96RAF Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Just to add to the added weight comments. Do not use PVA to secure lead (Pb) weight of any type, shot, dust, sheet, etc in an enclosed space such as a tender or box van. The lead reacts with the PVA and will expand and distort your vehicle body. UHU type glue does not have the effect. Thoroughly interesting to read about all the various railroad and modelling elements that have arisen. Keep them coming please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Just to add to the added weight comments. Do not use PVA to secure lead (Pb) weight of any type, shot, dust, sheet, etc in an enclosed space such as a tender or box van. The lead reacts with the PVA and will expand and distort your vehicle body. UHU type glue does not have the effect. Thoroughly interesting to read about all the various railroad and modelling elements that have arisen. Keep them coming please. RAF96, If you read back through my various scribblings, you will find I use UHU. For the simple reason that its strong enough to hold various lead bits in place. But weak enough to allow you to simply pull the bits out again later, without damage to bodyshells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Good information there and thorough explanations. Thank you. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stiles Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 If only the forums has some "++Like" feature we'd all be able to register exactly how much everyone like this thread and Duke's work and writings.Everytime the page-count goes up and I read more I feel my knowledge measureably growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Just to add to the added weight comments. Do not use PVA to secure lead (Pb) weight of any type, shot, dust, sheet, etc in an enclosed space such as a tender or box van. The lead reacts with the PVA and will expand and distort your vehicle body. UHU type glue does not have the effect. Thoroughly interesting to read about all the various railroad and modelling elements that have arisen. Keep them coming please.RAF96,If you read back through my various scribblings, you will find I use UHU. For the simple reason that its strong enough to hold various lead bits in place. But weak enough to allow you to simply pull the bits out again later, without damage to bodyshells.The Duke 71000 It was more for the info of others that may not be aware, not you duke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac-_- Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 That's a mighty fine layout. Plus good info on the glue RAF96, i was using UHU out of luck, not knowledge ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 atom3624peter_stilesRAF96MacVery kind of you all. Thank you Gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 RASING-STOKE - SOUTHERN ELECTRIC Potted History 1923-48 London suburban area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 RASING-STOKE The EMU fleet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 RASING-STOKE The BR standard Class 4 2-6-0 seen below is a white metal & nickel silver kit produced by DJH. Such kits don't normally include motors and wheels. So I ordered "Turned" Romford RP25 Nickel silver wheels to suit the model, and a Portescap RG4 coreless motor with bevel gearbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 RASING-STOKE - TCCTCC (Track Circuit Control). The only model railway electrical system in the World, that uses real railway electrical methods, to guarantee exact replication of real life operational methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 problems loading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 RASING-STOKE So hopefully I can now get back to posting more on layout developments without any more disruptions......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Incredilble progress for a one man band Duke. At least the only arguments you will have about who does what is yourself. I sympathise with your tangle with Spanish bureaucracy as I lived in Cyprus for 10 years, masters of non essential paperwork. A casual friend of ours was asked to get his wife's signature to authorise processing her estate after she had already died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducking Giraffe Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Duke, as always it's an absolute delight and very informative to read your posts, very interesting about the common return wire being available for all DC circuits as long as it goes back to the respective transformers at the supply end. Don't worry your secret is safe with us. 😎Never mind about taking the layout on tour round Europe, why not find a local AirBnB and get in 10 enthusiasts for a week and charge them £250 each on top for a model railway construction holiday?! If peco can charge £225 for something really rather basic I think that would be a bargain in terms of knowledge gained.. =sigh= Yes I know, lockdown problems put paid to that idea and probably have to redo all their work anyway that they got wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Incredilble progress for a one man band Duke. At least the only arguments you will have about who does what is yourself.RAF96Indeed I have been arguing just that point, with myself, for months !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Duke, as always it's an absolute delight and very informative to read your posts, very interesting about the common return wire being available for all DC circuits as long as it goes back to the respective transformers at the supply end. Don't worry your secret is safe with us. 😎Never mind about taking the layout on tour round Europe, why not find a local AirBnB and get in 10 enthusiasts for a week and charge them £250 each on top for a model railway construction holiday?! If peco can charge £225 for something really rather basic I think that would be a bargain in terms of knowledge gained.. =sigh= Yes I know, lockdown problems put paid to that idea and probably have to redo all their work anyway that they got wrong!Ducking Giraffe, Thankyou for the complements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I appreciate your water = electricity analogy.As an ex-airframe fitter brought up on aircraft hydraulics converting to electric string was a doddle as it works on exactly the same principles. Pressure, control and routing makes something work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 RASING-STOKE Building a layout based on a real location requires most of the buildings for such a layout to be scratchbuilt. A somewhat time consuming but unavoidable necessity. Knowing this from the outset, I began the task virtually as soon as layout construction commenced. Indeed the first building "Battledown flyover" was needed fairly quickly as tracklaying couldn't proceeed without the flyover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 RASINGSTOKE - HOT OFF THE PRESS ! Layout Update. Sunday 20th September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 RASINGSTOKE - MIDWEEK UPDATEA smashing time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 RASINGSTOKE - MORE LAYOUT PROGRESS Another day in the workshop, more glass removal and more Baseboards installed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 BASINGSTOKE - SLAVING OVER A HOT SAW ! More weekend fun, hacking, sawing & ripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 BASINGSTOKE 1958-67 – LAYOUT PROGRESS Another weeks progress, has had to involve solving a problem with the lighting. Some of the lighting which is at least 12ft above the floor was removed before I moved in, so there is a dark area just inside the main sliding door. As you will see in the pictures below, I have built the first of the lighting pelmets for the layout, simply to provide some light in this area. I have also restored some lighting to part of the aluminium offices, the wiring for which had been cut for some unknown reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke 71000 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 BASINGSTOKE 1958-67 - FISHY POLYSTYRENE !Progress so far this week is moving along rapidly, with the last glass panes needing to be removed to allow me to reach through to complete track & scenery, having been smashed out. As they turned out to be triple glazed for some odd reason, trying to lift such a weight was to dangerous to attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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