BosKonay Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (The theory with the printed strip, is that is under the moving tie bar, so you ballast all the white bits safely) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Ah, right - I see now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Love the container flats! Layout's really coming together now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 His talents are unbelievable (hiddenagenda) I've yet to see better out there [ATTACH=CONFIG]3451[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barl Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Your layout is coming along nicely and those container flats look fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Awful photo, amazing flats! Don't want to spoil them by plonking containers on top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hidden-agenda Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Looking first class Bos them base boards are a great job very very tidy looking and the wagons are 47 foot 6 inch by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 They are small card 'inserts' that come with the Cobalt Motors. After you drill the hole for the motor armature to poke through, you are left with a big, 6mm hole - not good for ballasting! You slip the card insert under the point, and you get a neat little slot for the motor arm, and can then ballast safely without dropping ballast into the motor or under the board. They'll need a good whack of an airbrush too - you'd think they could have printed them with ballast (or even printed them grey ) Thanks for the explanation Stephen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankS Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 WOW ! BEEutiful looking wagons, Hidden Agenda, absolutely fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Today was mainly about Point Motors 16 More to program and install tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Huge difference between Cobalt motors and Tortoise... the Cobalt is far more compact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'm very impressed by them. I seem to have a few from a batch that are a bit dicky (they wont accept an address). But otherwise they are (relatively) tiny, very powerful, very quiet, and include frog polarity switching, and two additional switches as standard (for if I ever get around to adding signals!). Best of all, the motor incorporates a decoder, so its' literally two wires to the motor and you are done! I'd definitely recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I've read the booklet from the manufacturer, it contains a lot of info. Definitely the way to go regarding the points and signals Stephen, good decision. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Today was mainly about Point Motors So what your saying is you spent the whole day lying on your back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 So what your saying is you spent the whole day lying on your back Yep, and now I've a sore back, strained eyes but two dozen fully programmed working points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Yep, and now I've a sore back, strained eyes but two dozen fully programmed working points Me thinks its time for you to have a beer and sit back and enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Cheers Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Cheers Anthony Stay of the vodka or God knows what way you'd wire up the rest of them. Next doors TV would be doing all sorts of funny things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggy Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Today was mainly about Point Motors [ATTACH=CONFIG]3507[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]3508[/ATTACH] 16 More to program and install tomorrow This is something I have yet to do on my layout. I have drilled the holes under most of the points that I am going to fit under the baseboards (8mm I think) How did you fix the motor to the baseboard, screw or sticky tape.?? How did you decide on the position of the motor to the point blades, did you set the motor in the middle of the travel and the point blade in the middle as well.?? How are you going to control the motor, with switches or DCC control with modules.??? Have you removed the spring out of the point blade.?? Looked at the manual but nothing like on hand experience. I'm going to use the Tortoise motor as I have been told that the Cobalts don't last very long so not sure if anyone else has had a problem with them. Thanks, Wiggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzguttentite Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Excellent work keep the pics coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 The motors are Cobalt Digital from DCC concepts. The motor itself it digital so it plugs directly into the bus and is programmable with an address. It also has connectors for additional switching like signals as well as frog polarity. In terms of positioning there is a template they supply that you place under the point and it lines up all the drill holes. I'm using their double sided foam sticky pads to fix to the board. It's at least twice as quiet as screwing them in. Using the template, you don't need to worry about centering. It works perfect first time They are about half the physical size of the tortoise, don't need additional cabling or accessory decoders and have a lifetime guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 And yes, as part of the adjustments to the points i remove the springs and cut the ends off the tie bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggy Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 And yes, as part of the adjustments to the points i remove the springs and cut the ends off the tie bars. Thanks, Wiggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Some magnets finally arrived for testing! 3mm cubes and 3mm diameter rods (4mm long) NeoDymium jobs for use as uncouplers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 They are really strong magnets Stephen tried some myself as un couplers but I didn't like the end result let us know how you get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I've seen a few videos on youtube. and some US sites, will video how they work shortly and see if the kadees like em! (i'm not a fan of the ontrack kadee uncoupler, it's bloody huge!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Ok, first up here are some photos of the magnets in situ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Here's the video of them working... (and a peek at Anthony's 'job' on 185 ) [video=youtube;-W8-YKc9auE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Some more of Anthony's masterpiece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Poor 185 An some general catch up shots, showing the concrete area with a lick of paint... (not sure if I'm happy with it yet), the completed station throat, and some mainline being started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Stephen can you post a link up to the magnets as the ones I used were bigger and maybe that was the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 hey Anthony. I had previously got some 5mm cubes, which were way too big. I got both rods and cubes in 3mm this time and, as you can see, they are a lovely neat fit between the rails, and the kadees seem to work well with them! I have a larger amount coming on a VERY slow boat from china - but got a batch from this place http://www.ebay.com/itm/140814055073?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 And I'd recommend them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 The only issue so far is that the NEM socked on the cravens is way too high, I'm thinking of gluing the kadee to the underside of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Just ordered a few packets there will let you know how I get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Ok, first up here are some photos of the magnets in situ [ATTACH=CONFIG]3642[/ATTACH] You know what? You could probably chop out a piece of sleeper and replace it with the magnet... seems a perfect fit and would make it even less noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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