tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49037308098669796182024-03-13T17:35:54.806+00:00Hornby Dublo 3 RailA purpose built 16ft x 5ft exhibition layout with scenery and illumination, constructed over five months in 2014.
Also collecting and restoring Hornby Dublo three rail locos and modifying newer models to run on old three rail track.
Occasionally attempting to build a loft layout.
Spending way too much time and money!Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014107826958687360noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903730809866979618.post-57032783533723692392017-06-25T23:02:00.001+01:002017-06-25T23:02:08.953+01:00New homeI've migrated this site to a new Wordpress based home.<div>
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So after only two public appearances, we're modifying the new extension!</div>
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We acquired a goods depot during our last outing and concluded that it needed to be included in the layout and the only logical position was within the new extension. We also had some minor issues with the position of the right-hand engine shed, longer locos tend to hit the side of it when using the rear set of sidings. To install the goods depot, the front tracks would all have to be moved forward so this will resolve the issue but of course all the ballast and gravel has to come up.</div>
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The track and most of the ballast removed, ready to start work on installing the goods depot.</div>
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By adding a quarter and eighth rail, this gives us sufficient room to add in the goods depot. One siding will be reduced in length so that it can only accommodate one small locomotive but this is the only sacrifice really.</div>
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The new, small siding stops beside the depot. LED yard lights have also been sourced - five installed in this section with another five to be added in the turntable section.</div>
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Glue pot is not to scale!</div>
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The ballast had to be dug out to install the lights.</div>
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As with the rest of the buildings, LED strip has been installed in the roof of the goods depot. The doors are missing (I have some somewhere!)</div>
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The new trackwork is in place and we're happy with the positioning.<br />
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So after more ballast, glue, paint and greenery, the extension now looks like this:<br />
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Just need to wire up the lights!</div>
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Some flowers appearing along the side of the engine shed, also in Dublo colours!</div>
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Having now restored six super detail coaches using my own vinyl overlays to create a rake of blue & grey mk1 coaches, I was looking for something more appropriate to haul them.</div>
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I have the Royal Scots Grey Deltic, the body of which I acquired some time ago but the colour scheme isn't quite right, the windows are missing and the loco numbers don't look right.</div>
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Having also recently restored the green Deltic by buying a scrappy two rail version, I found myself with a spare body and decided to have a go at producing a blue version. As I also have a lovely prototype version complete with working lights, I also decided to have a bash at installing some directional LEDs as well.</div>
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First job was to drill the holes for the LEDs</div>
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The pillar drill made this task quite easy, two 2mm holes drilled in each end.</div>
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Then it was time to strip the body to bare metal, one hour in a bag of drain cleaner and the body was completely devoid of paint. Wire brushing removed any final traces of leftover paint, leaving a shiny metal body ready for primer.</div>
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After being left to dry and harden, the yellow ends were painted. Father Christmas very kindly brought me an airbrush kit, which I hadn't got around to using, so this was the first real test of airbrushing using Railmatch paint.</div>
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Normally I would buy transfers but this time I decided to experiment using the vinyl process, so after finding a suitable Google image of the Gordon Highlander name plate, I then made up the running numbers and data plate, finally finding a high quality British Rail logo to use as a template. These were then cut and fixed into place. The body was then given several coats of gloss lacquer.</div>
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The LEDs were then installed and wired, the LEDs at the other end being wired so that only the driven end illuminates.</div>
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An easy setup on Saturday morning and only a few minor tweaks required before everything settled into reliable operation.</div>
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The new extension performed well, its integration is practically seamless and the level crossing operated without fault all weekend.</div>
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The usual mix of locomotives were in use, with almost every loco being out on the layout somewhere, thanks to the extra storage space.</div>
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A few niggles with interference from the signal sequencer affecting the shuttle control. A temporary fix using a separate power supply cured the problem. There is a spare power supply feed in the control panel that can be used to power the signals in future.</div>
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The diesel & electric locos lined up in the fiddle yard, all took their turns on the layout.</div>
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The upper loop, with double-headed 0-6-2s, 2-6-4s & 8Fs, along with the Blue EMU, all running without fault.<br />
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Most pleasing of all, Ludlow Castle is finally restored to proper running order as it hauls the chocolate & cream coaches and TPO coach on the back.<br />
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We're very grateful to one of our "groupies" Tony Robinson, who turned up with a box of goodies that included a goods depot. We need to incorporate this into the extension somehow, so we reckon it'll fit about here:</div>
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We were back again at the Abbey Hill Steam Rally.</div>
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When we originally came up with the idea of the extension, we gave ourselves a deadline of October but then (stupidly) decided to bring that forward by six months, meaning that all work had to be completed, which we just about managed four days prior to setting up here!</div>
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So here's the layout making its first public appearance in its new 21 foot glory...</div>
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It wasn't an easy setup - never before has the layout taken nearly all day to setup and get working. Not all problems associated with the new section either, or the uneven ground associated with running in a marquee, that was probably the easiest bit to overcome!</div>
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The walkabout controller failed, thankfully just a dry joint inside and a quick fix once the fault was traced.</div>
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During the construction work I finally got around to installing the Arduino signal controller. This actually worked really well after some major gremlins during testing but led to some unexpected problems elsewhere.</div>
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On day two, it was noticed that the shuttle, which has been the most reliable part of the layout since being modified to Arduino control, began to behave erratically, with the points flicking from side to side and locos getting stuck. After checking the signal connections it was realised that the Arduino chip had been damaged, so a new one was fitted and programmed. It worked for about half an hour at most before it failed again.</div>
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To commemorate the new extension, I produced three more SD coaches in the blue and grey livery to give me a six car rake - these refused to stay together in any formation and ended up sidelined until day three!</div>
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While spending so much time looking for faults, I hadn't spotted that one of the locos had become stuck due to a derailed coach. By the time I'd spotted it, the damage had been done. Sadly the locomotive involved is Clan Line once again, having only recently been returned to the layout having cooked the previous armature. I'm starting to think that Clan Line is jinxed!</div>
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A couple of other minor loco failures that were resolved either by resoldering or oiling, apart from Clan Line I have very little to work on.</div>
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Last year, rain brought the show to an early close. This time it sadly leaked into our marquee and onto the layout. Whilst the other exhibitors were unaffected, we had no choice but to stop and cover up to avoid the risk of damage. Some minor damage was caused to the scenery and Dorchester got a little wet. By day four however all these issues were resolved.</div>
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The extension, once fully stocked, looked seamless. A number of people asked which part was the extension!</div>
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The automated crossing worked perfectly, even after crashing a loco into it!</div>
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Ray Burrows' Dinky collection was put to good use!</div>
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New addition - home made GWR TPO coach makes its first appearance on the end of a rake of chocolate & cream coaches.</div>
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Looking east from the new extension, it's hard to believe that this wasn't part of the original plan!</div>
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The I 'Ad That sign used to be mounted on the centre board using Velcro. Of course there is no longer a centre board, so it's been modified to hang on the back scene. Should we need to exhibit at 16ft in future then it'll still hang on the back.</div>
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The EMU sets were briefly doubled up to form a twelve coach rake.</div>
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The blue & grey mk1 coaches make a proper appearance after lots of tweaking.</div>
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And they looked pretty impressive. I'd like to think that Dublo would have made these had they survived long enough!<br />
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This home-made LNER tank normally lives in the stock box due to lack of room. The new extension gave me a chance to give it a run, it performed quite happily on the shuttle goods train, also resurrected after some time. The usual DMU & Railcars were also used but their duties were regularly swapped due to this being a four day show.</div>
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And finally, another loco that hasn't seen any use for months - the one that started it all off again, the 80054 that I had bought all those years ago as a scrapper to fix up Dorchester but ended up repairing and keeping. This one also ended up sidelined as it was quite sluggish and would never run well double-headed. During some quiet time on the final day it was given a decent run, and after a few initial laps it started to run really well.</div>
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Some minor tweaks to be made to the layout before our next outing in two weeks but the layout is fully functional and was very well received in its new format.</div>
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With thanks to Brian Phelps & the organisers of the Abbey Hill Steam Rally for an excellent weekend.</div>
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With just four days to go before its first outing in the new extended format, we put the layout together for final testing!<br />
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Although we do have cars & trucks on the layout, these are modern versions and not original Dinky ones, so we jumped at the chance!!!</div>
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Wasn't quite expecting this many though...</div>
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Some very fine examples, some repaints and some in primer. Nothing that can't be restored and these will make a fine addition to our layout, especially with the ongoing work to extend.</div>
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There were two primary reasons for extending the layout.</div>
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Reason one was due to the arrival of the trailer with more storage space but predominantly, the main reason was that work was ongoing to automate a single road level crossing, and there was no space in the current design to accommodate this.</div>
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So I took a battered old level crossing and stripped it, drilling out the rivets from underneat that support the barrier hinges and posts. I then modified the barrier gates, adding in a support wire that could be connected to a pair of servos.</div>
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After lots of thinking about the best way to attach connecting wires, I decided to cut a slot along the bottom of each gate, drill a small hole further along and then attach the wire through the hole, bend at 90 degrees and run through the newly cut slot, bending again at 90 degrees in line with the original barrier lower supports (which were filed away) zooming in on the picture below, the gates (in unpainted form) modification can just about be seen.</div>
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The wires are in fact handrails from a scrap class 20 Bo-Bo!</div>
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Next job is to file away the lugs that form the latching mechanism. Previously the gate would have to be lifted slightly before opening and this will no longer be needed and could also jam the servo mechanism, so this was reamed away.</div>
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The crossing then had to be supported to prevent damage to the wires. There was still some free-play in the barrier, so some heat shrink was added where the wire drops through the support bush. Again this can't be seen!</div>
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Here the crossing is installed in the extension. The board has been drilled to allow the control wires to pass through to the underside of the board. In the distance, the points can just about be seen and it's from here that the first trigger sensor is connected, once again via the dead centre rails found in all HD points!</div>
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The second (east) sensor is in the points at the other side of the crossing.</div>
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The wires are bent again at 90 degrees as they appear from underneath, then another 90 degree bend into the servo arms. It was for this reason that the system couldn't be thoroughly tested prior to installation as we ran the risk of snapping the wires if they were bent & straightened too many times.</div>
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The two yellow buttons are manual overrides for the sensors, this allowed me to calibrate the position of both gates without having to run a test train up and down - carrying out adjustments while the board was on its side would have been very difficult as locos don't generally take well to being run on their side!</div>
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Another lengthy project that should provide some interest in the new extension. A quick nod to HD guru Ron Dodd, who recently posted a video of his crossing on his superb layout.</div>
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Video of the crossing operating for the first time, along with a compilation of the pictures above, can be seen here:</div>
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So having stripped the control panel and redesigned the graphics, new vinyl was printed and stuck into place, then more holes drilled for the extra switches.</div>
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The panel is starting to look a bit of a mess inside, and is in need of an additional power supply so I decided to tidy it up while it was in bits.</div>
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The new switches are then installed and soldered.</div>
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Back to the control panel, decided that I may as well update the graphics on the controllers. Here the old ones are being peeled away.</div>
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The Trax walkabout controller is in need of attention.</div>
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It's now possible to also control the TPO and the turntable from the walkabout controller.</div>
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But the other tracks weren't - some warpage has occurred (again) so the tracks need to be raised in the middle.</div>
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It can't really be seen but when viewed end-on, there is a dip in the centre of the board. It happened with the others when they were produced so we know what to do to rectify.</div>
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And patching in at the ends to blend in the board joins.</div>
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Now with the board connected again to the adjoining boards, the difference in grass colour is addressed by brushing in PVA glue and adding a new layer of grass.</div>
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The boards were connected one by one and checked before powering up for the first time. The lighting is checked first.</div>
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The tracks were raised prior to ballasting but still some minor work required on a couple of tracks, nothing major.</div>
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The yellow LED strips fitted to the engine sheds give off a lovely glow.<br />
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Just some minor adjustments left to do but time once again ran out!</div>
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The final task is to install the additional section of the upper loop and finish wiring the tracks on the fiddle yard extension, ideally no more than a couple more evenings!</div>
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<br />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014107826958687360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903730809866979618.post-40278289163019971722017-03-24T22:04:00.000+00:002017-03-24T22:10:07.754+00:00Extension: Build progress part six<br />
This week's progress...<br />
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The polystyrene & modrock has been cut to allow a road to the level crossing.<br />
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The glue is now dry and scenery can begin.</div>
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Green paint added before any grass goes down.</div>
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Carefully painted inside each archway!</div>
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Now for grass.</div>
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Front of the layout now painted to match the other boards.</div>
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Grass & foliage starting to appear.</div>
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Meanwhile, I started work on the switch panel. We need eight more switches, so the only way to do this properly is to remove the current artwork from the front. Thankfully as this is vinyl, it peels off reasonably easily.</div>
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There have been many additions since the panel was built. It's looking untidy inside so this seemed like a good opportunity to strip it properly and tidy up.</div>
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The track layout is modified to reflect the additions and reprinted.</div>
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New circuit design incorporates the additional switches, some more colour added to differentiate between each control circuit. All the switches and meters had to be removed before adding the new vinyl and then applying lacquer.</div>
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We were back at Wimborne School for the third time and our second appearance at Wimrail.</div>
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There were a number of gremlins on Saturday morning - the turntable refused to index properly, I suspect that during the recent extension work some dust has got into the light sensor so after a quick tweak of the programming to lower the sensitivity levels, it finally settled down.</div>
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A short occurred in the rear section, which also affected the turntable sidings. After lots of head-scratching and removing one of the sidings completely, the fault still hadn't cleared. Eventually the fault was found to be with one of the new patch leads - when we packed down at our last exhibition, we forgot to unplug the leads and one of them was ripped out of the connector as we dismantled the boards. I suspect it's the same lead and thankfully I made spares.</div>
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As for casualties, two this time - Dorchester Castle refused to move and Ludlow Castle failed towards the end of the second day, slowing to a crawl before it was taken off the tracks.</div>
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The newly refurbished blue & grey coaches made a successful debut, as did the additional coal wagons, although wagon number 20 had to be removed as the rake wouldn't fit in the rear siding!</div>
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This was the last scheduled outing as a 16ft layout. Work now continues to have the layout extended by the next outing at Abbey Hill.</div>
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With thanks to the Wimborne Model Railway Society for their hospitality and for keeping us well fed!</div>
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New acquisition, genuine City of Liverpool made an impressive debut!<br />
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Ludlow Castle, shortly before it failed!</div>
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Since gaining a few more super detail coaches recently, I decided to revisit the overlays and have a go at making some blue & grey mk1 coaches. The first EMU project was completed over two years ago and still looks great - no peeling of the transfers, which is quite a common problem, especially with paper based overlays, hence these are vinyl based.</div>
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The thinking was that having done the blue & grey EMU project, creating mk1 coaches would be pretty easy & straightforward... it wasn't!</div>
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The only thing usable from the original EMU project was the blue & grey backgrounds, everything else had to be recreated.</div>
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With the EMUs, the window configuration is totally different. This time I need to produce vinyls that need to be cut in much finer detail, especially the individual panels within the window design of the mk1 coach. These would have to be drawn electronically.</div>
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So we start off by taking a scan of a mk1 coach body so that I have something to work with. And we end up with this:</div>
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Now I'm going to have to replicate this design electronically, so the easiest way was to effectively trace over the top of the existing image. No fancy graphics packages here, this is all done using the basic shapes found within MS Publisher.</div>
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So now we have everything traced. For the printing process we only need the door & hinge lines and coach numbers, all the windows will be cut, but we need to setup the Silhouette machine to cut in the right places, hence we need accurate outlines of all the windows.</div>
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When separated from the original source image, we end up with a tracing that looks like this:</div>
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With all the window templates filed, I can now produce further blue & grey coaches for the layout.</div>
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Since last week's update, the front & rear sections have now been wired.</div>
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The extension was fitted between the existing boards for the first time. Some warping has occurred which was to be expected (it happened with the other boards too) and the track height is slightly out on one side so this will need to be raised slightly. Other than that, the boards and track line up pretty well.</div>
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The viaducts needed to be cut to size to fit into the five feet of space.<br />
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Yellow LED strips (left over from the initial build) were installed in the roofs of the engine sheds.</div>
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We need power to the track section on the upper loop, so two holes were drilled into this viaduct section and the wires threaded through.</div>
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The gap here is where there will eventually be a road linking the crossing.</div>
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Modrock will be added over the top before scenery is added.</div>
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And the left hand one is left loose until scenery is complete. It'll now be sited in front of the viaduct, otherwise it's difficult to see the operation of the crossing & signals!</div>
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After tidying and vacuuming (removing the snow scene!)</div>
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After an evening of hard work, the look of the new board has been transformed.</div>
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Although not genuine Hornby Dublo viaducts, the effect is quite impressive!</div>
