Garden Railway Forum

Boustrophedon wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:43 pm Poundshop superglue in bottles, If it goes solid on me, I ain't going to cry over £1. If I want the thick stuff though I have to go to a model shop.

A tip once given to me by a friend - keep superglue in the fridge - it will keep for longer.

With epoxy I mix very small amounts on a tin lid, warmed over a flame, it makes it runnier, so easier to mix and it sets faster. Never thought of doing this, thanks. But not very H & S accdeptable. I prefer to use a heat gun (or hair dryer) to speed up curing of make it flow better. I recently ...

I have yet to find a garden solar power pack that lasts more than six months. I've got tons of LED lights - just nothing to power them! :evil: I tend to agree with that, Andrew. My other half likes our back garden to look like Blackpool prom and spends a small fortune in Poundstretcher replacing fa...

I've been using LEDs for many years on 2 x AA or AAA batteries, and I've never needed a resistor..................... In basic terms - LEDs are current -operated devices, most common ones have a forward voltage drop across them of about 3 volts when working (the actual figure depends on the type, s...

You got my point in your second paragraph - the two motors are unlikely to supply equal power or have identical gearing, so some sort of balancing would seem to be desirable. PM or wound field makes no difference to the potential unbalance (although I am more used to working with large horsepower mo...

I am spending a bit of time playing around with a "big big train" indoor layout for my grandson. I am thinking of converting one of the bigger (Hymek) locos to a twin drive system, by having two powered bogies (no mechanical connection between them). I intend to control these with a basic ...

Folks, apologies for the non-railroad question, but not seeing another place to post this question. I'm looking at this roadster kit, wondering if "kit" means that it all bolts together rather than riveted construction on the Ready-to-Run versions? I have to imagine that is so, hard to im...