tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84155058063311948062024-03-13T15:37:39.229+10:00N'Tranced DreamFrom go to whoa you will find all my thoughts and design, building and running of my own N, HOn3½ and HO Scale layout in my own shed in my own back yard. (oh, and what I am doing at the club I am in)... Oh yeh, haven 't got around to the layout - still busy modelling and at the club!PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-66133511707770956722023-11-01T15:06:00.004+10:002023-11-01T15:06:33.140+10:00Move over Numbnuts, We're taking this Industrial !<p style="text-align: justify;">So, for a very little diorama I am working on, it's Z scale at 1:220 scale, I need a bit of forest litter for under some trees. So I best make some, hadn't I.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So it was off to the side of the shed where Sarah up the road keeps a few native bee hives and I grabbed a few handfuls of dead leaves from whatever tree next door drops them there. They were nice and dry and crunchy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UcJhP_PTx83jfZsWBFjYB_ej0aGmydSXPC_tlqTePoIB-i1df5tAtQT-BmIF-vIecljOQ3x_Nl8TdVpggOl53Jggy5JCAhVpZDKTKBKlWow81TFJwK17c5k_g_LNQjJ84sz2lXaJEbJUxjm3FmAlaT7SjDJy7VyUGdF66zNdGtSW7KFisWtr7g7kUCE/s2500/20231101_131751a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UcJhP_PTx83jfZsWBFjYB_ej0aGmydSXPC_tlqTePoIB-i1df5tAtQT-BmIF-vIecljOQ3x_Nl8TdVpggOl53Jggy5JCAhVpZDKTKBKlWow81TFJwK17c5k_g_LNQjJ84sz2lXaJEbJUxjm3FmAlaT7SjDJy7VyUGdF66zNdGtSW7KFisWtr7g7kUCE/s320/20231101_131751a.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Out with my mortar and pestle and I ground them up into a fine powder and bits and pieces.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddr5k21EjKuTgpsOzaAoPgdbpkfD5iO6rTcm6vrVYOhEIyWVvWKKUkzoG5yXR6FMF-dbn2gUcayt6YglUadXWt2ol3QnUYBYEtVZLvua65xys7IFPovCezZnOudL1W46Vwr9agw42Ir-cB6t37hXpz8w8tbxXMen7eOEN4D8dygx4XCtfwBRrFcNz6Bk/s2500/20231101_131751b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="2500" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddr5k21EjKuTgpsOzaAoPgdbpkfD5iO6rTcm6vrVYOhEIyWVvWKKUkzoG5yXR6FMF-dbn2gUcayt6YglUadXWt2ol3QnUYBYEtVZLvua65xys7IFPovCezZnOudL1W46Vwr9agw42Ir-cB6t37hXpz8w8tbxXMen7eOEN4D8dygx4XCtfwBRrFcNz6Bk/s320/20231101_131751b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL8iO12HiBbBGTNVAe1Sum-vly4NMmHLqFi5XJTEpqTL1QtzBRm-Ncnal2PByR1KZ9huMfrRLYw6Y5-oFJfz9oE3IF-EH-pZznywLk-IIDRueBTr-_jS9sdz_CNydOiHD-IJ-Z-d7nCvRf0ydzy3wEIApsgOWz2DG7WyONhgUa1UcqztPhS_LhW6wkbA/s2500/20231101_131831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2500" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL8iO12HiBbBGTNVAe1Sum-vly4NMmHLqFi5XJTEpqTL1QtzBRm-Ncnal2PByR1KZ9huMfrRLYw6Y5-oFJfz9oE3IF-EH-pZznywLk-IIDRueBTr-_jS9sdz_CNydOiHD-IJ-Z-d7nCvRf0ydzy3wEIApsgOWz2DG7WyONhgUa1UcqztPhS_LhW6wkbA/s320/20231101_131831.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then I got one of my really fine sieves I got from some kitchen section in the shops somewhere and sieved the results. Came out quite well - bit of effort, but hey - pretty much free. The remnants that were not needed were chucked into the garden as compost.