Garden Railway Forum

This printer is available from Amazon at around the £300 mark, Hi James, Thanks for the replies. I hadn't come across this manufacturer when I was looking before, so interested to see it. Which model do you have? You mention " around £300 " but there seem to be two models, one at ca. £400...

Looks good Rik.
An excellent example of using odd bits to make a representation of something, as we discussed some while ago.

I have succesfully used 5mm thick black Foamex as sleepering for turnouts. Its easy to cut into strips using a Stanley knife and a scrape with a saw blade gives a woodgrain effect to the surface. I've had one in situ outside for almost 5 years and its still fine. That one was bullhead rail using Ten...

That's interesting Phillip and pretty much mirrors my experiences. Keep us posted about your modification please as the year progresses. As requested, a quick update on things. To put it in a nutshell, so far it works! After 3 months everything is fine so far. Basically, I followed the instructions...

It really is looking good. I love the small details.

James,
Thanks. I'm very interested in this. I've thought many times about getting a 3D printer myself and in fact my wife wanted to get me one for Christmas but I turned it down because I wasn't sure I could get to grips with it.

Which machine have you got?

Do keep updating your progress please.

Railway is coming on well, Dwayne. Glad to hear your good news on the domestic front.
What do you use to glue the acrylic?

I can but echo what the others have said, Andrew. Well done, and looking forward to more.

When I got my Imax it had a Hologram on the back that links to a website and confirms that it is a genuine Imax. Grant. I got mine from HobbyKing and it never entered my mind that it might be some kind of rip off. I've just looked and it does indeed have a hologram on the bottom ( not back) which s...

I've just briefly flicked through, Rik, and it looks great so far. Thank you very much

I think he's going to use it to fertilise the lineside vegetation.

Yes please Rik, I have one on order and it looks horribly complicated. I have one and although I have to fight my way through the instructions every time I use it, and I switch it on with my heart in my mouth each time, in reality it isn't quite as bad as it looks. It's rather like a smart phone, i...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2017 12:33 pm
I'll see if I can track down some pb wire - there must be a supplier here somewhere.

Rik,
Try "Eileens Emporium" ( google it) . They sell all sorts of wire, metal, strip, tools, paints etc etc. Excellent mail order service.

Thanks Rik. Shame.

Lovely Rik, thank you.
It took very nearly an hour to download over my unbelievably slow Egyptian hotel connection, but well worth waiting for.

Tom, the example on the Deltang site gives: Example: 1. Enable Stop & Reverse (eg: 3,4,8,6,7 = Menu3, P4, Stop&Reverse, 6s deceleration, Random pause). 2. Connect reed switch between P4 and Negative. 3. Install magnet between tracks. Thats fine for what we were both intending, running a shut...

When the reed switch runs over a magnet, it connects P8 to 0v, which is the trigger for the shuttle mode. The loco then slows to a halt, waits for a predetermined length of time (depending on what you program it to wait) and then reverses, slowly building up speed. When it passes over another magne...

Lovely as always. I do like the bridge shot in particular.

Thanks Tom. As I thought, removing the circuit board will remove ALL control so it won't stop at a limit point? I guess I could add a couple of micro switches to act as travel limits, which I've done many times, but its getting messy. For control I'm using an RC garage door opener with 20 channels. ...

Tom,
I haven't done it myself yet, but its on my to-do list to run my railcars on a shuttle service sometimes, and I was planning to do exactly what you've suggested.