UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
Great video of a great line Steve, I am so jealous Wish I had a garden that big, with lovely long runs of track…
ROD
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
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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Good to hear from you again.
Looking forward to updates.
Looking forward to updates.
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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....
Philip
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A Delorean? Sounds intriguing....
Rik
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Love to know more on the signal. Good to hear from you again.
ROD
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
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]
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]
Last edited by stevenfitch on Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
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]
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]
Last edited by stevenfitch on Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Close up of the actuator and construction.
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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.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA62SyXWkTE[/video]
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.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA62SyXWkTE[/video]
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
Looks like the after effects of the Delorean slipping into the future.
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Bridge Install Pt1
Bridge was originally ordered at 1.5m long but i went up to 1.8 to fill the space a bit better.
Before: Track Removed: Original Ladder Rack Removed:
Before: Track Removed: Original Ladder Rack Removed:
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Bridge Install Pt2
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
Hammered the supporting structure down level and sat bridge on top.
Filled with soil.
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
Filled with soil.
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
Then i made a video... why not!
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhEjptSWng[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhEjptSWng[/video]
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
Nice video and a brilliant bridge.
ROD
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https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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That level crossing scene was the last BTTF film wasn't it. Of course I could be wrong..
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Life is so easy when I run my trains.
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https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
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https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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Wow great Delorian and signal though I am most impressed with the bridge built from aluminium angle "just lying around"
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Re: UK Rolling Stock in G - Project not yet started
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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