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was there another cat related incident?
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007 is at work tonight
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Spreading a different kinda. Ballast between the tracks today. And proof that no 181s have been harmed during the production of this layout The ground cover is making a big difference to the look of the models for me its also highlighting the code 100 track a little bit but its not too bad.
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Any idea when they will be going out? still got an unpaid preorder i need to take care of...
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lol its just sitting in the base of the casette outta the way
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Today has been spent spreading ballast. Almost ready to flood it with glue
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VID_20230815013604.mp4 After Dark, An Asahi liner passes through.
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these 12 pre orders just popped up on the Marks Models site, due date and price.
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ugh its like the whole "light machine oil" debacle all over again
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so i got these tubes of grease in the post today; https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/products/twin-pack-model-railway-grease?_pos=4&_sid=319807b91&_ss=r problem is there is absolutely no description of what types of grease they are or what areas they should be applied to, does anybody know? the white stuff looks just like the stuff you would see inside the A class bogies.
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Was pretty underwhelmed by the iPhone speaker I fitted the last day so this morning I'll be attempting to squeeze in this fancy one from road and rails.
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VID20230810000352.mp4 Perhaps the finished product will explain things a little better
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This is an open source wireless throttle for DCC++ it has a 1 inch OLED display and onboard charging via this full sized usb-b connector, I could have used micro usb here but I did not because i hate that particular connector. Overall it is a very simple build consisting of 4 components(plus the extra usb port and battery) works with or without JMRI. https://github.com/flash62au/WiTcontroller/ Now its time to wire it and hopefully flash the software and away I go.
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Something different for tonight. Been looking forward to this for a little while.
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will it be known by the time we can order them?
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How much are they need to decide how many i cant afford. Will you ask paddy to ship a few hundred extra wipers and handrails and make them available as some sort of repair pack for the older models? lol a man can dream.
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Is there an Alternative to Soldering?
Sean replied to DJ Dangerous's question in Questions & Answers
your not gonna want to hear this, but take it to the repair shop, not a big box phone store as they will likely tell you its a write off. Think the places you would go to get your console repaired. the guys there will be able to attach that in a few minutes using a hot air station. only issue is they MAY have to strip it down to the bare board to do the job although you could do this part yourself if the store are agreeable. Im fairly sure that connector is for a wifi antenna and the PCB lists it as number 2 with number one still being intact on the left. If so then in theory the phone will still work with that bit unplugged but your wifi signal could suffer as a result, what type of phone is it? in both cases note that these guys are using microscopes to see properly what they are doing! i stopped replacing my phone screens because i was smashing them so often........... -
I have been under the impression it will be these two livery types (obviously the mkd versions) I dont think theres more supertrain coming.
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Sadly it did not work as the magnets themselves are just too strong and the loco wheelspins instead of pulling away gracefully. Ive got somthing else to try but i reckon i will be happy enough with hand uncoupling for the forseeable. its one thing i really dont mind too much.
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Hey @DJ Dangerous Looks like i was wrong about uncoupling now to decide if i actually want/need such a thing before i go spreading ballast!
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Twins out These have to be my two favourites
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Good shout on the glass doors, that cat is definitely taunting you and looking for its next victim!
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edit: Also, last night i fitted a set onto a short ballast rake, plough van and hopper as they are only to be used on straight track in my setup. this probabaly applies to mag too but no guarentees. as per kadee etc they have to be fixed onto the bottom of the nem pocket due to the height issue. Results were pleasantly surprising however, as I was expecting zero cornering ability at all. Indeed a 181 violently flicked the wagon off the rails but a 121 was able to get the wagon through the points if i lightly had my finger on the roof. going to try again tonight with a 121 and some sort of weight in the hopper to see if it can make it without human intervention, I am fairly optimistic. With regards to the remote uncoupling, I dont think thats possible at all but ive also kinda developed an ethos that its not really necessary with these as you can easily uncouple these without derailing the entire train, which is the MASSIVE drawback for Tension locks. I dont really mind using "the hand of god" here because on the real railway things are coupled and broken up by hand and in a shunting yard all the switching is done by hand so i also end up applying the same logic to all the points on my layout.
