Cheers
Rod
ps How much would you pay for this one?
And do you know where the prototypw was installed?
Every signal operates with pull wires or servos can be stacked under layout, separated by angle cranks. Mine will be a lot easier to operate,
RY
2020/07/28
2020_07_28 Forgot this :(
2020_07_28 Wodonga signal?
Cheers
Rod
ps How much would you pay for this one?
And do you know where the prototypw was installed?
Every signal operates with pull wires or servos can be stacked under layout, separated by angle cranks. Mine will be a lot easier to operate,
RY
Cheers
Rod
ps How much would you pay for this one?
And do you know where the prototypw was installed?
Every signal operates with pull wires or servos can be stacked under layout, separated by angle cranks. Mine will be a lot easier to operate,
RY
2020/07/27
2020_07_27 New PL Cars!
2020_07_27 Mailman delivers if Exhibitions fail to :D
Not happy with my Neo Austrains carriages!!
WHY? Because they make my 6 old PL cars look so bad :) Ha Ha.
Very Happy with the upgrades. WoW check out the roof vents. Who would have thought the old ones were so oversized.
Nice safe packaging and no loose bits either.
Very crisp accurate production with very good lettering as expected from SDS
Close coupling without special couplers. So far they perform nicely around my tightest curves on the branch.
Nice detailing better than my pictures show.
They are nice reproductions of the older VR passenger carrages we all caught to outer suburban schools.
The guards compartment
And marker lights (sadly unlit)
Nice rake of 4 carriages, looks about right :)
Full under body detail. Almost want you to put strategic mirrors, perhaps a bridge over a river?
Sitting nicely behind a single T. Will look lovely behind a D3 with an AW mixed in among them :)
Set up in the late afternoon for an early morning departure.
And as soon as the crew arrive to light it up, T408 will take the PL's to the end of the line.
Pretty happy with these little cars. Must do a video of them on the branch.
Cheers
Rod
Not happy with my Neo Austrains carriages!!
WHY? Because they make my 6 old PL cars look so bad :) Ha Ha.
Very Happy with the upgrades. WoW check out the roof vents. Who would have thought the old ones were so oversized.
Nice safe packaging and no loose bits either.
Very crisp accurate production with very good lettering as expected from SDS
Close coupling without special couplers. So far they perform nicely around my tightest curves on the branch.
Nice detailing better than my pictures show.
They are nice reproductions of the older VR passenger carrages we all caught to outer suburban schools.
And marker lights (sadly unlit)
Nice rake of 4 carriages, looks about right :)
Full under body detail. Almost want you to put strategic mirrors, perhaps a bridge over a river?
Sitting nicely behind a single T. Will look lovely behind a D3 with an AW mixed in among them :)
Set up in the late afternoon for an early morning departure.
And as soon as the crew arrive to light it up, T408 will take the PL's to the end of the line.
Pretty happy with these little cars. Must do a video of them on the branch.
Cheers
Rod
2020/07/26
2020_07_26 With Comrade Andrews revelling in his new powers....
2020_07_23 They say a change is as good as a holiday?
And I definitely must post more often. Maybe an update every Sunday? Maybe I can make MS a little useful and set it to remind me? ok
The change is walking away from the layout as such. First I was thinking about scenery, but my confidence is waning and I feel I am not ready or prepared for that task yet. Trees? Yeah someday.
So I decided to start unboxing all the (still) DC locos and think about upgrading them to DCC and sound. Fortunately I always purchased a sound chip with each new loco, so not being able to get to a hobby shop was not the problem.
The older engines like the original 930's and 44 Class required a lot of work, mainly because they were fitted with globes instead of led's and in some cases mounting sound decoders and speakers became a real pain. In fact I have arranged to send the more difficult engines away to be converted by professionals.
And so after 5 weeks of wiring and more wiring I have now completed 21 DCC conversions and started another 12 or so, with at least 20 more in the to do bins. :(
As each loco tested OK, I added them to the track, here.
Moved the computer to side, to gain better access! The 44 Class as an early one and getting new lights and a new DCC sound decoder.
The Flat Top T Class are rather difficult to fit sounds to. However unless you have really good ears and can hang un-baffled speakers to the side, you can get great results if you cut out the speaker mount and add a sugar cube speaker
This is the modified speaker which was sold to me by Mike Walters who also suggested the speaker mount. And it works perfectly (Only 5 more to convert)
https://www.dccsound.com/
Tell Mike Rod sent you :)
So with a few projects lined up on the desk, here are some more in the Q.
The hardest part is finding all the engines and matching up the bits that fit them. Fortunately, Mike from DCC sounds marked all the ESU sound boxes with the loaded sounds.
The sounds are all authentic and each decoder has the correct speaker already attached. Then it is only a matter of finding suitable wire and LED's to finish the project.
