cleanerg6e Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 drmalesis said: Hi Chris' date=' How are you getting on with the ply for your track base ? I've still not decided whether to use ply or decking boards yet, so If you don't mind I have a couple of questions... 1. What thickness of ply are you using ? 2. Is the plywood standard ply , exterior ply or marine ply ? \ said: The down side is that I it will stall construction because i now need to buy more ply. Whatever Ply you use Duncan always paint it with an exterior paint to keep the water out. Otherwise it will warp like decking boards do. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I painted mine with bitumen but if I was starting again I think I would consider masonry paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmalesis Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 IanR said: I painted mine with bitumen but if I was starting again I think I would consider masonry paint. Has the bitumen given you any specific cause for concern Ian...? Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 I had a running session yesterday. Colwick Station had been impounded in the conservatory for a couple of months for complicated reasons, so it was good to get it out and have trains running into it, now it is basically complete. Later in the day I got an outside point installed, but I'll write about that elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Quote Has the bitumen given you any specific cause for concern Ian...? No Duncan, it's just that the masonry paint is less messy and seems very good at protecting timber products. Sorry for late reply... i've been on holiday in Porthmadog for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Finally finding time to work on the railway and the weather is against me. As I've described elsewhere, I have managed to motorise a pair of points outside. I've also worked on the points at the south end of my shed, with 4 of the 5 now fitted with motors. I'm still working out how I want to install motors on the 3 remaining outdoor points. They will have to be mounted above the baseboard and I'm trying to think of a way to hide them with scenic items. I'm currently planning on building a road bridge to hide a couple of them, but I'm I don't like the Peco bridge side (LK-34) which I bought last week, so that will need more thought. A small project that's been kicking around for ages is the installation of buffer lamps on the three platform ends of Colwick station. Having knocked up a prototype a few weeks ago I finally found the time to finish the job yesterday. I filed down a 2mm red LED and bent the legs through 90º to form the post. I soldered a 1K resistor on the anode and a power diode to the cathode (to protect the LED from the reverse current). I then soldered it up to the track ends and the DCC supply will power them. I've tested them with my trusty 9 volts battery, but I haven't hooked up the DCC system yet. They should work fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmalesis Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 chris said: inally finding time to work on the railway and the weather is against me. As I've described elsewhere, I have managed to motorise a pair of points outside. I've also worked on the points at the south end of my shed, with 4 of the 5 now fitted with motors. I'm still working out how I want to install motors on the 3 remaining outdoor points. They will have to be mounted above the baseboard and I'm trying to think of a way to hide them with scenic items. I'm currently planning on building a road bridge to hide a couple of them, but I'm I don't like the Peco bridge side (LK-34) which I bought last week, so that will need more thought. As a matter of interest Chris, who's points are you using, Peco or Hornby. I'm in the process of putting an order together for track and points and need a little guidance... Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Peco Code 100 all the way. Most of them are long radius, a few in the shed sidings are medium, one pair are curved. I started using electrofrog, basically because they are cooler, but have switched to buying insufrog for two reasons. Firstly powering the frog means extra wiring, which I want to avoid outdoors. The second reason is that when you run a train into a point when it's set wrong it shuts down the whole DCC system (built-in short protection) this is a pain when the train is 10 metres away and you have to walk up the garden, again, to push the train back and then, on return, you find that bits of the system have lost track of which points are thrown or closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Trip to B&Q yesterday. Cost far more than I wanted it to, but phase 3 is now heading off tha drawing board and into the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 Having spent the week checking out the prototype, (I've caught 27 trains in the last 7 days) tomorrow will be my first full day in over a month working on my railway. Progress must be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Some progress today. I've made most of the framework needed to support the baseboard where the track exits the shed. I also painted the top 20 cm or so of a couple of fence panels to see how they look as back boards. Will need to get a move on in the next couple of months if I'm going to get any more track down this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 And still no photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Still no camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 someone you know has a camera, you must barrow it! We want photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 You can borrow mine Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmalesis Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 IanR said: And still no photos! chris said: Still no camera traingeekboy said: someone you know has a camera, you must barrow it! We want photos IanR said: You can borrow mine Chris. Will Chris ever get a camera... Can he resist the mounting pressure... How will it end... For the answer to this, Life and the Universe - tune in next week... Same time... Same channel... For another exciting episode of "Chris's Camera"... Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Technically the broken camera is my wife's. The good news is that she'll needed to use a carmera twice this week, so we've decided that I should buy one when pop into York later on. The sarga of the Grand Central HST may also finish today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I'm dying here. Can't take the pressure of waiting to see. What has he done, how will it work, Will it solve global issues??? ARGH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 I am now the proud owner of a camera and a Grand Central MK3 Buffet Car. Not sure which of those two I've been waiting for the longest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 This is a completely new thing. A camera that comes with a Mk3 buffet car. I must get one as well. he he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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