What happened at your workbench today?

You don't see many of these:
IMG_20250427_135043.jpg
Well, not that have had this done to them, anyway:
IMG_20250427_135115.jpgReduced to 32mm gauge. Battery powered, but just single-speed, forward-off-reverse, it appears.
Top-heavy, as batteries in the boiler. Doesn't pull very well, and is slow..

The amount of oil everywhere, probably doesn't help?
But until I get further, I will not know more.

PhilP.
 
PhilP said:
You don't see many of these:
View attachment 341705
Well, not that have had this done to them, anyway:
View attachment 341706Reduced to 32mm gauge. Battery powered, but just single-speed, forward-off-reverse, it appears.
Top-heavy, as batteries in the boiler. Doesn't pull very well, and is slow..

The amount of oil everywhere, probably doesn't help?
But until I get further, I will not know more.

PhilP.
Click to expand...
Yeah, so 32mm is more accurate for the loco, but there are ways of achieving things :think::think:
 
PhilP said:
You don't see many of these:
View attachment 341705
Well, not that have had this done to them, anyway:
View attachment 341706Reduced to 32mm gauge. Battery powered, but just single-speed, forward-off-reverse, it appears.
Top-heavy, as batteries in the boiler. Doesn't pull very well, and is slow..

The amount of oil everywhere, probably doesn't help?
But until I get further, I will not know more.

PhilP.
Click to expand...
Not surprised it doesn't go very well, it's probably drowned in that oil, and what have they done to the axles?
 
Well I now know why that gauge-converted Bachmann 'Lyn' is so slow and under-powered..
IMG_20250505_164701.jpg
Four Maplin AA NiMH rechargeable cells. - Nominal 4.8V.
Suppisedly, 2000mAh capacity, but seeing as the loco is designed for a lot higher upper voltage, I would surmise that at this voltage it will be quite current-hungry?

So, plan of action:
Replace batteries with something more substantial. - mounted in the tanks.
Then convert to BPRC, and take it from there..

PhilP.
 
PhilP said:
Well I now know why that gauge-converted Bachmann 'Lyn' is so slow and under-powered..
View attachment 342072
Four Maplin AA NiMH rechargeable cells. - Nominal 4.8V.
Suppisedly, 2000mAh capacity, but seeing as the loco is designed for a lot higher upper voltage, I would surmise that at this voltage it will be quite current-hungry?

So, plan of action:
Replace batteries with something more substantial. - mounted in the tanks.
Then convert to BPRC, and take it from there..

PhilP.
Click to expand...
How long have Maplin been gone? o_Oo_O
 
Nothing earth-shattering, but it makes my life a little easier..
IMG-20250519-WA0000.jpg
DPDT centre-off switch..
Wired as a reversing switch, for those little 'electric mice' which people have.

The pcb takes care of the cross-wiring, and is so much quicker than manually wiring them up.

I always seem to get a request for these, hours before a show, when madly running around doing other things.

PhilP.
 
It begins. The bank building is in the middle of my high street and this shows it in its current sorry state after a decade of British weather; the other parts are just as bad. The plan is to make the street a little more curved once I've refurbished this section, which will require fiddling with the pavement and the addition of a new building to fill a gap. The oversized streetlamps will be replaced. I may be some time, as the whole model is about 130cm long and I don't have much space in the garage, since I share it with someone's precious MX-5.IMG_4879 (Medium).JPEG
 
Rather than an additional building, why not a tall fence and a sign on it reading "Plot with development potential for sale"?
I may be some time, as the whole model is about 130cm long and I don't have much space in the garage, since I share it with someone's precious MX-5.
viaEstrecha said:
It begins. The bank building is in the middle of my high street and this shows it in its current sorry state after a decade of British weather; the other parts are just as bad. The plan is to make the street a little more curved once I've refurbished this section, which will require fiddling with the pavement and the addition of a new building to fill a gap. The oversized streetlamps will be replaced. I may be some time, as the whole model is about 130cm long and I don't have much space in the garage, since I share it with someone's precious MX-5
Click to expand...
Why not create a building plot with a tall fence with a sign on it saying "Plot with development potential for sale"?
 
playmofire said:
Rather than an additional building, why not a tall fence and a sign on it reading "Plot with development potential for sale"?
I may be some time, as the whole model is about 130cm long and I don't have much space in the garage, since I share it with someone's precious MX-5.

Why not create a building plot with a tall fence with a sign on it saying "Plot with development potential for sale"?
Click to expand...
I've already used that idea further down the road, where I couldn't be bothered to make something next to the garage :giggle:
 
dunnyrail said:
I have a few projects on the go at the moment, first one is my take on Creative Mom work. A sort of Warehousy Grainy Malty Storey thingy. Made just out of old cardboard as the Mom does. Will not be a pretty thing but surprising how they come to life when painted.
View attachment 263317
View attachment 263318
Then there is the other side of the workshop where there ought to be a working 00 Railway but it is a resting house for unfinished projects like the Trainline Mallett which has stalled due to a likely Hall Sensir malfunction then the Water Tower that is waiting a good dose of weathering. The 00 has stalled due to clicking Cobolt Point Motors that were due to be replaced with Servos but that has not happened because I cant get the Megapoints Servo Board to work. Probably me!View attachment 263319
But at least the Glue and Paint stash is looking healthy.
View attachment 263320
Click to expand...
Like the dubdee
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom