[Big Dave]

This sounds good but are you sure she will be the one playing with it,one thing how will you work the points.Is this going to be a proper shunting puzzle,as your sidings look the same length

 

[Big Dave]

They are indeed a bit long for short trucks .... The top one is longer, @ 18", than the other 2 which are 12.5" each ...... .. I am going to leave them that length to begin with ......... so I don't get the Hairy eyed monster jumping out at me and yelling -

"IT'S A STUPID GAME AND JUST WON'T WORK!!!!"

.........

...... later I shall add some blockages at the far end ..... Brake vans, burnt out van [ fancy making one of them ] ...... to get 1 x 15" and 2 x 9.5" usable sidings ....... obviously the pictures of these won't go in the bag, so they can't get selected for shunting

....... like the old matchbox computer for winning at Noughts and Crosses .........

J
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Yes can see that it may put her off and that is last thing you want

so your be using surface points. My board will have 11 points no sure how I will work them yet.Hope to see more of yours soon.

 

[Big Dave]

1.2 mm I would just As the wire is I would scrape it with a knife to remove the varnish

 

[Big Dave]

I agree you can use sand paper the thing you do not wont is to strip off to much varnish other wise you could run into problems with shorts if the wires come together.

Dave

 

[Big Dave]

Hi J have your tried Photobucket

after a fight it now works

but only the old version

but videos still take for ever.I think there keeping it slow so we will buy there new version cost about £30 a pop

my way out was to buy another laptop.I have moved all my train stuff on to it and use it to down load stuff, set it so it stays awake and use other for normal things.

 

[Big Dave]

I take it were talking about Hornby points, I think this has been talked about before, Think Richard J and others advised gluing small strip of plastic card as a guild,sorry can not remember more ,to much port after 8 and things like that happy day ofter day boxing day

 

[Big Dave]

I think the thread was about Hornbys points not seen any reports about Peco.I am slowly changing all my wheels to metal ones ,maybe a change round of wheel may help.Were get there in the end.

 

[Big Dave]

Do like the look of your ground signals could use some of them ,were did you get them from CR signals

Dave

 

[Big Dave]

QUOTE (David Todd @ 21 Jan 2013, 09:43) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You told me that is why you gave up aircraft modelling...........

I gave up aircraft modeling after trying to fly my first after having spent many weeks building the darn thing it took off at great speed up it went then flipped over and down it went it to hundreds of bits

after that it was RC model boats. but that another story

 

[Big Dave]

yur that look better just need to do something about the edge now to tidy it up,

 

[Big Dave]

I think you need a deeper back board to help lift the eye higher and that will bring it all up to a more scale look,.

 

[Big Dave]

Wow thanks Julian 4 Smiley prize things are looking up

also need to cover over the the edge as I find my eye draw to it when looking at the board,it will look a lot better I am sure,keep going need to learn all from your board before I start mine.

 

[Big Dave]

Hi J that is a great improvement glad mini driver likes it she has good taste

 

[Big Dave]

well done your getting there

 

[Big Dave]

QUOTE Very nice too, so you've agreed to go ahead, with the Garden Railway, then.

dt you can see the diggers starting to dig the footings for it great give away that

 

[Big Dave]

Hi J back boards look nice both look good,shame about thee glue can not see it in the photos,yes you should have none better all that Dt went though he will have words with you. for a small run that you have I would have use double sided tape.when your shunting how do you uncouple the wagons the hand of god if is will you be staying with doing it that way.I am fitting Kadees with magnets in the track, just need to work out were to put them .Think this will make it harder to play as you have to work out the shunting and were the magnets are.

 

[Big Dave]

Hey that looks like

fun you should make some to put on ebay

 

[Big Dave]

morning J that would be the delay coupling magnet from Kadee there are two types of magnet.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kadee-HO-Magne-M...=item257b88dde4

http://www.kadee.com/ on this site you can down load all the info of how and what you need.

 

[Big Dave]

I think the thing here is, was to of made sure all was working well before ballasting the track.You will now stand in the corner and right

I should make sure before I leep

 

[Big Dave]

QUOTE (trainsntrees @ 10 May 2013, 13:58) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi

Well the one on the left has sound and is named chris wrenn

The middle dave 2 written on the side

and the right hand one is unnamed

they all have the warning signs for the overhead HT in different postions

How can you see that