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The biggest problem with Dublo points, both electric and manual, is the size and position of the mechanism. If you want to fit several pairs of points close together, you can't do it - the solenoid (or the lever) is in the way! Fine if you have lots of space, not so fine if you have barely two and a half feet of fiddle yard space and want to cram in as many tracks as possible.<br />
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Several folks over the years have posted guides on how to overcome this. This is how I converted my electric points to overcome the problem. As ever, I accept no responsibility for any trashed points that occur from following this, it worked for me!<br />
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We need to mount the solenoid on the opposite side so that it's out of the way. There's two methods of doing this. The quickest and easiest is to take the solenoid from a left-handed pair and graft them onto right handed points, and vice-versa. It can also be done using the existing mechanism, which I'll cover later.<br />
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So we start off with two pairs of points, one left-handed and one right-handed...<br />
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Before any work is carried out, make sure that the points actually work! - 12v DC from a Marshall or A3 is more than enough to operate the mechanism. If it doesn't or if it's stiff, resolve this before you go any further.<br />
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Dismantling is simple, flip them over and undo the single screw holding the back plate, remove the plate.</div>
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This exposes the mechanism and the two operating coils are now visible. The points operate via a pivoting, see-saw like mechanism. As each coil is energised, the arm is pulled to that coil, opening or closing the point blades via a small connecting wire and held by a small latching mechanism.</div>
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The coil resistances can be checked by attaching a test meter between the centre and outer terminals. Expect a resistance of around 25 ohms between centre & outer terminals and by metering the two outer terminals together should give you the sum total of both coils (so expect about 50 ohms)</div>
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Now the latch mechanism needs to be removed. Carefully undo the single retaining screw and support the latch fork & spring as these are under tension. Failure to do this will mean that you'll probably end up firing the mechanism across the room and you'll never see it again!</div>
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You will require a drill, a cutting disc or sharp side-cutters. Offer up the solenoid and mark the holes, we need to allow adequate clearance for the latch mechanism - if it's too close it'll jam the points. Here I've actually drilled the hole slightly too close (although I did cheat and used the original holes as a guide and just drilled through!)</div>
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With both holes drilled, time to remove some metal. This can be done neatly with a small cutting disc, alternatively use side-cutters, the metal isn't that strong and will bend & snap out quite easily once the verticals are cut. (In this pic I needed to remove more metal on the left side before I refitted the solenoid) </div>
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Now the connecting wire has to be bent to extend it, it now has further to travel. This is probably the most fiddly bit and it will be trial & error until the point blades can move completely in each direction and the pivot still operates correctly. It'll end up looking like this (if it's too straight it'll be too long and won't work)<br />
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Bear in mind that once the wire is hooked back onto the pivot mechanism, the only thing that will keep it attached to it is the outer cover, so refit this once you're happy with the operation. Then re-attach the latch mechanism, adjusting the cover so that the point blades snap from left to right without too much friction. If this mechanism is too close and the tension on the spring is too tight it will affect the operation. Remove the solenoid and elongate the screw holes if this happens.<br />
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Then test the points under power. Again the 12v DC output should be able to handle this. Don't rely on higher voltage or CDUs to move them if they won't function at 12v.</div>
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So that's the quick method. Now for the slightly more involved method, which uses the existing solenoid.</div>
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The process is exactly as per above but this time we also need to modify the internals of the solenoid.</div>
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We'll need to move the terminal connections to the other side and we'll need that little locating hole for the connecting wire to be moved.</div>
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Now flip the solenoid over and undo the middle screw (there are three), this releases the bracket that holds the pivot mechanism and now it can be withdrawn from the housing. </div>
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...But it can! - Hiding underneath is a second mounting hole, folded over. Straighten this one and fold over the old one (sorry for the blurred picture)</div>
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Now refit the pivot arm and retaining bracket, we now have a solenoid mechanism that can be fitted to the opposite side without having to rob one from another pair of points! </div>
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And this is the final result. These have been used extensively in the rear fiddle yard and more recently in the extension yard at the front of the layout.</div>
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Continuing from where we left off last week, time to connect these tracks to the other board.</div>
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Once again the board is clamped underneath using two G cramps, once perfectly aligned, pilot holes were drilled and then the larger holes for the dowels could be drilled and the male & female dowel pins pressed into position.</div>
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Now we can start laying the tracks right through this section and link up. The outer loop goes in first.<br />
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Followed by the inner loop. A scrap (soon to be renovated) coach is used to test the joins.</div>
