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- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Wibbly wobbly roof
- Replies: 8
- Views: 216
Re: Wibbly wobbly roof
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...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: The First Great Project...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 450
Re: The First Great Project...
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
Rik
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
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...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
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)
Rik
PS - Now corrected the label for the switch and added the 1k resistor to the wiring diagram (see above)
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
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...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
That's useful to know. I just assumed it would require 5v
Rik
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:18 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
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
Rik
EDIT2: Now corrected label for switch and added a 47R resistor between P1 and the LED
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: HGLW loco tweak
- Replies: 77
- Views: 2793
Re: HGLW loco tweak
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...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Wibbly wobbly roof
- Replies: 8
- Views: 216
Re: Wibbly wobbly roof
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
Rik
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Wibbly wobbly roof
- Replies: 8
- Views: 216
Wibbly wobbly roof
I have now made three models of an early version of the Southwold Railway Cleminson coaches. The first one is now a couple of years old. Its roof was made from five 3D printed sections glued together. After fixing the passengers inside, I decided to glue down the roof using prototypical arched batte...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Baffling instructions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 120
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Yup, a standard 603c will work straight out the box using pin 1 onto the white signal wire of the soundcard. Obviously with all negatives and positives attached :thumbup: If for some bizarre reason it doesn't then you can reprogramme using 2,1,1,1,1 I thought P1 on a standard MR603 gave forward lig...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2768
Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Looks like this, maybe? I've not found the significance of the oak leaf wreath
Rik
Rik
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2768
Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Wow. That is a sorry spectacle. You did amazingly well on those dimensions, Philip. My model is more of a compromise as I had to make it fit the HGLW chassis and cab.
Rik
Rik
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:51 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: British businesses who won't sell to Canada
- Replies: 12
- Views: 203
Re: British businesses who won't sell to Canada
Not sure if it's their reason, but when I was running RC Trains, I stopped selling to distant non EU countries basically because Sod's Law applied in a couple of cases and their kit developed faults. Annoying as I had very few returns overall. I had to cover their return postage costs and also the c...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Can you borrow a prog 4 to programme it with, or borrow a different TX, like a TX20? I have a Prog4 but it no longer works with the serial cables/Coolterm.. it's all obsolete. Nobody I know within half a days journey to borrow from ( I think you are about the nearest! :roll: ) unfortunately and it'...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
I would love to know how in really simple layman's talk.. :lol: how to fit a sound card to a battery loco, but wiring is a little bit confusing for me at times... :thumbright: Hi Rod The MyLocoSound card is dead easy to fit. Two wires to the battery (via the loco's on off switch), two wires to the ...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
5) So coming back to (2) above, when programming: Starts with one flash... input 3, which it repeats so ACCEPT it. Moves to two flashes... input 2, which it repeats, so ACCEPT it Moves to three flashes... input 1, continues with three flashes, input 1 again, continues with three, then repeat ad inf...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2768
Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Yes indeedee!
Is the entire thing resin printed?
Rik
Is the entire thing resin printed?
Rik
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2493
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
I see you've already been advised - yes, it needs to follow Ch1.
Reprogramming should be easy enough if you have a tx20. Possible with a tx22, but trickier.
Rik
Reprogramming should be easy enough if you have a tx20. Possible with a tx22, but trickier.
Rik