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I don't want to brag, but we've actually got sunshine here today.....
But more rain (and Storm Kathleen) is in the forecast

Rik

Could have been devastating by the looks of it. As Graeme says, the gods must have been watching over you. It would have been a tragedy if your lovely line had been destroyed.

Rik

HarryW wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:40 pm P.S. I am familiar with Rik's excellent railway and have 3 ex peckforton goods vans in my possession
Cheers,
Harry

Hi Harry

I wondered where they had ended up. ..
I hope they do the job.

Rik

Copied from the 16mm Assoc Facebook Page - posted on 1 April ...... Too late for this month's bulletin, but happy to announce the launch of a new 16mm Special Interest Group. As a long time naturist, I was pleased to discover a number of keen garden railwayers amoung the community, a few informal ch...

I might be wrong, but I think the red blobs and yellow smudge are actually in the background way behind the loco.

Rik

More seriously, what do you use to produce the lovely schematic diagrams like this one. It obviously doesn't take all that long to do, given the response time from my post to your reply. Just created a blog post explaining how I do it - https://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2024/04/how-i-create-my-picto...

Another possibility is that the 3' gauge railway is the 'mainline' and the 2' gauge railway is an 'Estate Railway' transporting goods and passengers from/to the mainline to/from a stately home.

Rik

They must have existed but not yet tracked one down.

Of course, the Peckforton Light Railway is a three-foot line with two two-foot feeders (copper mine and sand quarry) ....

Welcome to the forum BTW

Rik

Almost forgot. Some skip wagons have inside frames. You'd need to shorten the wheelbase, though.
Rik

The only inside framed wagons I can think of were early chaldron wagons. No doubt there were other styles.
Rik

Paint job looks fine to me, Steve. I'm never sure about having a high gloss finish on ng locos. I tend to dull mine down with a coat of satin lacquer anyway.

Rik

Rik, Even though the temp outside hasn't been that hot inside a shed the temp could be up to or greater than twice the outside temp. I had a opaque polycarbonate patio roof at a previous house and the temp under was far hotter than the air temp and it was open on 3 sides. Cars internal temp here ca...

I'm in favour of stakes to mark out the track-bed. I drove them into the ground, so their tops showed the intended track level around the garden (except where there was a below ground level cutting.... )

Rik

PS. It's probably advisable to protect the link from P3 to the soundcard with a 1k resistor, or maybe even a 4.7k resistor if you're powering the soundcard with 7.4v Rik PS - Now corrected the label for the switch and added the 1k resistor to the wiring diagram (see above) I am no electrician nor t...

PS. It's probably advisable to protect the link from P3 to the soundcard with a 1k resistor, or maybe even a 4.7k resistor if you're powering the soundcard with 7.4v

Rik
PS - Now corrected the label for the switch and added the 1k resistor to the wiring diagram (see above)

BTW, 2 questions... what's a DPDT Socket ?? :lol: :lol: ( Sorry, couldn't resist it! :oops: ) More seriously, what do you use to produce the lovely schematic diagrams like this one. It obviously doesn't take all that long to do, given the response time from my post to your reply. Ooops! I copied an...

-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:49 am That's pretty much the wiring I used for mine, but without the buck convertor, the sound card I bought can handle 2 x li-ion batteries (8.4v) with no issue so just run them direct from the power input of the RX.

That's useful to know. I just assumed it would require 5v

Rik

I've powered my soundcard through an adjustable step-down buck converter set to 5v

Rik

EDIT2: Now corrected label for switch and added a 47R resistor between P1 and the LED

I was asked on Youtube about the hauling capabilities of the loco. At the time, I had no idea. But I added couplings yesterday and so today did a highly sophisticated load test - basically adding wagons until the wheels just started slipping. It took 13 LGB skips plus a brake van. Far more than I wi...

Thanks chaps. Yes, I've decided to replace all the roofs with plasticard. I can see the other roofs ending up like this eventually.

Rik