Kirley Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 Wow! I've heard great things about the CMX! Looks to have really shifted the dirt! Where did you get yours? DCC Supplies. You can order from USA but the postage and time delay are prohibitive. Quote
Kirley Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 Wonderfully neat work! Those little "contraptions" as you call them, I imagine the leds are for route indicating? Can you give us more info on them? They are from Heathcote Electronics, WWW>heathcote-electronics.co.uk Quote
Kirley Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 Do you need a resistor on those LED's? No extra resistors required and as you say they even remember the point position when you turn the power back on again. Quote
Kirley Posted February 7, 2013 Author Posted February 7, 2013 I redid the Control Panel Box making it larger and then brought all the wires from the Points into it, red (Storage) on the left hand side and blue (Main section) on the right with an area left for the remainder of the layout yet to be built. If you think adding dropper wires was fun wait until you try this! The lid for all the control switches has been covered in Perspex and switches for the Storage Section added. Now to connect it all up. It seems ages since I ran a Train!!! Quote
BosKonay Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Now that's a thing of beauty I hear ya on the running I'm a year in, miles of cables, solder, tag strips, choc blocks, more wire, 8 soldering iron tips, hundreds of cable tie anchors and ties and I'm not even operational yet (But it's all worth it in the end ) Quote
scahalane Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 I had no idea there was so much wiring involved in setting up a layout like that, now I'm getting scared. Well done on the progress. Quote
driver301 Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Some nice wiring there Kirley. Well done keep the updates coming. Quote
Glenderg Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Having seen that Kirley, I have formally given up any hope of DCC and that leap. * *digs out grey Lima 12V transformer to hide behind.... DC for the win.... Quote
Kirley Posted February 8, 2013 Author Posted February 8, 2013 Having seen that Kirley, I have formally given up any hope of DCC and that leap. * QUOTE] The amount of wiring is because I am controlling 40 points and am doing so on DC. You could go down BosKonay's route and control your points by DCC. Quote
BosKonay Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 DCC points control is two wires (well, when using digital motors ) Although then you have to hook up a computer Quote
Kirley Posted February 8, 2013 Author Posted February 8, 2013 After all that wiring I had to take a break and run some trains. Class 201 No. 229 with an Mk 4 rake Class 201 No. 8208 with an Enterprise rake NIR CAF 3000. Here is a short video: Quote
BosKonay Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Looking Amazing!!!! The backscene is excellent - and as for that daffy! Quote
kevrail Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 Looking Good Kirley. Love the CAF more please Quote
Kirley Posted March 1, 2013 Author Posted March 1, 2013 A quick overview on the progress of the layout taken on a rare beautiful sunny day with NIR blue the predominate colour. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 Nice mix of the various NIR blue era loco's and railcars.Like the 80 class,it looks good.The layout is looking great also,your progress is amazing. Quote
scahalane Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 just stunning Kirley, some amount of work done. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 It sure is a fab layout,fair play to you. Quote
Kirley Posted March 17, 2013 Author Posted March 17, 2013 Still struggling with the Control Board wiring. I’ve stayed away from it for a while but forced myself to go back to it. It’s getting there but for every problem you solve another one develops. Bridges of Kirley Junction Still not finished yet but hopefully soon. Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Jeez K spaghetti junction comes to mind looking at that lot.It looks good when your looking at the panel but the back reminds me of the MIL with-out make up. SCARY. Quote
ger711 Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Kirley, Just looking at that wiring brings back some nightmares. I know it's probably too late, but some advice for future reference would be to pair up your wires either with cable ties or some tape and label each pair with a number and then make a master list. For example Pair No.1 from CDU1 Terminals 1+2 to Point Motor 1, etc. Just a suggestion. Love the layout. Ger. Quote
BosKonay Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Can't wait to see the new civil engineering masterpieces! Two words for the wiring Computer. Control Quote
Kirley Posted March 18, 2013 Author Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Kirley, Just looking at that wiring brings back some nightmares. I know it's probably too late, but some advice for future reference would be to pair up your wires either with cable ties or some tape and label each pair with a number and then make a master list. For example Pair No.1 from CDU1 Terminals 1+2 to Point Motor 1, etc. Just a suggestion. Love the layout. Ger. Thanks Ger for your comments, all wires coming into the Control Box are connected to numbered connection blocks so all can be easily identified, it's just there are so many, go to switches, to LED's and to the Module Boards. Perhaps BosKonay is right about digital control! Can't wait to see the new civil engineering masterpieces! Two words for the wiring Computer. Control I also can't wait to see the new civil engineering masterpieces! Quote
BosKonay Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 I'm wiring Amiens Street for digital control - (which doesn't mean you have to go DCC for the layout itself if you don't want). Simple, two wire bus for all motors, back to a Hornby Elite controller I had 'spare' into an oul PC, and running JMRI (though looking at options) Quote
Kirley Posted April 2, 2013 Author Posted April 2, 2013 Work has continued on the Control Panel and cleaning and checking the Storage Section. As a bit of light relief I pulled out my old Lima 217 and Galway rake. Then I tested my B107 in which I had placed a Class 24 sound chip. I followed IrishTrainman who was kind enough to offer his help and advice. Sorry about the poor quality of the video, I had to use the old camera which has not the same picture quality. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 Nice video and sound of the Sulzer Kirley,it is looking good,as is the layout.Nice Galway rake also. Quote
Kirley Posted April 3, 2013 Author Posted April 3, 2013 After checking all the points were working and a cleanup of rails it was time to reload the Storage Section. I "drove" every train from the upper section, down the helix to the Storage Section and it took me all afternoon. Starting to think I might have too much stock! [video=youtube;VST-Fj61OXU] Quote
Dave Posted April 4, 2013 Posted April 4, 2013 You can never have too much stock:tumbsup: Did you lay the track on the helix before or after assembly? Quote
Kirley Posted April 4, 2013 Author Posted April 4, 2013 You can never have too much stock:tumbsup: Did you lay the track on the helix before or after assembly? Had to do it during the assembly Dave, insufficent room to do it afterwards. Quote
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