david_watts1 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Two packets of Hunt extra close magnetic couplings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Coast Flyer Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Metcalf low relief terrace house to see how I get on with card kitsHot wire foam cutter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Busker Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 All the plywood and timber to make my first proper layout baseboard are out for delivery today! Once I've got it built, so long as my woodwork skills turn out to be up to scratch, I'll have twice the space for track as I have now, and somewhere underneath it to store all the guitar cases that are cluttering up my spare/music/railway room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Busker Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Well, it arrived... A two man delivery team just dumped an 8 foot by 4 foot plywood board and all the timber joists for it on the ground floor, buzzed my flat, and legged it. Left me to carry everything up three flights of stairs on my own! Raging doesn't even begin to cover it. Nice one Wicks/CitySprint delivery face_with_rolling_eyes A new baseboard project will begin, just as soon as I've got my breath back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 My Wickes delivery went better, only on his own but helped get exactly where I needed it. A fit musician like you will have this together in no time! Ps liking most of the Album 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Busker Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Cheers, and glad to hear you got someone a bit more helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railbob Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Further to my earlier post about having been sent extra pieces, well I put my layout together and found another extra 5 TT8003 curves. Definitely not keeping them and I’ll let Hornby know tomorrow👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railbob Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I have had a quick chat with Hornby about the extra pieces and the extra is going to be returned 👍 I’m happy to do this as they have been very helpful with me on an other issue. Also they are going to cover the cost of the postage.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 A worthy example of how to go on in life. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railbob Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Just received my parcel from West Hill Wagons Works, I ordered some huts, lineside cabinets signs etc and boy are they small 😂 Really nice quality and very sharp in detail, I would recommend them for your layout details. Now I need to get my baseboard and get started 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Klinkerhoffe Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 RailbobThanks for that, reading your entry cost (£) me 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Bob, WHWW stuff is very nice, I have some trolleys, mailbags, ground signals, point levers and fencing from them. They all come alive with a little bit of paint 😁 I must get an order of relay boxes in now I have a photo of Steam era with one outside the signal box which ironically is my hometown station! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railbob Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Von Klinkerhoffe, sorry😂 I know that feeling, somebody mentions something and next it’s “ Oh I need that and that and that is well “ before you know it you’re skint 😂😂Rallymatt, I like getting the details right and it’s things like a set of buckets or some trolleys that make the difference 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Received today: More headaches !The replacement Servo controller came today, working ok so far .... pity same can't be said for the servos !2 died on me and one kept hunting, and worse still those all popped the wire out and broke the points bar so I am down 3 sets of points.So I hastily took all the servos out and am sending back for a refund as poor quality, and ordered some hopefully better ones.With all this bad luck, it dawned on me I have 13 points in the layout, so I will add another siding to make 14 and hopefully lose that bad luck omen ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 TT, sorry to hear all your woes, I know you have said before but which brand is the servos down to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railbob Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 TT, as Rallymatt has said what brand of servo are you using? I’m pretty good with marine servos but I have no experience with Rail kit and I tend to go with recommendations from more experienced modellers.Railbob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 They need to be SG90 and TBH I just got cheap ones because they are all made in china and a servo is a servo ... so I thought !I notice that the ones I bought first time are no longer for sale ...The commonly used for our use is generally Tower Pro, but there are so many fakes out there its hard to ensure you get genuine.Amazon doesn't have those, so I went for the best user rated ones this time around, the beauty with Amazon is if they are rubbish I can return them. This time I went for some Miuzei and some Wize.I'll keep the rod long so it cant drop out until i I am happy they are reliable enough to trim it this time.If they prove unreliable, I think I have found some genuine Tower Pro's, but they are 3x the price ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Today Octavia, Zenobia and Plato came from Hornby slightly_smiling_face£78 all in, a bargain ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Also some gravestones etc, to go in my planned churchyard: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris98 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 "£78 all in" Did you use reward points towards these as they are not advertised st that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Quint Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I think we can safely assume forum members here have a LOT of club points to throw around. I am sitting on another 15 quids worth waiting for the train sets to come back in stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yep TT discount plus Hobby points :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 6x4 baseboard, need to get organised now.@tt Where are the gravestones from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Ebay They are listed as N gauge but looking at measurements they are close enough to TT for me.I stumbled on those finding something for my father.If you search for "N gauge gravestones" there are a lot of different ones ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Always well worth looking at N scale stuff, British N gauge is oversize like OO for the track gauge, so quite a few accessories are close to TT:120 correct size. And when things are not bang next to the railway stock it’s hard to ‘see’ small discrepancies in size unless they are too big. I am genuinely excited to see more pics of all these layouts as they grow, I think we are going to see some great modelling and imagination 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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