I have never had trouble with relays as reversers. My locos have wired controllers using sub-D plugs (with the screws removed) underneath the buffer beam. If the loco separates from the train, all I have to do is hold the handset. The plug will come off and the loco will stop. On my class 216 I use ...

Hi Dave,

i hope to start a discussion here with members sharing their experience.
So we will not have to re-invent the wheel.

Holger

Concerning the article in the last TURNOUT. A relay to cut off power in case of emergency (mosfet failure to short) is an option. But relays can also become troublesome.... I would like to suggest something similar to the well-known "crowbar-circuit". The crowbar is normally used as overvoltage prot...

Wow, i´m impressed....

111 Views,
only 2 Votes,
only 1 Reply.

As 100 per cent of the votes are "no" there will be no further articles from me.

9Fman wrote: ↑

Wed May 02, 2018 8:09 am

Get whatever you can to Dave....

I could write some articles e. g. about Bavarian secondary line locomotives such as the "Glaskasten".

This is mine:


Please let me know if you are interested.

Holger

Problem solved.
I now have the original ME.

Could anyone please send me a scan of the Rainhill article published in Model Engineer, September 3, 1942, page 229 and following?
I bought that loco from the builder´s grandson and brought it back to running order.
All I have is a scan of the first page.

Best regards

Holger

Still waiting for mine.
I guess that shipping to Germany will take about a week longer.

Hi, a friend and me are working on the Sentinel shunter to the published "Sirena" articles. The boiler will be another design but for the rest we will stick to the description. We have the articles but no drawings. I read that there has been a battery-electric model of a Sentinel type 8805 built by ...

As there is not much happening under this topic I would like to show my newest addition: These wagons were privately owned so every supplier/wine merchant had them built to his specifications. There were some with one barrel, some with two or even three. Some were fitted lengthwise, others not. Some...

Hi, this was the main reason I do not have FB. My wife had it for a few weeks and then got fed up with notifications like "someone you might know has marked someone you could know on a picture made by someone whom you do not know....." and lots of other notifications that for some reason are hard or...

Found the dimensions:

7/32" 0.2188" 5.5563mm

Can you recommend any supplier? This size is not available in Germany.

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Keith,

I tried that. My LBSC Miny was due for a repaint of the running boards. Cleaned and put Hammerite (the newish stuff) on. After a few days it came right off in big flakes. Cleaned again, primed, painted (regular paint) and it worked. The old Hammerite was much better....

Hi Andy,

on my first driving truck with two unsprung, rigid bogies a simple washer between bogie top and frame did the trick. It allows the bogie to tilt in any direction. The truck has run fine ever since.

Hi Dave,

the stuff I have is a bit less than 1mm.
If you want to give it a try, let me know.

Why not use coloured perspex. The stuff is available here.
I use it when restoring old O-gauge Signals.
If warm white LEDs are used, there is no problem.
Only the cold white LEDs with their slightly bluish light look strange.
If you need any of the coloured perspex, send me a PM

A list of open issues would also be useful.

How about replacing the Servo lever by an eccentic disc? The operating rod then runs on the surface of the disc. This will cancel out "sideways" movement of the operating rod. The jitters would also have less effect with this configuration.

How much travel do you need? I would suggest to do it like I did with my point motors. One geared motor, running in one direction only (to simplify the circuit). An eccentric to move the rods and two limit switches to stop it twice per revolution. (top and bottom position) Wirks fine on my garden ra...