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58 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

Needs more PTAs! 

We are waiting for them to arrive!! 

HI all,

So I thought I couldn't keep posting up layout photos all the time so I've started a workbench thread so you can see what I'm up to, (fingers crossed its in the right place being mostly UK stuff)

The aim of this first post is to provice a contents list incase you want to refer back to any of my drivell or what to look at photos.

Cheers

Simon

Hi all,

Will just drop this here for you

21 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Tortoises are mounted underneath, I guess?

As promised here is the point motors we use on the layout. Not the greatest photo as the layout is in its storage place at the moment and due to some domestic jobs not easy to get at.

The frog on the point is switched using the internal switching on the point motor with just the wiring from the switch and the DCC wires added to the terminal strips.

Thanks, The track work is a mixture of C&L Finescale for the plain track and hand built points with C&L chairs and sleepers with some copper lad strip to add strength and for the electrical side of things. 

Yes, the actuation rod goes up into a copper clad stretcher bar which is soldered to the blades.

If I get chance I will take a photo tomorrow of them. 

3 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I saw a video of Thorne Yard on YouTube.

Are they tiny little surface mounted point motors in the video?

 

 

Hi,

If you mean the small plates next to the points, no they are the base units for the Knightwing point hand levers.

They have slowly fallen off over the past few years during tracking cleaning and I’ve not got round to replacing them. 
 

It’s on the list of jobs to draw up some replacements for etching. Should be a bit more robust. 
 

We use Tortoise motors on all the layouts we exhibit as we can’t find anything better. 

Thanks for finding that video, not seen that before. 

Thanks 

As with most layouts they are never finished and eveolve over time.

This is the case with Thorne Yard as when it was first built we used a cassette system for the trains to be taken on anf off the layout which on the whole worked well but after an incedent when one of the cassettes was caught by a passing operator on another layout which pulled it off the end of the layout. Not the best thing to see a loco and wagons heading to the floor.

It was decided to alter the layout to alter the layout to have a deciated fiddle yard board to give us more sapce and security and provides an area where we can hide a little at a show and also have our exhibiton bingo....more on that later.

Here is a photo of the full layout taken at the 2018 Perth model railway exhibtion, Perth in scotland that is.

Just now, DJ Dangerous said:

Just exceptional.

The more photos, the better!

Thanks. I will post up some more over the next few weeks/months. Been a bit busy with the big layout and work, plus I need to keep remembering to upload the photos to the phot hosting

HI all,

So its been a few weeks since I posted up so thought I would pop up another photo of Thorne Yard

Thanks

20 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Beware of those who have lured you in here.

They are known to be dealers and rely on the addictions that they create in their innocent victims.

Erm,

Yeh I think I may be well past that point!  

1 minute ago, Broithe said:

Welcome.

I'm sure I've seen Thorne Yard - probably in a magazine, but possibly even in 'real life'.

Thanks @Broithe.

It would only have be in real life as its not been in a magazine yet. Thats on the list of jobs to do.

Thanks @popeye.

There are lots more photos to come once the uploader to my website has decided to work propely. It's on a bit of a go slow today.

Hello everyone, so I've been tempted over by those makers of the green boxes (IRM/ACC) and thought I would say hi and post up a couple of photos of one of the train sets that I exhibit.

So first up is Thorne Yard.

Its a wagon repair depot in the the 1980s.

The layout is DCC with all locos being sound fitted and all rolling stock is detailed, renumbered (if there is more than one) and weathered. 

If you have any questions then please ask.

More photos to come

Thanks

Simon