Sodding point motors
Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:48:21 +0100
I've just spent three hours failing to get one pair of point motors to
work. They work fine off the layout, the points work fine without the
motors, but once the motors are on the points they simply will not
move, despite careful measurement and any amount of adjustment.
Part of it is, of course, using Peco mot ...
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Brilliant Baseboards
Sun, 9 Aug 2009 10:53:29 +0100
Has anyone here used Brilliant Baseboards? I've seen them at exhibitions
and been impressed.
I have a specific question regarding them. I've tried e-mailing Ray but it
looks like he is on vacation because I'm not getting a reply. I'm planning
a shelf layout where the main shelf width will be 30cm but th ...
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Railway exhibition chugs into Southwold
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:40:51 -0700 (PDT)
The Lowestoft Journal
5th August 2009
" Train enthusiasts are invited to a model railway exhibition that
chugs into action this weekend. "#
http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/content/lowestoftjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=LOWOnline&category=NEWS&tBrand=lowonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED05%20Aug%202009%2 ...
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Jeff Howell's DIY advice: Condenstation
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:38:38 -0700 (PDT)
Telegraph.co.uk
5th August 2009
Jeff Howell
" TRAINS UNDER THREAT
Q I?ve just reroofed our garage with metal box-profile sheeting (the
old asbestos-cement corrugated roofing was well past its best, and
leaking), and started setting up my model railway layout. Below the
sheeting I put 100mm (4in) foil-b ...
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Model village celebrates 80 years
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:34:29 -0700 (PDT)
This is Local London
Wednesday 5th August 2009
Lawrence Dunhill
" Bekonscot the oldest model village in the world, celebrated its
80th anniversary on Wednesday with a special gala day of
activities .................................
It was the summer of 1929 when wealthy London accountant, Roland
Calli ...
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Transfer sidings
Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:27:12 +0100
Does anyone have any nice pictures of transfer sidings between narrow
gauge and standard gauge in the UK? I'm not even sure if it would be
prototypically right, but the little men have expressed interest in a
narrow gauge mine or quarry working meeting the branch line, and who
am I to argue?
Guy
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TV/Radio Interference
Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:13:20 -0700 (PDT)
The question of our models causing interference crops up occasionally.
This months EMC Journal http://www.compliance-club.com/ has a
breakdown of *proven* interference cases investigated by OFCOM
(bananaskins column).
Needless to say, model railways do not feature in the list.
There's an interesting comment ...
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Presenter's plan for longest model railway
Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:34:38 -0700 (PDT)
thisisnorthdevon.co.uk
Thursday 30th July 30 2009
" With help from local people, Top Gear presenter James May plans to
create the 10-mile Hornby-style toy railway along the Tarka trail. "
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Presenter-s-plan-longest-model-railway/article-1205479-detail/article.html
Al ...
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Turntables
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:21:20 +0100
I'd like to fit a small turntable at the end of my branch line, but
I'm having some difficulty finding any OO kits shorter than 270mm. It
only needs to fit an N2 at the longest, no more than 150mm over
buffers. Google's not helping much. Does anyone know of any
commercially available kits for shorter deck turnt ...
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Finescale question
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:20:29 +0100
Just out of interest, how do finescale modellers typically join
sections of track to allow thermal expansion? Obviously the usual
rail joiners are not going to look right. Also, do you get problems
with the soldered joints onto the pins breaking?
Guy
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