Latton Fields

Gary wrote:

Top bit's a free skyline from CDC design Gary.

http://cdcdesign.webplus.net/backscenes.html

Houses below are from ModelRailwayScenery.

http://www.modelrailwayscenery.com/2015/07/terraced-houses-backscene-modern-bx003-oo4mm176/

They're really a bit too modern (window design), but it'll do for me

Ed

 

Thanks Toto.

Does make a difference when you run trains past something resembling scenery, as opposed to tools, jars of ballast, tins of paint and general rubbish

Tried the LEDs on 3 volts Gormo and they're a bit dimmer, at all the other voltages ( 4.5, 5, 6, 7.5, 9 and 12) they appear to be the same brightness!

Must be my eyes .

Can't find the data sheet that came with these LEDs (if there ever was one), but they're very similar to these....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-pcs-PRE-WIRED-5mm-White-LED-LIGHTS-12-VOLT-12V-PREWIRED-LEDs-MA435-/321163018177?hash=item4ac6cebfc1:g:EQEAAMXQjUNR4Mrp

It's almost certainly a 1K resistor hidden in the heat shrink and if I remember Ohm's law correctly, reducing the voltage should reduce the current flowing through the LED as the resistance (whatever the resistor is, and the LED itself) has remained the same.

Think I'll try an additional resistor in series and see what happens.

Ed

 

Thanks Paul, pretty sure I've got some of those in stock.

Too bl@@dy cold yesterday to mess about in the garage adding resistors.

Ed

 

Still slow progress.

It’s all these small fiddly bits prior to installing the OHLE, that seem to be taking forever.

Some platform fencing done and painted some benches, yet to be stuck on the platforms with a few figures. Also painted some P & D Marsh BR T shape station lamps, which also need sticking to the platforms.

The anchor mast for the OHLE is in, but I need to make up a security fence with some aluminium wire grill/mesh I’ve bought to go between the warehouses and the track, before putting up the first bit of catenary.

Of course, getting side tracked by running various locos with the Bachmann track cleaning car is a bit time consuming, but well, you have to keep the track clean don’t you.

Class 55 Deltic pulls in to platform 1 with three new (auction site) blue/grey Lima coaches, while an AL6 waits under (the imaginary at present) wires on platform 2 to attach at the other end and take the train back out.



New addition to the fleet....





I know it’s the wrong period/livery, but at just under £60 and only £2 for delivery I couldn’t resist.

Along with the Deltic, it’s a bit too long to fit on the Atlas turn table I put in at the end of the fiddle yard to release locos. It’s also getting a bit crowded with only seven available storage sidings.



I’ve been having a rethink and more on that later.

Nearly forgot, I’ve also used the rotary tool I got at Christmas to cut a couple of gaps in the tracks leading to the hinged baseboard section making isolating tracks controlled by micro switches, after my Bachmann J11 took a nose dive on to the concrete garage floor when I left it open

Ed

 

One of the rear set of steps broke off Toto, otherwise it seems ok.

Another little cosmetic job to add to the list

Ed

 

Thanks Gormo.

The isolating sections are long enough for a DMU to stop, so I shouldn't have any more problems. My own fault (obviously), I was testing some pointwork and left the loco chugging off around the loop while doing something else. Lack of concentration/senior moment

Only the right hand siding in the above picture has kick back sidings where a loco could sit and take a train back out to release the loco that brought it in. The other sidings don't have much track between them and the main line.

Current plan/layout as it stands now......................



The siding on the left of the plan is the one on the right of the picture, with two kick back siding for spare locos.

Ed

 

That helps with loco release Gormo, but I really need to increase the number of sidings.

If I have two three coach trains (main line?) alternating between platform 1 and the fiddle yard, and two 2 coach trains (local?) doing the same with platform 2, I only need to add a couple of freight trains to more or less fill up the fiddle yard.

I'm thinking (maybe),change the current fiddle yard by removing the turntable, reducing the available sidings to create a small passing loop.......



then create some sort of traverser ...........



or sector plate on what is currently the workbench (junk shelf).



( the blue rectangles represent 16mm (approximately) gaps between the tracks to give 46mm track centers, which I would hope would be enough).

Just thoughts and looking at the options at present.

Ed

 

Thanks Paul.

I know Gormo did a similar tranverser type thing to yours but moves it manually and I think Gary did a sector plate for Kelly Bray ages ago.

Really a case of what will fit and be the easiest to build.

Cassettes aren't really an option since it's been confirmed I have osteoarthritis in my back, so lifting heavy trains in the long term is a non-starter.

Ed

 

What distance did you use for track centers on that Gary, to avoid stock on adjacent lines fouling?

Ed