Kirley

Went back to your post #62 (July 2012) showing the Bachmann ‘Coal Traders Classics’, did not pickup on that it was marketed as a “Bachmann model”. With only 300 issued I suppose it must now be quite rare set ?

Congratulations, Stephen, another lifetime commitment, the layout may go into storage for a few months.

Very disappointing news, I too understood a Class 80 was going to Downpatrick and parts were been stored in Ballymena in anticipation of the transfer. The Class 450's have engines taken from the scrapped Class 70’s so there’s some history there. Two sets were stored on the middle line at Bangor station. It will be sad if they disappear also. I suppose we would need a local ‘Pete Waterman’ to come to the rescue.

Excellent work eigyro, it makes these coaches so realistic

Thanks Dave, it always surprised me that this was MM’s only venture into freight.

Absolute brilliant work, you must have a great feeling of satisfaction on accomplishing this degree of finish.

Love all the little details, that's what makes it, it will only get better and better.

A quick overview on the progress of the layout taken on a rare beautiful sunny day with NIR blue the predominate colour.

Number B107 in action. Video

Finally got my electrics sorted out. I used Weshty’s red LED’s but sourced similar size white ones from Express Models. I threaded the LED’s through the marker light holes with a dab of Evo-stick glue to hold the LED in place. I covered the wires with Gaffer tape round to the centre of the body. I stuck a bank of resistors to a piece of card and then to the roof. I used two micro connectors and leads so I can detach the body from the chassis without having to unsolder wires. I finished the model in black livery and had an attempt at weathering it. The windows were from a piece of Perspex I had and were all cut for each individual window. The roof is by courtesy of Glenderg. Glad to say it’s finished with the exception of the new grills, it’s been a long haul. Hope to get a video up within the next few days.

Reversed the polarity on the Red LED's, now all lights working, thanks for everyone's help.

How could you miss your layouts 1st years’ anniversary? With a 1000+ entries to date what will year two bring?

David would you consider Maynar’s suggestion of designing your model using a Bachmann Class 3F 0-6-0 chassis? This model is currently on sale at Hattons for £71.23. Thanks Mike for launching this idea.

Thanks Guys for all your imputes, I was never really clear on which side the resistor went. I picked up on MRHD’s comment as the most informative: The key phrase here is polarity is important. I have connected all the red LED’s via the short leg to the resistors which would explain no red LED’s working. There’s nothing for it but to unsolder all the red LED’s connections and reconnect to the long leg/wire. O happy days..........

Good to see more of Ballykay, it’s a bit of a game to work out what you have put where and a visit on site will have to be carried out. Liked all the little touches you highlighted in your video. Is the Jeep, No. 5 a new addition?

I’ve just finished wiring my Sulzer and on testing only the white LED’s (supplied by Express Models) worked. The Red LED’s from Des had one wire shorter than the other and he advised connecting the resistor to the short wire but none of them worked. When I had wired LED’s before I always connected the resistor to its long leg and they worked. A quick trawl of the Web suggested “we find the LONG LEG of the LED which is POSITIVE and attach the proper resistor to it. Connect the ground to the SHORT NEGATIVE lead.” Before I disconnect all the red LED wires and investigate further can anyone confirm it is always the “long leg/wire” that is connected to the resistor or does it differ from LED’s to LED’s or does it matter? Any advice would be welcomed.

I agree Gareth that level of cost would be prohititive but in the meantime I still would express an interest just to see how prices work out.

What a line up!

Very illuminating Kevin, thanks for sharing. Where did you source the Pluggable terminal connectors?

Dizzy!

Welcome to the Site Rangermouse, your GM looks dirty enough for me, well done.

Tried to find your proposal Mike on the Flexiscale site without success.

Thanks Dave for the early warning of impending financial drain.

Good luck Gareth in your new premises, hopefuly the rates will not be as high as Queen St.