John TAYLOR
Western Thunderer
All the locomotive building has been completed, probably for good.
It is now the time to push on with more of my diorama layout.
Some time back I used a Springside Models GWR crossing gate kit and motorised it using servo motors.
This turned out to be totally troublesome as the servos had minds of their own and activated every time my point motors were used.
This ended up with the gate hinges being constantly damaged and then repaired again.
Although they have survived this constant battering it has been time to replace these servos with a more reliable mechanical mechanism.
Recently I came across such a mechanism written up in the April 1987 issue of Your Model Railway by the East Brdfordshire Model Railway Society, which is extremely fortunate as I am a born and bred Bedfordian so I`m continuing a County invention so to speak........ but probably not as inventive as the Bedfordshire Clanger..
Although constructed by Ron Morrison for a 4mm GWR layout called Ambleddwyn it has been easy to upscale to 7mm, except I have used `rubber band` technology .
Hopefully this mechanism will need much less revisiting.
Now comes the time to begin the finescale detailing of the diorama using combination of Silflor, Heki, Mini Natur, and Woodland Scenics products plus, of course, a Gras Master Mk2.
It is now the time to push on with more of my diorama layout.
Some time back I used a Springside Models GWR crossing gate kit and motorised it using servo motors.
This turned out to be totally troublesome as the servos had minds of their own and activated every time my point motors were used.
This ended up with the gate hinges being constantly damaged and then repaired again.
Although they have survived this constant battering it has been time to replace these servos with a more reliable mechanical mechanism.
Recently I came across such a mechanism written up in the April 1987 issue of Your Model Railway by the East Brdfordshire Model Railway Society, which is extremely fortunate as I am a born and bred Bedfordian so I`m continuing a County invention so to speak........ but probably not as inventive as the Bedfordshire Clanger..
Although constructed by Ron Morrison for a 4mm GWR layout called Ambleddwyn it has been easy to upscale to 7mm, except I have used `rubber band` technology .
Hopefully this mechanism will need much less revisiting.
Now comes the time to begin the finescale detailing of the diorama using combination of Silflor, Heki, Mini Natur, and Woodland Scenics products plus, of course, a Gras Master Mk2.
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