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Congratulations, Stephen!

That's very impressive work, Eigyro.

As regards the wiring for the circuit, do you have any problem with an inrush of current to the capacitor causing the DCC system to interperet it as a short?

IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE "BIDDING" FINISHED 4 HRS, 3 MIN. BEFORE THE BIDDING WAS DUE TO END

No one else was interested, end of story.

LOOKINGAT THE TIME THE AD ENDED, AND THE TIME THE WINNING BID WAS PUT IN, SEEM'S A BIT STRANGE TO ME, JUST SAYING LIKE,

 

" 02 Mar, 2013 16:23:51 GMT" = BIDDING DUE TO END

 

 

" 02-Mar-13 12:20:42 GMT " = TIME WINNING PUT IN

Don't see what's strange about it. The winning bid had already reached roughly what you would pay for a new class 37, so no one was willing to bid any higher.

Thanks for comments lads, I was worried it was a tad overdone but after looking at some photos in Rails Through the West I see that some freight sidings got in a far worse state!

@Glenderg - yes it needs variety, I have a static grass applicator on order so it's likely to get more overgrown! Once the "natural" debris is done I'll start in on the real rubbish!

But it will have to wait a while, I had my tonsils out Monday. So I'm sitting here at the PC feeling sorry for myself...

A few more pics after I managed to add some foliage.

I went for a VERY overgrown look, don't know if I've overdone it it a bit! What do you think, lads?

Really nice job, man!

Lovely work, great job on the yard lighting:-bd Must have a crack at doing it sometime. Are you planning a container yard? Would like one on my own lay out. Finally it seams there'll be a half decent 'reach stacker' in 1:76 on the way from Oxford Diecast in a few months. Should be good

Yeah I was planning to make it a container yard, so that's great news about the reach stacker!

Hi Kirley,

 

The resistor should always go to the LONG or POSITIVE leg on the LED.

The power will not pass through the diode from neg to pos so putting resistor on that leg is no use.

 

Hopefully that helps.

It actually does not matter, the resistor will break the circuit regardless of which side it's wired.

My understanding is that the resistor must always be connected to the positive (long) leg of the LED.

No, it does'nt matter as long as it is present in the circuit.

Lovely, lovely work, Rangermouse.

As for a baby GM being too dirty, not a chance!

It does'nt matter whether you attach the resistor to the positive or negative, I think it's just ggod practice to pick one side and stick with it when wiring up.

You'll definatley have to disconnect the red leds and make sure there working independently of the loco.

Looks great, best of luck with the new arrival hope all goes well

Yeah, looking forward to getting my Supertrain 071 too!

Spent a some time (actually, a LOT of time!) wiring the bus for the leds.

Here's a couple of "night shots"...

The only difference is the CIE logo. When they were delivered it was an all-white version, which was replaced later on with the proper version.

Thank you, sir!

Great news Dave!

Silly question warning: What exactly is the difference between CIE original and CIE supertrain liveries?

Over the last few days I got the the rest of the freight yard ballasted. After the glue dried I toned it down with a thin black wash applied with an airbrush.

As you can see in the pics I scratchbuilt a couple of sets of floodlights, these have leds fitted but I have'nt got round to adding a power bus yet.

Here's a better pic of them...

I also fitted leds to the sight office in the backround.

More scratchbuilding; a couple of simple ground levers for the points in the freight yard.

Another view...

All that's needed now is some grass/weeds to finish it off.

Wow! That backdrop makes such a difference...

I have 3 of the 141/181 sound chips from the Model Shop Belfast and they are top notch.

They also sell a speaker which can be used without having to do any major surgery to the inside of the loco. You just need to

solder the two speaker wires to the contacts on the circuit board in the loco and plug in the chip.

Looking great!

Do I see the downloadable brickpaper from Newrailwaymodellers?

Stunning weathering from Anto, as usual. Did he respray 039? The livery looks better than on the

Silverfox website. (I'm assuming it's a Silverfox here.)

The layout's looking superb! What era is it?

Mainly mid to late 70's. I'm running a lot of Black and Tan and Supertrain liveried stock. But to be honest you cound find anything

running on it, so I'm not too hung up on it! And anyway, I don't know of any Irish stations that resemble mine!

What is this silver paste Railer and where can it be bought?

You can do the same job with solder but it needs a fair bit of cleaning up afterwards.

You could also cut a tiny offcut of rail if you have any spare and slide it in at the join to close it up. Fiddly job, but do-able.

To be honest I have seen worse on exhibition layouts!

I would be more worried about the height difference at the join in that last pic. You might try bending the ends of the flexitrack down a little then re-joining them, or maybe squeeze the fishplates with a pliers they look a little distorted.

Welcome to the site, Frank.

Love the video and the variety of stock on your layout...