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXHCSz7xdpq_pn1QejZTZmKYQLxKmcurFF8pJEG5UALTWBYM7mq-41yQttidBG-xEyp5rInH7SKI6tS0hxnoNf7PEwKVsIYZfWfBK2a6vCJs1_X67NhpYRZLHuWWULNumWsahOR5NG9Ca6Np5FEqUjmGqgZKX7vMdwkvW7tuzQaYh2S4sDqFDTNod6s8/s2500/20231101_131910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2500" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXHCSz7xdpq_pn1QejZTZmKYQLxKmcurFF8pJEG5UALTWBYM7mq-41yQttidBG-xEyp5rInH7SKI6tS0hxnoNf7PEwKVsIYZfWfBK2a6vCJs1_X67NhpYRZLHuWWULNumWsahOR5NG9Ca6Np5FEqUjmGqgZKX7vMdwkvW7tuzQaYh2S4sDqFDTNod6s8/s320/20231101_131910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbSjcxOnOGvrKD33vND0bC6iES6eSu-d88O0rRQjYDPC5CLgB9qitOmRk2RaR8SG59Paw-uPppJZy-bKL6kgfS3YVQWtjXkM7cPJ9VszNWNpP2z7EzcEbUt5MkcvWQvmtsml9d-lS9ObjjgalgDctzQwTz2pmOfDkfe73ru2Zh6-CfKwDaRMPzOectRo/s2500/20231101_132026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="2500" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbSjcxOnOGvrKD33vND0bC6iES6eSu-d88O0rRQjYDPC5CLgB9qitOmRk2RaR8SG59Paw-uPppJZy-bKL6kgfS3YVQWtjXkM7cPJ9VszNWNpP2z7EzcEbUt5MkcvWQvmtsml9d-lS9ObjjgalgDctzQwTz2pmOfDkfe73ru2Zh6-CfKwDaRMPzOectRo/s320/20231101_132026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Old bottles and containers are always hoarded around here as they do come in handy. Old spice jars are just the shot as they have the right sort of top to dispense the scatter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzimHQghb8FErW8H9rXwQQoqX-clbnbrJNKgkQn04xWfTTjiOScIKlEfAsYsXmdRQb4ml7vYhtGezyiyjMuZMf42jwNfunHjr6cFW4tQ0Z3fTMyIo6BEqNYQiXs0Sg9uLNtUjbtThA9w_7spNjYmWHdFrecA0MtjA2wpJ8aXu1qqzrUinVomLsX32xOyM/s2342/20231101_132236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2342" data-original-width="1816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzimHQghb8FErW8H9rXwQQoqX-clbnbrJNKgkQn04xWfTTjiOScIKlEfAsYsXmdRQb4ml7vYhtGezyiyjMuZMf42jwNfunHjr6cFW4tQ0Z3fTMyIo6BEqNYQiXs0Sg9uLNtUjbtThA9w_7spNjYmWHdFrecA0MtjA2wpJ8aXu1qqzrUinVomLsX32xOyM/s320/20231101_132236.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I poured a few sieves worth of scatter into them for use later.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-A8hxoQPIfiLB7LMcsQXIlj0kEvNOJAe7HQK56yNnEKYyomD06O3PuFZZCO2TJT58dgATbm2cPmxzSkIrxbe2yNXU6Rd2u48HJHZofHg_zeTRiIU07XShGrGnQvIRLpM8MQrVSkFv0itPi8GzUtEcmjAT4CWr94srtDNQZtGSTCM0lNrI6wtMVFNeow/s2390/20231101_132553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="2390" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-A8hxoQPIfiLB7LMcsQXIlj0kEvNOJAe7HQK56yNnEKYyomD06O3PuFZZCO2TJT58dgATbm2cPmxzSkIrxbe2yNXU6Rd2u48HJHZofHg_zeTRiIU07XShGrGnQvIRLpM8MQrVSkFv0itPi8GzUtEcmjAT4CWr94srtDNQZtGSTCM0lNrI6wtMVFNeow/s320/20231101_132553.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then I realised I needed a few different colours of scatter. I needed a faster way - so now it was time to go Industrial on the job !</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">I went across the road to the footpath that has some Lilly Pilly and Paperbark trees growing on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBd4OLpHZlM_VCJk1aqiJfLx1MfHQPzeDrBhyxd5Ftb_o9IfLSF_nQuNmP6NLq_vkNXB8cw9sajtYLmHxh_bAaWsla6P4lYfMVlaa14DSXQsVXVXTf6kWsfdAfs3TvGSl0ENK8BKr8OZudlLTfzzZNzxkNmylfHQRJVCocy6WIG4N7w43anzGJHDJlNQ/s2500/20231101_132947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBd4OLpHZlM_VCJk1aqiJfLx1MfHQPzeDrBhyxd5Ftb_o9IfLSF_nQuNmP6NLq_vkNXB8cw9sajtYLmHxh_bAaWsla6P4lYfMVlaa14DSXQsVXVXTf6kWsfdAfs3TvGSl0ENK8BKr8OZudlLTfzzZNzxkNmylfHQRJVCocy6WIG4N7w43anzGJHDJlNQ/s320/20231101_132947.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTPh5PZR4Ytoj5p1lA_tq38AGPMGuhme97Rr260QmkGzxglos4EIvxZV0FgQ02zZ8LMHwSZbwEOoIPNsogdlVLC7ZjBdoK61cNWqhp6WAGArhYjos1LSOBJB1T5aDTUUrX9OCFnQfRd8VNcQmX9PoVOTC1p1NQLfIU89U6kpm1heZwK_MQZl7WpOFh0Y/s2500/20231101_133306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="2500" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTPh5PZR4Ytoj5p1lA_tq38AGPMGuhme97Rr260QmkGzxglos4EIvxZV0FgQ02zZ8LMHwSZbwEOoIPNsogdlVLC7ZjBdoK61cNWqhp6WAGArhYjos1LSOBJB1T5aDTUUrX9OCFnQfRd8VNcQmX9PoVOTC1p1NQLfIU89U6kpm1heZwK_MQZl7WpOFh0Y/s320/20231101_133306.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And under my Poinciana I grabbed a few handfuls of the compost I make from the leaves, twigs etc that drop down. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDpeeLLSs6kjZkdKJ4wjuuIHYsEiUvrOzdR3wvcd4POj_FfHRpgv4Hobld7cZv9iFRgcx7TmuHgx_rFp_yreMa95_-HDUN8yTTzEGB4AdkeUrzoit4WT9Yzx5zrN0tShyphenhyphenTTUU1xYhh_18rZWIIqWrIGOEEuUvuNZ4f0dgLsYjF43T6RNM_ZCyLJHLVhA/s2500/20231101_133414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="2500" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDpeeLLSs6kjZkdKJ4wjuuIHYsEiUvrOzdR3wvcd4POj_FfHRpgv4Hobld7cZv9iFRgcx7TmuHgx_rFp_yreMa95_-HDUN8yTTzEGB4AdkeUrzoit4WT9Yzx5zrN0tShyphenhyphenTTUU1xYhh_18rZWIIqWrIGOEEuUvuNZ4f0dgLsYjF43T6RNM_ZCyLJHLVhA/s320/20231101_133414.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I brought it all in to my bench and got down to it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlh6XHXePHfSEs4oOp7OCn1vWQ5S8vR63ov-GaT6_sebqK7fv1jPpvREQI6IWrHrUSutd6YoZx3ha17WHkaXfiGSIVLmdATx8KqZZ2HFKe66foOM5rxwdMsofsU9ktZHwyRDgmAy07rSf4kMt5RDx_1wTYX91xCis3gYO73N_gsDT3xNymJy892I8L2c/s2273/20231101_133700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2273" data-original-width="1816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlh6XHXePHfSEs4oOp7OCn1vWQ5S8vR63ov-GaT6_sebqK7fv1jPpvREQI6IWrHrUSutd6YoZx3ha17WHkaXfiGSIVLmdATx8KqZZ2HFKe66foOM5rxwdMsofsU9ktZHwyRDgmAy07rSf4kMt5RDx_1wTYX91xCis3gYO73N_gsDT3xNymJy892I8L2c/s320/20231101_133700.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, being that Black & Decker are not too bad a brand of power tools, I of course had a nice chopper they make. Normally seen in the kitchen, mine has never see it - it has always been in the garage and used to make scatters :-)</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0SpmWW3LCLtxMaLKE8EFRLN9uTCMLHVR-fQCm7xnlt0LPtEIrfromdC2T0XuvRELuIGh69zNUFvb3GrJaEjqipBxmDTJI62Ggblgbe91zWoCG2jtAu5As9TyqUWHWk7mkPSYzMNex3Wmp4N9w_rAW2rZBE6WZ__43IzsJLPvxEwc93rfXLjJxJSLVYQ/s2500/20231101_133938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0SpmWW3LCLtxMaLKE8EFRLN9uTCMLHVR-fQCm7xnlt0LPtEIrfromdC2T0XuvRELuIGh69zNUFvb3GrJaEjqipBxmDTJI62Ggblgbe91zWoCG2jtAu5As9TyqUWHWk7mkPSYzMNex3Wmp4N9w_rAW2rZBE6WZ__43IzsJLPvxEwc93rfXLjJxJSLVYQ/s320/20231101_133938.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Each material in turn was thrown in and ground up for a minute or two.