Great Chesterford Junction Part Two

Thanks Ian & Toto,
The platforms were a leap of faith for me. I wasn`t 100% sure it would work. But as Matt pointed out at one stage.....what`s the worst that could happen.....rip it up and start again.....so I am now relieved that solutions have been found to some issues and it`s come good.
I am very pleased with the look of the platform and in the end for me it has been worth the trouble.
The last issue I had was trying to get the white line to look right with pastel or chalk ....masking it or with a rule. When sealer was applied a good deal of it washed away. It still looked OK but not defined enough for my eye. So the old lateral thinking kicked in again.....I made a jig for a snap off blade. The blade was sandwiched between two bits of 3mm MDF and protruded about 3mm out from the MDF. I then ran the jig along the edge of the platform to allow the blade to scrape off the top layer of pastel back to the white sandpaper underneath.......Simple and accurate. I didn`t scrape it clean because I wanted a slightly distressed look, so bits and pieces of grey pastel remain behind.
As I said before on another subject.....there`s more than one way to boil an egg.!!
Cheers
Gormo
I guess this pic is a reasonable example of the result.

 

Just testing the gallery........seems OK..





Gormo

 

OK Thanks Matt,
I keep mucking about with it.......just added some more pics to the gallery.
I feel I really need to start this topic again.......although most of the guys know the history anyway......so probably just carry on.
http://www.click Gormo........it`s getting late here....time for bed...

 

OK Matt,
I`ve just moved one of my pics to a folder, however when clicking on the insert button, all my pics are displayed rather than the folder..
Well mate, let`s face it, we`re getting there....it`s better than the attachment system......little steps will eventually turn into a giant leap for this forum.
Cheers
Gormo......how`s this text by the way....is it too big.?????

 

Well Folks,
The railway room is all ready for the pending arrival of my family from Queensland tomorrow. Track is cleaned ....everything is running, however in my system checks I lost a point motor on the main fiddle yard. I have Peco point motors fitted with the adapter bases sitting on top of the baseboards next to the track. There is a sliding plastic bar in the adapter base which is activated by the solenoid. The plastic bar on one of the points snapped in two.This is the third one that`s snapped on me in a couple of years. Either I`m doing something wrong or the parts aren`t strong enough for the job. Fortunately I have replacement parts and I`ve sorted it out.
Question is, why do these little annoyances always happen just before you`re ready to strut your stuff for the masses..........my mate Murphy and his laws might be the answer to that question.
I think some time may be given to designing my own latching system for the solenoids.
http://www.click Gormo

 

Thanks fellas,
And yes Paul.....the servos are really good. It wouldn`t be too hard to convert over methinks. Actually I`m sure I`ve seen somewhere how you can convert a servo over to analogue by removing some bits or whatever, but I think you have to watch the input voltage or something........as you can gather.....my recollection is a little vague.
Anyway .....all good at the moment.....but research will follow for a future improvement to the system.
I wonder where the forum will be tomorrow??????.....platform 1. com.au????
http://www.click Gormo