as its own xcf format. This preserves things like layers, masks and so on, but it is a format only Gimp uses. You need to Export the image to a jpeg, png or whatever image format you require. This can be the same file name as the image you opened, or a different one. As others have said, Image > Print Size then width/height and resolution are the things to alter to print at a particular size and keep all the detail, not Image > Scale Image, which leaves resolution (dpi) unchanged and blurs and pixelates the picture as you scale down.

 

Gimp has a pretty steep learning curve. A downside of its excellent functionality. It can do very many things very well, but learning how to do the thing you want takes time!

 

Mim

Thanks, whereabouts is the resolution setting in Gimp, if I know roughly what size to resize to how would I know which way to set the resolution?

Hello Harold,

I think i have being doing it wrong, i am trying to resize some images to print off and make into 00 gauge signs so quite small.

I thought all i had to do was to select 'scale image' and reduce the height and width to what i thought was correct then click 'save as' then go to the printer and print it of but the image is still way too big and quite blurred but i am grateful for any pointers.

Cheers

I can't seem to reproduce the problem here, but I guess the DPI is being set incorrectly when you go to print the image.  Perhaps the information is being lost in saving and reopening the file.  In GIMP, you can set the DPI for the image by going to the 'Image' menu and selecting 'Print Size'.  You can also override the DPI per print from the print dialog on the 'Image Settings' tab, which should be reflected in the preview.

 

Once the DPI is set, you can change the rulers around the image to a paper measurement (cm or in) from the menu at the bottom left of the image next to the zoom percentage.

Thanks for that, I will have a look to see if that helps.

I am obviously going wrong somewhere but cant figure out where,  I am able to scale down images and save resized images ok but when i come to print them off the print preview is showing them as blurred and too large and that is how they print.

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong please.

Thanks in advance

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I thought you were on about one for traction power.

Are you sure that one isn't a NEEB one?

Hi,

No it was a diesel maintenance depot but I'm sure it was a substation, it is clearly fenced off with what looks like some sort of electrical equipment inside.

I have found a photo of it but I cant find out whose photo it is to ask for permission to post it here.

BR Substation

Well I'm saying BR but I am not sure, it looks like a small type of substation which was located in the car park at West Blyth depot in Northumberland, sadly I have no photos of it and searching online hasn't brought up anything.

BR Substation or Electricity Board?

BR Substation

Hello all,

Does anyone know of any 'High Voltage' type warning signs for 00 gauge use that would have been used in the 1970s. I am building a small sub station and need the appropriate warning signage.

I have had a look online but not come up with anything other than modern warning signs.

Thanks in advance

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Again Again - Status Quo

Run Runaway - Slade

If Paradise Is Half As Nice - Amen Corner

I use this one

http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=SEUTHE%20NO117&r=1

Michael

After a pair of Hornby Class 08 front steps for the 'Super Detail' version of the Class 08.

Please PM with price

thanks

I'll Find My Way Home - Jon and Vangelis

Just a quick update,

Took the wheels out of the Class 14 today, cleaned them thoroughly with a fibre glass pen and rinsed them with isopropanol. I then cleaned and bent out the pick-ups to give a bit more tension on the wheel backs refitted the wheels and the loco was just the same, I then tried CV 54= 0 which had no effect, tried changing the values of CVs 52 to 55 again no noticeable improvement.

So at a loss now with this.

Michael

Michael,

 

The problem I found with my Heljan 14 lay with the back of the plastic wheels being slightly proud of the metal tyre in places thus preventing the pick-ups from making good constant contact, remove the base plate, drop the wheel sets out and try removing a small amount of plastic around each wheel near the tyre and see if this goes some way to improving the performance, I did this with mine and wow what a difference, I was so pleased with the smooth running it was some while before I had a break from running it. 

 

Regards

Allan

Hello Allan,

Thanks for your reply, not sure which plastic wheels you mean.

Michael