I am trying to finish one project a day, and that includes adjusting the decoders on my computer using a programmer and the ESU software and finishing off with DecoerPro
Decoder Pro is really great when used on Tsunami and TCS chips.
Cheers
Rod
And I definitely must post more often. Maybe an update every Sunday? Maybe I can make MS a little useful and set it to remind me? ok
The change is walking away from the layout as such. First I was thinking about scenery, but my confidence is waning and I feel I am not ready or prepared for that task yet. Trees? Yeah someday.
So I decided to start unboxing all the (still) DC locos and think about upgrading them to DCC and sound. Fortunately I always purchased a sound chip with each new loco, so not being able to get to a hobby shop was not the problem.
The older engines like the original 930's and 44 Class required a lot of work, mainly because they were fitted with globes instead of led's and in some cases mounting sound decoders and speakers became a real pain. In fact I have arranged to send the more difficult engines away to be converted by professionals.
And so after 5 weeks of wiring and more wiring I have now completed 21 DCC conversions and started another 12 or so, with at least 20 more in the to do bins. :(
As each loco tested OK, I added them to the track, here.
Moved the computer to side, to gain better access! The 44 Class as an early one and getting new lights and a new DCC sound decoder.
The Flat Top T Class are rather difficult to fit sounds to. However unless you have really good ears and can hang un-baffled speakers to the side, you can get great results if you cut out the speaker mount and add a sugar cube speaker
This is the modified speaker which was sold to me by Mike Walters who also suggested the speaker mount. And it works perfectly (Only 5 more to convert)
https://www.dccsound.com/
Tell Mike Rod sent you :)
The hardest part is finding all the engines and matching up the bits that fit them. Fortunately, Mike from DCC sounds marked all the ESU sound boxes with the loaded sounds.
The sounds are all authentic and each decoder has the correct speaker already attached. Then it is only a matter of finding suitable wire and LED's to finish the project.
I am trying to finish one project a day, and that includes adjusting the decoders on my computer using a programmer and the ESU software and finishing off with DecoerPro
Decoder Pro is really great when used on Tsunami and TCS chips.
Cheers
Rod
2020/07/13
2020_06_13 Quick update
2020_06_13 Still plugging away.
Wiring is still my biggest headache. However I have been maintaining locomotives, mainly to do with sound and split muffs on drive train. I have Austrains X Class, T Class as well as Trainorama S an 44 Classes that need upgrades. Have plenty of wheel sets but finding the T Class offset muffs to be a problem.
I ordered 3 new B Class with sound fitted, a heap of Tam Valley as well as some new Digitrax controllers.
Parts for my Wodonga and Albury control panels have arrived. Should get into that soon.
Wanted to buy the new Powerline Z Cars but as usual, they messed them up. They just cant help themselves "they are good enough the sheep will buy them anyway"
Peter shows the prototype A car and below is the model. All seats can face the direction of travel
This economy car (picture by Powerline) shows the seating is probably for First Class cars and stands much too high. First Class cars have at least 14 windows as shown by Peter's picture.
EDIT Note the seats on the BZ were recliners and could face direction of travel, not fixed as I thought
You can see what I am griping about? We waited over 25 years for these! We should be able to plonk them and run them. Much better than the original S Cars, however they are relatively 3 times dearer, today's dollar.
And I really am sick of paying premium prices and getting lima quality toys :( I wanted 6 of them) and will end up giving them a miss, I think unless Auscision decides to build them as part of their SOP sets.
Anyway hope to show you more next time ;D
Wiring is still my biggest headache. However I have been maintaining locomotives, mainly to do with sound and split muffs on drive train. I have Austrains X Class, T Class as well as Trainorama S an 44 Classes that need upgrades. Have plenty of wheel sets but finding the T Class offset muffs to be a problem.
I ordered 3 new B Class with sound fitted, a heap of Tam Valley as well as some new Digitrax controllers.
Parts for my Wodonga and Albury control panels have arrived. Should get into that soon.
Wanted to buy the new Powerline Z Cars but as usual, they messed them up. They just cant help themselves "they are good enough the sheep will buy them anyway"
Peter shows the prototype A car and below is the model. All seats can face the direction of travel
This economy car (picture by Powerline) shows the seating is probably for First Class cars and stands much too high. First Class cars have at least 14 windows as shown by Peter's picture.
EDIT Note the seats on the BZ were recliners and could face direction of travel, not fixed as I thought
You can see what I am griping about? We waited over 25 years for these! We should be able to plonk them and run them. Much better than the original S Cars, however they are relatively 3 times dearer, today's dollar.
And I really am sick of paying premium prices and getting lima quality toys :( I wanted 6 of them) and will end up giving them a miss, I think unless Auscision decides to build them as part of their SOP sets.
Anyway hope to show you more next time ;D
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