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Lovely layout Kirley - are there plans for a replacement up there?
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Wow Wrenn - such evocative catalogues!
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Diamond Crossing Protector
BosKonay replied to Paddy Mac Namara's question in DCC, Electrics and Electronics
Very very clever indeed Paddy - thanks so much for sharing such a great resource!\ Now, about DCC -
Kirley, your realism just keeps getting better and better - I had to double take that first photo wasn't the real thing!!
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Tony, you've made a stunning start and, it's fair to say, most modellers hit the doldrums from time to time. With a layout like yours you can get a long from the detailing, building in little scenes, perhaps lighting, wiring, animations, etc, as well as the trains moving about themselves..
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Hope you're surviving Dave!
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Amiens, Mark 2! (perhaps I should commence a new thread?) Following several years in the doldrums, Amiens is getting a reboot, including a new trackplan, that is slightly more aligned with the prototype.. (tho still with many compromises!) More anon...
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I think to be fair to all posters, no one here 'singled out' IFM, this thread was simply about their products. Just like in the past, we've had threads picking apart projects such as Eoin's DARTs, or Weshty's Kits, or the IRM wagons, or even Murphy's MK2s. To try to curtail opinion, criticism and constructive advice would defeat the purpose of this community. Any offering in the marketplace should be able to stand up to scrutiny; any smart offering should be able to take and build on the criticism, giving us all more and better options in general!
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Wow!!
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Beautiful work!
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Love how the layout moved, not the model!
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Thanks for sharing those Kirley - you can't beat the oddness of some of the early multiple units!
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Hi John, thank you for the question! IRM has always been 'externally' funded. We've never crowdfunded any of our releases, but we did open the order book early on the Ballasts to help guage demand (and cashflow) and likewise the Bubbles. Unlike crowdfunded projects you may have seen, the production of our models are never dependant on a target level of presales or 'crowd' support. We plan to bring the Tara mines wagon to market, opening the order book at the very earliest once they are en route, and we have a number of 'surprise' models due in 2017 also Hope that helps Stephen
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Keep us posted
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Just the business Noel! Thanks for sharing!
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Any pics or details?
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It does take practice The key is to tin the wire in advance (melt a little solder over the strands) Then clean the area on the track with a small file or fiber glass pencil. Then a drop of flux and place the solder on the rail, then apply a touch of the iron. You should end up with a neat blob of solder on the rail underside. Then place the tinned wire on the blob, a momentary touch of the iron and the wire should 'slip' into the blob, creating a (neat) join.
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While a little heavier duty than needed, the stiffness of the wire, especially when tinned, meant I could bend it to shape and use the wire itself to press against the rail underside while applying the iron. it takes a little time and patience, but with practice provides an excellent electrical link, while being practically invisible once the track is ballasted.
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Using that exact method, here's a (poor) shot of how I connected the droppers on mine
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Classic The smoking on the radio train with the kids! Lovely snap of the Fry, and along the Killiney stretch
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Hi Tony, Looks good - are there any particular areas in the plan you're not sure on? otherwise, simply connect droppers to the rails in every area where there is regular track, use insulated rail joiners on every connection on every point, and then power the points directly
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Absolutely superb!!
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Hi Tony, Fire away!
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You're very welcome Brian:)
