Signals.

3Valve

Railways; Air cooled VW's; Soul Music
24 Oct 2009
15,402
286
Shropshire
Best answers
0
Country flag
stockers said:
Slimmed down the post and been playing around.
(Resin ladders are too fragile to be commercially viable)
Ooh it just gets better and better.
 

Gizzy

A gentleman, a scholar, and a railway modeller....
26 Oct 2009
36,213
2,297
63
Cambridgeshire
www.gscalecentral.net
Best answers
0
Country flag
Mole in Ipswich used the stuff you put into gutters to stop them getting clogged with leaves for ladders....
 

stockers

Trains, aircraft, models, walking, beer, travel
24 Oct 2009
25,631
3,795
66
Nr. Ashford, Kent. England.
Best answers
0
Country flag
yb281 said:
Nice :clap:.

For ladders - cut out from suitably sized mesh?
Tin snips at dawn Mel!:happy:
 

tramcar trev

all manner of mechanical apparatus...
22 Jan 2011
11,577
8
Canberra, Australia
trevs-tramway.blogspot.com
Best answers
0
what about a bit of wire to reinforce the ladder stiles?
 

gregh

electronics, computers and scratchbuilding
1 Nov 2009
3,137
263
Sydney, Australia
www.members.optusnet.com.au
Best answers
0
Country flag
Thanks for the motivation, Stockers. Your signal looks great.
I built one - the post from 1.5mm styrene to make a hollow tube.
c40e37d69e454fe8878d25de5edcf87f.jpg

Gizzy said:
Mole in Ipswich used the stuff you put into gutters to stop them getting clogged with leaves for ladders....
Yes I used this Gutter Guard for the ladder, with reinforced stiles as mentioned by tramcar Trav. (it comes in 2 sizes - this is the 10mm mesh.)
7ae3af5abb2b42ea934c1484ceef9e50.jpg

I decided to try to make it operate to indicate the setting of the turnout, so just used a bit of fishing line to pull it to stop. (I know, not fail safe). I also mounted it on the wrong side of the track to avoid the fishing line crossing under a track. This shows the operating line
53913ca8b0064ff89ab4123089edf999.jpg

Now we'll just wait and see how it's affected by possums, birds and operators!
 

tramcar trev

all manner of mechanical apparatus...
22 Jan 2011
11,577
8
Canberra, Australia
trevs-tramway.blogspot.com
Best answers
0
gregh said:
Thanks for the motivation, Stockers. Your signal looks great.
I built one - the post from 1.5mm styrene to make a hollow tube.
images

Gizzy said:
Mole in Ipswich used the stuff you put into gutters to stop them getting clogged with leaves for ladders....
Yes I used this Gutter Guard for the ladder, with reinforced stiles as mentioned by tramcar Trav. (it comes in 2 sizes - this is the 10mm mesh.)
images

I decided to try to make it operate to indicate the setting of the turnout, so just used a bit of fishing line to pull it to stop. (I know, not fail safe). I also mounted it on the wrong side of the track to avoid the fishing line crossing under a track. This shows the operating line
images

Now we'll just wait and see how it's affected by possums, birds and operators!

I like the bridge in the background.... Allen Truss??
 

gregh

electronics, computers and scratchbuilding
1 Nov 2009
3,137
263
Sydney, Australia
www.members.optusnet.com.au
Best answers
0
Country flag
tramcar trev said:
I like the bridge in the background.... Allen Truss??
I believe it would be a Howe truss. Diagonals in compression, verticals in tension.
But I'd call it a tomato truss as it's made from tomato stakes.
You can see all my bridges at....
http://www.trainweb.org/SaTR/BridgesGall.htm