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The plan is to have two, two road engine sheds. There are several places they could go, this looked like the best position. The other will go towards the bottom of the picture, just before the crossing.<br />
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After lots of drilling of holes for the points wiring and track connections, the board was vacuumed and cleaned up. It's starting to look quite busy but there's still more track and points to be added. The shuttle track is now also in place and the front siding will eventually extend part-way into this board to allow more storage space.<br />
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The extended road to the turntable, we'll now have to pass through the level crossing, past the sidings and then into the turntable. It'll also add more shunting capabilities.<br />
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Next job will be to start work on the upper loop. The five viaducts are painted ready to go in but will need to be raised to meet the current track height. The connections across the boards are smooth and perfectly aligned, let's hope they stay that way!</div>
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This little lot needs tidying up. Thankfully this can be done at home and doesn't require the boards to be connected together.</div>
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The fiddle yard tracks are now finished, just wiring required, so work switches to the front section.</div>
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The new section is clamped to the existing board in an attempt to use the existing dowel pin positions. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to line up properly and with all that scenery, a spirit level can't be used. The dowel pins ended up being nowhere near the existing ones, so completely new positions need to be setup purely for the extension board, whilst still keeping the old ones should we need to exhibit at 16ft.</div>
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We found that the best way to align the two boards was to use a piece of scrap track and check the height across all four tracks. Under this section there are two large cramps holding the two boards tightly together while pilot holes are drilled from one board to the other.</div>
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With the pilot holes drilled, the boards are separated, larger holes drilled and new pins pressed into position.</div>
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After removing and refitting the two sections several times to ensure everything lines up properly, we're happy with the alignment and work can continue.</div>
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Here the alignment of the new board can be seen against the existing tracks. By using half fishplates, these can be slid into position between the join to ensure perfect alignment. The ballast, once added, will hold the track in place but the fishplates will keep everything aligned while the glue dries.</div>
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The first tracks start to appear. An old level crossing, with its barriers removed, is used as a template for the new, automated level crossing (more to come on that!)<br />
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The level crossing will have servo-operated gates, this involves attaching stiff wire to the underside of the gates and feeding this through the base of the crossing and the boards. With the holes drilled in the correct position, the proper crossing can be installed and fixed into position.<br />
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More track added and screwed into position.</div>
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This is as far as we can really go without connecting to the board at the other end. Time was running out, as was the battery in my drill!</div>
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Looking from left to right, the tracks look reasonably straight. The viaducts will clearly need to be raised to the height of the existing upper loop tracks. The viaduct will (hopefully) span the entire five foot extension.</div>
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The crossing will be protected via two signals, we had just enough time left to screw these into position.</div>
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The boards were then separated ready for transportation home. Next week we'll do the same at the other end!</div>
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It doesn't look like much work but in reality, getting these two sections to perfectly align took a lot of fiddling, tweaking and cursing. We got there in the end though!</div>
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Our second outing of 2017 and also our second outing with the trailer.</div>
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We were setup and fully stocked (all 15 stock boxes!) in under two hours.</div>
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A quick modification was made to the turntable controller, which involved installing two resistors and uploading an updated program to the Arduino, this stopped the turntable from randomly turning by itself and the turntable now performs faultlessly.</div>
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Elsewhere, it became apparent that the points on the far end of the recently modified upper loop still didn't work properly, so I spent some time during the second day getting these to work. All of the points now work around the back - including the fiddle yard!</div>
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Having replaced some of the tracks at one end of the fiddle yard, I decided to begin replacing some of the sections within the (current) centre fiddle yard board, removing some of the cut tracks to improve reliability. Unfortunately a dead-short developed within one of the new sections shortly after I'd finished screwing all the track back into place but this was swiftly dealt with and the transition between the rear boards is now much smoother. A few more tracks need to be replaced but the main running rails are now perfectly aligned.</div>
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No casualties at all this time, everything has returned in running order. Clan Line recently had its armature replaced for a home-wound one, this performed much better on the layout this time, as did the two 8Fs which have undergone further work to resolve the sluggish running. Also making a proper appearance for the first time in ages was the 0-6-0 diesel shunter and a rake of petrol tankers. The brick wagons also made a successful return, running quite happily along the top loop.</div>