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYS08Q1JwUxkno1gOm1qvY3aitKkMLfS25bvKgI-yW3hI3o3k9EXC_tUk72h-9DhhdeOIOqrSwk-9i1qzcoS4BSBRFADCxSnoi9Wy3sKtp0JyL61hhaCre-qQXB9gku-yDI72cySISMqS6U0LFIXR6n9R3x6-HGreqfj-F546YXNjy2Ek1k4Ky8CGYGo/s2500/20231101_134631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="2500" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYS08Q1JwUxkno1gOm1qvY3aitKkMLfS25bvKgI-yW3hI3o3k9EXC_tUk72h-9DhhdeOIOqrSwk-9i1qzcoS4BSBRFADCxSnoi9Wy3sKtp0JyL61hhaCre-qQXB9gku-yDI72cySISMqS6U0LFIXR6n9R3x6-HGreqfj-F546YXNjy2Ek1k4Ky8CGYGo/s320/20231101_134631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then they were passed through the sieve.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdM5uTVs9MI1y1_cACj_3BPyTRup2K7BImQau6gxyJp-yxRXnECodLTGOBxlaA__CdCUd3APRwmjm_7dsC_F7PPPFgOm-ssSmrSPXoY2BysgJg5Ew_Qvy5tBOFaqxSrv07zfzB92HaXGJxxLEoG7KbCJe6CITPy84eHey8iwo1-7Amsva44cVBtdGFpE/s2200/20231101_135312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="2200" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdM5uTVs9MI1y1_cACj_3BPyTRup2K7BImQau6gxyJp-yxRXnECodLTGOBxlaA__CdCUd3APRwmjm_7dsC_F7PPPFgOm-ssSmrSPXoY2BysgJg5Ew_Qvy5tBOFaqxSrv07zfzB92HaXGJxxLEoG7KbCJe6CITPy84eHey8iwo1-7Amsva44cVBtdGFpE/s320/20231101_135312.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then placed into some plastic jars until needed a little later. And the cost of course was nada.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsqtJ2Lbn3KP8DLUWubJZu0MCBZUSYMpjbfmcax5f-eVdIsfV3v6OUY1XO3sltDfRCztLYcZzQS2sk54aHGHUbxtVhRhDCbF5Q4q1tr9KXAgOLopUe1HMWoO6iX2CKI1Mk9HSIAHMKumGf4UNAu5tGEkQ9_JB7YZCRbSTbm30FNthnhUk5oF1DK9hWHY/s1816/20231101_135511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="1816" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsqtJ2Lbn3KP8DLUWubJZu0MCBZUSYMpjbfmcax5f-eVdIsfV3v6OUY1XO3sltDfRCztLYcZzQS2sk54aHGHUbxtVhRhDCbF5Q4q1tr9KXAgOLopUe1HMWoO6iX2CKI1Mk9HSIAHMKumGf4UNAu5tGEkQ9_JB7YZCRbSTbm30FNthnhUk5oF1DK9hWHY/s320/20231101_135511.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">PS. Normally I would put the makings into the oven at a very very low temp and cook for 5 minutes or so to kill off any bugs and their eggs. Wouldn't want them hatching on your layout and crawling around, let alone eating parts of it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-47984429380419906482023-08-13T16:47:00.003+10:002023-08-13T16:48:45.264+10:00A Sunday Arvo Project<p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Setting up WiThrottle using my old Digitrax DB150 DCC system and a PR4</span></u></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, I am using “JMRI WiThrottle” software on a Raspberry Pi 3 B hardware base. I even bought the cute official case for the Pi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMAiVSevRoxqH1fQFbmwncuGMaz4YVNVdvvOPtmp28I2jIa32lBWMh2SXhvm19FoOXpttDjF--V2zFL72f14PWpuyxtwxUfMR0gxYnFjv2OhRKI9H6RA54kAb4t4vl-59WzZo2RZ7UWO5Z6RRZGZG0XC4qe10bHtXI49mc5PkQpwtArHb_riHT_SK-zU/s2228/20230813_154714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2228" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMAiVSevRoxqH1fQFbmwncuGMaz4YVNVdvvOPtmp28I2jIa32lBWMh2SXhvm19FoOXpttDjF--V2zFL72f14PWpuyxtwxUfMR0gxYnFjv2OhRKI9H6RA54kAb4t4vl-59WzZo2RZ7UWO5Z6RRZGZG0XC4qe10bHtXI49mc5PkQpwtArHb_riHT_SK-zU/s320/20230813_154714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The OS I am using is the Raspberry Pi OS version 3.5.23</p><p style="text-align: justify;">JMRI, and hence PanelPro, is version 5.4+R9005ecb4ac.