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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by FWLR » Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:02 am

Great video of a great line Steve, I am so jealous :mrgreen: Wish I had a garden that big, with lovely long runs of track…

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by ge_rik » Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:36 am

stevenfitch wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:29 pm ...yes!
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by stevenfitch » Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:47 pm

Well its been some time since i posted here but a few updates have been carried out.
  • Removed the greenhouse from the garden
  • Added a bridge from http://www.mvlbridges.co.uk/
  • Added 2 x sidings down the side of the garage
  • Added some red lights under the path crossing that automatically come on when a train approaches (sort of a level crossing without any poles or barriers)
  • Added a Delorean from Back To The Future
  • Added working pneumatic / air powered semaphore signale
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:08 pm

Good to hear from you again.

Looking forward to updates.

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by philipy » Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:08 pm

As Tom said, it's good to hear from you again. I was only thinking a couple of days ago that has been a long time since you posted, but I must admit I hadn't realised that it was almost 2 years! Time flies....
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by ge_rik » Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:16 pm

A Delorean? Sounds intriguing....

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by FWLR » Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:01 am

Love to know more on the signal. Good to hear from you again.

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:07 pm

Delorean:

Originally purchased from Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Welly-Future-D ... 000Z45PEC/
Ground away some of the bodywork underneath with a dremel and fitted a couple of Piko wheel sets.
Diecast metal bodied model so its heavy enough to stay on the rails.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFiiOONQ5MA[/video]
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:19 pm

Pneumatic Signals:

I built these as a bit of a test just to see if it would work... and it does!

Train Controller (the computer software) detects the occupancy of a train on the bridge and sets the signal to danger accordingly.
They are moved by a point actuator (air powered point motor) so the mechanics of it all is pretty similar to Semaphores on indoor layouts in the smaller scales.
Originally i was going to hide the actuator at the base and run a wire up (more like the real thing) but i didn't have any suitable wire to hand.
I'll give these a few months and see if they last then look at building some more realistic ones and maybe add mini solar battery LED which gets blocked out red/green like the real thing.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGOsc6PcwL4[/video]
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:23 pm

FWLR wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:01 am Love to know more on the signal. Good to hear from you again.
Close up of the actuator and construction.
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:42 pm

Level Crossing Lights:

Using 2 x 1m lengths of waterproof LED strips from - https://hartingtonheath.com/product/i-l ... -dc-14w-m/

I have previously used the cheaper sticky back strips around the outside of my house and it gave up after aprox 6 months so went for some of this. Ideal choice for under the ballast in red, its been down nearly a year now and works fine still.

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:50 pm

Looks like the after effects of the Delorean slipping into the future.
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Bridge Install Pt1

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:56 pm

Bridge was originally ordered at 1.5m long but i went up to 1.8 to fill the space a bit better.

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Bridge Install Pt2

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:59 pm

Decided i needed a bridge to support the bridge so built one from aluminium angle i had lying around.
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Bridge Install Pt3

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:02 pm

Hammered the supporting structure down level and sat bridge on top.
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Filled with soil.
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Added slate to match the rest (i thought about adding water / a pond for aprox 3 seconds)
Added some LED solar batter lights for night time
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Bridge Install Video

Post by stevenfitch » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:03 pm

Then i made a video... why not!
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by FWLR » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:12 am

Nice video and a brilliant bridge.

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by FWLR » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:18 am

That level crossing scene was the last BTTF film wasn't it. Of course I could be wrong.. :roll:

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by Jimmyb » Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:59 am

Wow great Delorian and signal though I am most impressed with the bridge built from aluminium angle "just lying around" :salute:

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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started

Post by stevenfitch » Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:24 pm

Jimmyb wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:59 am Wow great Delorian and signal though I am most impressed with the bridge built from aluminium angle "just lying around" :salute:
Sorry, The Red bridge was built by www.mvlbridges.co.uk - i built the rather less impressive non-painted, now burried, support structure underneath from the stuff that was 'lying around' - (it was lying around because after it was delivered i discovered quickly i couldn't build anything anywhere near the quality that MVL could so ordered from them!)
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