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Finally, the Pacer reappeared, this time on the outer loop as the show came to an end. With everything safely stacked in the trailer, we look forward to our next outing in March at Wimborne, which may potentially be the final appearance in 16ft form...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royal Scots Grey hauls the petrol tankers, later this rake was reduced in length so that the 0-6-0 shunter could manage it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petrol tankers again as the Lima Rail Car trundles along the shuttle line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very busy fiddle yard - the isolated siding sections now fully operational, allowing storage of six complete trains on each side</td></tr>
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With thanks to the show organisers for their hospitality (and for feeding us!)Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014107826958687360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903730809866979618.post-65512440254856489722017-02-16T21:57:00.000+00:002017-02-16T21:57:00.790+00:00Extension: Viaducts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I decided to go with some viaducts for the upper loop section of the extension.</div>
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Okay so Hornby Dublo never actually produced one so we're going to have to cheat a little and use the Hornby / Triang version and make it look more Dublo-esque!</div>
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For starters, I won this one from Ebay for a reasonable price:</div>
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I then acquired two more, rather unexpectedly and for free during one of our local model railway club nights. They've been used in a sceneried layout so need cleaning up first, but they're free!</div>
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The other one has similar scenery on it:</div>
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The same viaduct, after cleaning:</div>
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Some plastic primer:</div>
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First coat of Sahara Beige, sadly Halfords no longer supply this so I've had to source this from the internet:</div>
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Three complete, Dublo-style viaducts!</div>
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After another model railway club night, I now have two more viaducts!</div>
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These were given the same treatment, for the five foot extension we'll need to cut this down to size a little, as demonstrated by the five feet of track used to mock this up:</div>
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The front boards will eventually be converted over to patch leads, the connectors for the new sections have arrived ready for installation.</div>
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Here the first hole for the dowel pins has been drilled and the female pin pressed into position. Lots of measuring before making the holes in order to get the new section to line up with the old.<br />
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The new section will fit in between these two boards. We need to ensure that the boards will work in both configurations and that the tracks still line up if we need to run at 16ft.</div>
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With the dowel pins fitted, new catches need to be installed, again these need to line up in both configurations.</div>
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Work can now begin to lay the tracks.<br />
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Followed by the sidings.</div>
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Unfortunately, due to time constraints (and only having 8 soldered track sections when I needed 10!) work had to be halted once we got to this stage. The two outer tracks were fixed down at each end as a reference point so that I could work on the board at home.</div>
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And, 50 long straights and 10 cut track sections later, the fiddle yard section has its track laid.</div>
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I've modified some tracks using a different method this time, this leaves a long track section at each end of the boards and will make alignment and connection much easier. Later on I will revisit the track sections on the adjoining boards and tidy them up using the same principle.</div>
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Construction has commenced, starting with the bare frame just like we did with the initial build.<br />
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The first board, for the rear fiddle yard, is constructed.</div>
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Next job for the boards is to align them to the original boards and install the dowel pins. Then we can begin track laying.</div>
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It's been debated privately for some months, but now with the transportation arrangements sorted, and with sufficient trailer space remaining, it's possible to accommodate an additional 5ft extension to the layout.</div>
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The extension needs to be optional so that we can still be accommodated at smaller venues. When the turntable was replaced last year, we made sure that all the tracks between the two board sections were straightened, making the possibility of extending easier to achieve. </div>
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The hope is to include two engine sheds within the new design, these may sit either side of the line running to the turntable. The extra siding space is much needed due to the growing number of locomotives. The left hand side of the extension will see the installation of a single road level crossing, hopefully with automated gates.</div>
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The initial SCARM drawing calls for thirty pieces of straight track in the lower section alone. That doesn't include the rear fiddle yard or the upper loop.<br />
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Our first outing of 2017 saw us back in Beaminster, which was one of our first exhibitions when we first built the layout.</div>
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The trailer made its debut as the new weapon of choice for transportation. After extensive work to install bespoke racking, every board now has its own dedicated shelf and thanks to the front and rear doors, it's now much easier and quicker to unload, setup and pack down. Pack down was achieved in about 30 minutes from the last train running to starting the car.</div>
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The new rear section of the upper loop also saw its first proper exhibition run. All four sidings working well. The straight section has had to be reinforced with angle-iron to prevent warpage. Now it's dead straight (and very heavy!)</div>
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The turntable continues to work well, even after a winter rest. Here the locos are shuffled around in the sidings.</div>
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80104 & 80105 spent most of the day running to and from the sidings to the rear of the layout, while some of the recent repairs were put through their paces.</div>
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A few electrical gremlins with the recently modified rear boards - one of the disadvantages of working on the boards individually and not being able to function test them as a set. The new patch leads worked well however, as did the isolators on the outer sidings, which now allows two trains to be parked on two of the sidings. A minor modification to the wiring is needed to ensure that the inner sidings function properly, along with the upper loop points at the far end, which also didn't quite work as planned.</div>
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Four potential booking enquiries received for this year, we won't be able to attend all of them but 2017 is shaping up to be the busiest year yet.</div>
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With thanks to the Bridport Model Railway Association for their hospitality.</div>
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Work has begun to repair, rewire and modify the wiring on the rear three sections, starting with relocating the edge connectors so that patch leads can be used. Although these have worked really well, it's difficult to fault-find when the boards are clamped together, on some occasions the boards have had to be split just to disconnect them. This will make diagnosis much easier.</div>
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Next job was to sort out the points that had stopped working. I suspected that the problem was with the control boards that I built some time ago. Although they've worked pretty well, the PCB boards were too small when acquired, so the capacitors had to sit above the relays. In a loft scenario this wouldn't be a problem but mounted under the rear boards (which were then stacked upside down on the front boards) they were prone to being knocked and several of the solder joints have been damaged as a result. So time to replace these...</div>
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Here, the live feeds have been wired & linked (red) while the relays that need to be linked are starting to be wired...<br />
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The points solenoid control is now done...</div>
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Now the links are added for the four pairs of points in this section (one from the main loop which feeds three sidings) and then the job is finished, ready for installation (just a few more to make!) </div>
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From top to bottom - The new control for the three upper loop points on the new rear upper section (not yet wired) below that is a further three points control module, a home-built one which is made to a much better standard using a larger PCB, this operates the three sidings that are accessed from the turntable sidings at the front. Below that there is a central wiring connector block where two of the new controllers have already been screwed into position, with one of the old controllers still wired in and slowly being removed...</div>
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Testing with a transformer. The other main advantage of these PCBs is that they contain a power indicator LED and individual LEDs for each relay - no more scrabbling around with a multi meter & torch when a pair of points fails, now all I have to do is look to see if I have a green power light and two red relay lights for each pair of points. Simples!</div>
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The same process now needs to be applied to the board at the other end. The centre board has already had its wiring modified for the additional upper loop points and the module for the other end has also been installed. Hopefully if I've wired them right this time, the siding isolated sections have also been re-instated.</div>
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Sadly I can't test this little lot without assembling all three boards, so it'll have to wait until the next exhibition.</div>
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The new relay boards may look over-engineered but in reality, for what these have cost me, I couldn't have built them myself for the price I paid for them!</div>
<br />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014107826958687360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4903730809866979618.post-65416705683851637212017-01-02T22:00:00.001+00:002017-01-02T22:00:25.959+00:00New Year's resolutions 2017Happy New Year!<br />
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So here we go again then, another year of exhibitions looming and another list of things to do.<br />
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So having given this some thought over Christmas, the list this year is as follows, and in no particular order:<br />
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1. Finish wiring the top loop rear section (points at the far end need to be wired)<br />
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2. Repair & rewire the rear fiddle yard to include the isolated sections that never worked previously, the dead-short on one of the inner sidings and several pairs of non-operational points.<br />
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3. Relocate the board connectors and utilise the patch leads that I made last year. (leftover from last year's list)<br />
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4. Install the Arduino signal aspect controller.<br />
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5. Replace & repaint the back scene.<br />
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6. Expand the layout by adding an optional 5ft extension.<br />
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7. Automate the gates of a single road level crossing using servos and Arduino.<br />
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8. Reorganise and correctly label the stock boxes.<br />
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9. Clear the desk of restoration projects intended for sale, and then sell them.<br />
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10. Ensure that everything is ready for Warley in November.<br />
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All of the above need to be completed before number 10!Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014107826958687360noreply@blogger.com0