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The DB150 has a 16 volt AV power supply (3 amps capable) as it’s power supply. By the way, this is the same power supply I am using to power my NCE SB3 when it is connected up to this type of setup.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsCezXFrmRCn7RqrfXA2Mdma35pCryTNZPwOBenoivCGTrL_dxkKI6xAQiXoMXpMIL0sViZfKO1d6aoGCTls7TLn0EW9jYqQAfWm95RliQmBum_jt7B5SEbuss-MbGP28o8bB1EwL_qEFDYl3ETapOz4l2MBCvUEKUMPqReuSjCIZLAKvvJ4J3-Fh4y0/s1920/20230813_160701%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1920" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsCezXFrmRCn7RqrfXA2Mdma35pCryTNZPwOBenoivCGTrL_dxkKI6xAQiXoMXpMIL0sViZfKO1d6aoGCTls7TLn0EW9jYqQAfWm95RliQmBum_jt7B5SEbuss-MbGP28o8bB1EwL_qEFDYl3ETapOz4l2MBCvUEKUMPqReuSjCIZLAKvvJ4J3-Fh4y0/s320/20230813_160701%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Output from the DB150 is connected to the tracks via my normal plug/socket method. Hey, I bought a hundred from somewhere once – they’ll last me a looong time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8wYz4uUmXTxBs_Ow5L8Gh3klSrJq40H7LVH1M-BpNIb0qX5FZ7ji57wl82doMCB-ecaQ-Bl2eM0yJTa9aeCx03pZ_5Zdq_wrBoxQEVTPEM99uXs8WxC7mXO1hquVMO0mKDKXSaJsxMuW-_FbQnanQO4zt_0dnesqNAY6-8Ku4Be2jryNIvwJK5Mf0uA/s2149/20230813_155341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2149" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8wYz4uUmXTxBs_Ow5L8Gh3klSrJq40H7LVH1M-BpNIb0qX5FZ7ji57wl82doMCB-ecaQ-Bl2eM0yJTa9aeCx03pZ_5Zdq_wrBoxQEVTPEM99uXs8WxC7mXO1hquVMO0mKDKXSaJsxMuW-_FbQnanQO4zt_0dnesqNAY6-8Ku4Be2jryNIvwJK5Mf0uA/s320/20230813_155341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The 6 wire Data Cable is connected from the “A” port on the DB150 to the left hand port of the PR4.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJBwekPCiBfgOV-JSztMyS9mfp40-9dqZgufhL1dppcc1b3jz7i_UIZ6Pu6X5Paf79VMTThsFC2rlq0XggiUelDzghbHmRHJivMDvHnZ8drJGuLLTHgUmMGIwa5CAJhWhIeb0X0RSVPLJFQvipJ00OgK7xhh9NoAmtjG_kUmHeei-tZN5cAUO_m57SlM/s1920/20230813_154652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1920" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJBwekPCiBfgOV-JSztMyS9mfp40-9dqZgufhL1dppcc1b3jz7i_UIZ6Pu6X5Paf79VMTThsFC2rlq0XggiUelDzghbHmRHJivMDvHnZ8drJGuLLTHgUmMGIwa5CAJhWhIeb0X0RSVPLJFQvipJ00OgK7xhh9NoAmtjG_kUmHeei-tZN5cAUO_m57SlM/s320/20230813_154652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnrbMyxrmMH0EsTX-ALLLAwMLhxeQvkfqzCJPldz0kwbVvjZr0LUrzBRZyIJKDS7VWOMvgP3vFlBds2JyEKsUy2udQaYe1X-YWNIXvR4VhV-BaUXS-fy6haPkYqu3KPShtf1ZCemSNdMT4R_VgrcRIuOTA-GR5CiE29syKKZ-tfU4CVa_O-GvRcvB7GY/s3198/20230813_154710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="3198" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnrbMyxrmMH0EsTX-ALLLAwMLhxeQvkfqzCJPldz0kwbVvjZr0LUrzBRZyIJKDS7VWOMvgP3vFlBds2JyEKsUy2udQaYe1X-YWNIXvR4VhV-BaUXS-fy6haPkYqu3KPShtf1ZCemSNdMT4R_VgrcRIuOTA-GR5CiE29syKKZ-tfU4CVa_O-GvRcvB7GY/s320/20230813_154710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The PR4 is powered by a 15 volt DC wall wart type power supply, which happens to also be what I power my SPROG II and my ESU Lokprogrammer with. The PR4 is also sometimes connected direct to my PC so I can use JMRI to push sound files to Digitrax decoderes and program them.