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trains of thought: December 2006
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Saturday, December 30, 2006. Long list of things to think about. First I have fitted diagonals (with Anna as helper) as you can see from the first photo, these are bolted on, maintaining the ability to take the whole thing apart fairly easily. AgedP was completely correct in pointing out that these were necessary. Earlier in the week, I fitted a Lenz Silver DCC decoder to the class 31 loco I recently purchased. Posted by Tim and Chris. Tuesday, December 26, 2006. DCC wiring using bus connectors.
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trains of thought: August 2007
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Saturday, August 25, 2007. Having watched the YouTube videos on Mckinley - I am sure I want block detection and computer control options. This I think means digitrax or Lenz. If I use Lenz then I could also use LDT for cheaper and neater occupancy detectors - see the RS-8. Http:/ www.ldt-infocenter.com/english/home frame e.htm. Which is also used here. Http:/ staffordcentral.co.uk/wip.aspx. See 17th Jun 07 entry .and here. Http:/ www.electricnose.co.uk/dcc/dccsystem.html. Posted by Tim and Chris.
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trains of thought: February 2008
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Thursday, February 21, 2008. Heljan Western DCC Conversion and Kadee Fitting. DCC fitting - the pin 1 diagram is not that obvious on the instruction sheets - here is a picture that should hope make it clearer. I used a LENZ silver, the silver direct would NOT fit under the body. Kadees - I used number 19s directly on the NEM sockets. They seemed to work fine. Posted by Tim and Chris. Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Bachmann Mark 1 Disassembly. 1 Remove Water Pipes. 3 Remove Coupling Assemblies. When you co...
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trains of thought: June 2007
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Saturday, June 23, 2007. Fiddling with the track plan. I have fiddled with the track plan to eliminate the three way points (not available in peco code 75) and to put an extra crossover in - and to get the max radius back to 60cm - but on the main scenic parts of the track the major curves are all 80cm or better. This version also shows all of the trestle construction which has been designed to keep the woodwork from fouling the tortoise point motors that will go under the circuit. Posted by Tim and Chris.
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trains of thought: Wiring
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Saturday, August 25, 2007. Having watched the YouTube videos on Mckinley - I am sure I want block detection and computer control options. This I think means digitrax or Lenz. If I use Lenz then I could also use LDT for cheaper and neater occupancy detectors - see the RS-8. Http:/ www.ldt-infocenter.com/english/home frame e.htm. Which is also used here. Http:/ staffordcentral.co.uk/wip.aspx. See 17th Jun 07 entry .and here. Http:/ www.electricnose.co.uk/dcc/dccsystem.html. Posted by Tim and Chris.
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trains of thought: December 2007
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007. Bachmann Standard 5MT disassembly / DCC fitting. Whilst I like this model enormously and it is equipped with a DCC socket - it is very tricky to carry out the fitting without damaging the plethora of delicate features on the model. To separate the body from the chassis requires three screws to be removed. If you don't remove this then you end up like this. 1) brake rod running down the centre of the loco, is just clipped in place, can either remove completely or just unclip ...
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trains of thought: November 2007
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Friday, November 16, 2007. Standard Radius Curves and gradients. I am back to track planning as I now plan to hae a bigger room - whaay! Reading various articles, people often talk about standard radius curves in terms of a reference for tightness, e.g. in terms of what couplings can cope with - I have not been clear on what these equate to - so for my own reference here they are -. 1st radius - 37.1cm. 2nd radius - 43.8cm. 3rd radius - 50.5cm. Posted by Tim and Chris. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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trains of thought: Bachmann Mark 1 Disassembly
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Bachmann Mark 1 Disassembly. As part of a longer term plan to add lighting to the coaching stock, I needed to dismantle a Bachmann Mk 1 coach. As always this was more fiddly, and stressful than one would like. As models have got more detailed, they have also got more delicate. So here for my failing memory, as well as anyone else out there - here is my guide to dismantling Bachmann Mk 1s. 1 Remove Water Pipes. 3 Remove Coupling Assemblies. 4 Unscrew the base. Wow Awesome art...
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trains of thought: Heljan Falcon in Lime Green
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007. Heljan Falcon in Lime Green. Although there are some reported problems with buffer beam changes, Ifound that fitting a bog standard No. 19 Kadee worked with the standard (deep) buffer beam. The model took an 8 pin Lenz silver direct DCC chip. Posted by Tim and Chris. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My kit car blog. Bachmann Standard 5MT disassembly / DCC fitting. Heljan Falcon in Lime Green. View my complete profile.