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Offline BigEd

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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #75 on: July 20, 2020, 10:26:55 PM »
Awesome work!!! :thumb:

I seem to recognize a few of these locomotives... :innocent:
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #76 on: July 22, 2020, 07:56:53 AM »
Good Morning Everybody  :biggrin:

I painted wired and fitted quite a big section of track on Monday and Tuesday evening  :thumb:
2x points, a medium crossing and some filler sections.

Now there is 2 straight sections left to do, so I will paint them tonight and hopefully lay tomorrow evening.
Then I will wire everything up over the weekend.

Cheers everybody and hope you all have a awesome day and week.

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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #77 on: July 22, 2020, 02:22:59 PM »
 :howzit: :thumb:
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #78 on: July 24, 2020, 07:39:55 AM »
Good Morning All  :biggrin:

I finished all the track laying last night  :howzit:
So this weekend I will finish the wiring for that and then I will install the last 2 switches and fittings for the Points.

I might also move the signals as Jörg sugested  :biggrin:

So, lots of work, but luckily all the ground work is done so it is basically just hooking everything up.

Cool, enjoy the Friday and weekend.
Speak again  :thumb:
Cheers, Evert
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #79 on: July 24, 2020, 10:15:56 AM »
Those bricks really don't make good stand-ins for loco's !

Steve   :stir:
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« Reply #80 on: July 26, 2020, 07:22:20 PM »
Quote from: Steve Smith on July 24, 2020, 10:15:56 AM
Those bricks really don't make good stand-ins for loco's !

Steve   :stir:

Not particularly... :stir: :peep:
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #81 on: July 28, 2020, 08:04:34 AM »
Good Morning All.....

I finished all the track electrical work  :thumb:
I also finished all the Push-Pull switches for the Points  :thumb:

Everything was tested and it is working VERY NICE !!!!!!!  :biggrin:

Then last night I decided to paint the frame with the dark wood stain I always use.
This was sanded and I then glued the 3mm Hardboard on.

I will sand and cleaned it up and then the final stain coat will go on and the white strip will be painted green  :biggrin:

Cool, more to come......
Enjoy the week and speak again soon.

Cheers, Evert



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« Reply #82 on: July 28, 2020, 11:39:14 AM »
Paint it black rather than the green? I think it makes it "pop" on top... my 2 c... :peep:
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #83 on: July 28, 2020, 05:11:11 PM »
Coming on nicely Evert!  :thumb:
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #84 on: August 02, 2020, 08:51:47 PM »
OK, so last section of the Facia also finished......  :thumb:

I searched around for nice knobs for the points. I only need 9 so to spend a bit on that is OK.
I found some cupboard pull knobs at Gelmar at N1 City  :biggrin: R12 each..... Awesome......

I drilled a 25mm hole, so the background I will paint black and the facia green, I like the green  :innocent:

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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #85 on: August 02, 2020, 09:03:42 PM »
I have also over the weekend, fitted most of the signals and took the wrong ones out and moved them.

Here is the fitting process.
I glued a piece of cork on to the foam to make them the same level as the track.
Then with my Dremel, I drilled a nice hole just smaller than the signal solenoid, so that it fit tightly in the hole.
The siding signals have a square base, so I had to cut the cork square after I made the hole.

Really worked well, so I'm quite happy.  :biggrin:

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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #86 on: August 02, 2020, 09:11:05 PM »
Then I started to do the wiring of the signals.....  ???
I realized that the point is on the one module and the signal is on the other...... No what !!!!!! Ai......

OK, so it is 3 wires per point that I will have to unplug if necessary.
Computer COMM PORTS  :biggrin: You get a 9 pin one.

So I made it work.....
I also cut a small piece of flat Styrine to make a fitting plate.

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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #87 on: August 02, 2020, 09:42:17 PM »
Then, a while ago Jörg aid that if a signal is in a different position then there is a sign to indicate that, so I did some searching today and I found it  :biggrin:

Ne 4 / So 2 - chessboard
A square board with a black and white checkerboard pattern.

The main signal is not immediately to the right of or above the track.

If, for example, for reasons of space, a main signal cannot be placed directly next to or above the track, the chess board is set up instead and the main signal itself is set up elsewhere.

However, the chessboard is also used for construction work in temporary, single-track auxiliary operations. Here a track is blocked and declared a construction track, checkerboard boards are set up for the track that is being driven in the opposite direction so that the entry signals remain valid (of course, these can no longer be set due to the lack of routes; the replacement signal is then continued).

So, I made it myself  :biggrin: I like it and I think it came out great.
Here is some of the signals fitted, I still have to fit 3 then that is all done  :biggrin:

Cheers, Evert
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #88 on: August 03, 2020, 12:11:24 PM »
Very nice indeed!
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Re: LooVille HO Shunting Layout
« Reply #89 on: August 03, 2020, 01:06:36 PM »
Hi Evert,
you will never get two of the same signals so close to each other.
The one with the red arrow is incorrect, as this signal would also cause the driver to possibly stop on a switch which
is not permitted.
There is even a small sign that denotes the closest that a loco or coach my stand to a switch.
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