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still working on which opp's system, car card /waybills or scenario cards or just swap one car for one of the same!

 

Ray

If recommend something other than just swapping cars for one of the same. It will effectively double the moves with the same number of cars if you spot one car and pick up another from a different spot.

 

Nice video. Good use of 2 locos to get round the lack of a run round. It's what the real thing would do and it must increase the play value! Can you imagine trying to run like that without DCC?

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learn to fly, learn to fly!!!, you want to try it, didn't do to bad, considering I had a pint in one hand and was eating a bag of nuts!!! 

 

Still very good, but I was expecting it to end with a nose-dive into the (static) grass - 'fade to black' (LOL).

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Finally finished weathering the layout freight cars, what else is there to do on a bank holiday (usually go to the pub ,but that's out ,still on the hospital run) I've take photos of them all, ready to stick on the front of my waybills, this is just to help my mate id different car types, he doesn't know a 50' box car from a 50' combination door boxcar,just got to get my head around car cards and waybills now!!!

 

 

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Where getting near to the end now, but still some small detail to add.

 

Ray

 

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would help if i'd added the photo, there a tad larger than the real life ones, just to help my fellow operators to see where to spot cars, the gap between the ties in front of the marker has 2, 5 x 3mm neodymium magnets, you've got to concentrate when spotting cars,( should be fun at a exhibition when the crowds are asking questions, lol) they work well, odd coupler sticks some time, but think that's down to over weathering the coupler area(lesson leant).

 

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Ray

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made a start on car cards and waybills.

 

most waybills will be 2 way, with a few 4 way type thrown in to add some variation, still working out which is best.

Waybills will be coloured in the corner with car type( ie: 50'XM) to match the car card colours.

car cards will be folded to make a pocket, with the picture of the freight car glued on the pocket (that's the plan), all will be laminated or covered with clear book covering.

 

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a little step closer

 

Ray

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Cheers Jack

 

but there to big, made my pockets 60mm wide, to big a job to alter them.

 

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As you can see there built into the front of the layout (less to forget when loading the car) the ones i'll use are 50 x 100mm.

just another coat of paint on the front then I can add the labels, there's four pockets SET OUT ,HOLD, OFF SPOT and PICK UP, I hope it all works, will need a lot of play time :senile:  to find out the pit falls.

 

Ray

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