Focalplane
Western Thunderer
Simon
I remove the Peco over centre spring but still need stronger piano wire.
Paul
I remove the Peco over centre spring but still need stronger piano wire.
Paul
I’d agree with all those suggestions, except possibly the last one, but then I’m using diy points with loose heels, so the loads are less than the Peco over-centre spring.
Hi Simon,
I also pre-wired my Tortoises to a choccy-block connector before installation.
Best
Simon
Thanks Mike,
I'll miss the 9th, unfortunately; next time!
atb
Simon
This reminds me of an apocryphal story of a very elderly lady who sailed on the Titanic as an infant. She was asked by a journalist what the secret to her long life was; her answer, "Getting off the Titanic."Jordan
That's an interesting observation and the access "triangle" is very necessary. But in fact Moor Street was designed around a very compact space (hence the Goods Station was mostly underground). What I have had to do is spread the tracks out a bit. For two reasons. First to fit longer platforms though they are still too short. Second to give access to the Hoist Roads so that a visitor can manipulate the 20 ton hoist with relative ease. I can easily access all these spaces and I hope I will continue to be able to do so for many years to come. Having a three story village house goes against all the wisdoms of getting on in years but as I once heard on the BBC, two 100 year old sisters were asked what their secret was to living so long. "Why? Because we live at the top of a steep hill!"
I also have to say that LarryG made the observation that Penmaenpool would be too quiet to give satisfactory operation interest. So it was scrapped in favour of a lot more track and points. Now the problem is I have to wire up all those Tortoises:
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Yes Moor St was/is compact. It was postulated as a 'Basis for a Layout' by Chris Ellis in the old Airfix Model Trains magazine, way back about 1980/81, coinciding as I recall with the release of Lima's 4mm DMUs.Jordan
That's an interesting observation and the access "triangle" is very necessary. But in fact Moor Street was designed around a very compact space (hence the Goods Station was mostly underground.)
don’t connect your traverser table rigidly to the carriage on your leadscrew thingy. The rigidity of one will fight that of the other. A simple link will suffice.