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And of course the Raspberry Pi is powered by a 5 volt DC wall wart type with 2 amp capacity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUdLZwFqM1GeWlpXI0Wh1_HLQDjabquEtK1ZQbhrr0qc8IKmsgCHPiKnseZ_g7KeO7zuGb_ro8XsW-nh0L0A8hDxuwxP1mC8xUOonc6p0dqCaZ6RZr2I_7zEktZKQD-sIhwcnIr8VrZjVb1TqkidUA9GQsW_QENX4FOYyN5XZ0F_yAuozrfkE68a7mDo/s1591/20230813_161658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1591" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUdLZwFqM1GeWlpXI0Wh1_HLQDjabquEtK1ZQbhrr0qc8IKmsgCHPiKnseZ_g7KeO7zuGb_ro8XsW-nh0L0A8hDxuwxP1mC8xUOonc6p0dqCaZ6RZr2I_7zEktZKQD-sIhwcnIr8VrZjVb1TqkidUA9GQsW_QENX4FOYyN5XZ0F_yAuozrfkE68a7mDo/s320/20230813_161658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKi8vwSah8eZPFBRS9dFab0WdnZMMNM8WHH7ylvoLomsKJ_zEfjzW1Id5oJipwphNLyvIphvFTx9HwTN1qGDdRYAD1H0qL8BbUJnVO-gb9ajJ1dDayxP-7-65aQTmIcxVYY1WyEDXaXhsLmACQWDiwsPHd0QnQQMCpSP_TsBMTwbnzgZnEthb2Z_Iq250/s2169/20230813_161650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2169" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKi8vwSah8eZPFBRS9dFab0WdnZMMNM8WHH7ylvoLomsKJ_zEfjzW1Id5oJipwphNLyvIphvFTx9HwTN1qGDdRYAD1H0qL8BbUJnVO-gb9ajJ1dDayxP-7-65aQTmIcxVYY1WyEDXaXhsLmACQWDiwsPHd0QnQQMCpSP_TsBMTwbnzgZnEthb2Z_Iq250/s320/20230813_161650.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So there is nothing much different in getting the Digitrax DB150 and PR4 going compared to the NCE SB3. Plug it all together and once you have the JMRI software on the Pi, bring up the preference page and make sure that you set these settings under the “Connections” page:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“System Manufacturer” to “Digitrax”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“System Connection” to “LocoNet PR4”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Serial Port” to “ttyACM0”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Connection Prefix” to “L” – auto sets anyway.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Connection Name” to “LocoNet” – auto sets anyway.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And that pretty much is all I needed to do. The Raspberry Pi has been set to connect into my normal WiFi at home, so I then connect my phone into that network and can then play with Engine Driver on the phone and drive my trains on the test track. So now I can use either my NCE SB3 or this old Digitrax DB150 to test drive large trains and consists via WiThrottle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpGTyVW5dD_qLTTvs4YAHrD0kN85MMiA4Grn9sZ26tSDegb_qmES74soMfOnf-if7ypD4e-gykwwjVZAWq78cWwwPtSO63Dc3qdeJOYfDtjSq4zphC_GUoeUnT0phvmPS-BWF_XwYkznhMomNxLX1JP7yY01l7OiugPHYCoa5Zgne-n2bYug5O3C-NPQ/s1992/Image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="1992" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpGTyVW5dD_qLTTvs4YAHrD0kN85MMiA4Grn9sZ26tSDegb_qmES74soMfOnf-if7ypD4e-gykwwjVZAWq78cWwwPtSO63Dc3qdeJOYfDtjSq4zphC_GUoeUnT0phvmPS-BWF_XwYkznhMomNxLX1JP7yY01l7OiugPHYCoa5Zgne-n2bYug5O3C-NPQ/s320/Image1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-F7XQc6msnjQeCTYEqD5jInQKINg3fVN2pQCBBXQvh7-Ivz1yUlQqCLL84GqXJKoyFvJ2LGSTIJ_71Xb_zpD5FQAbC4kpF2LF4esFOylIaX85YN3Yzv_3zVrJlu-TJ3q_yrIyzlvdr7xFImRjS7WWzFfkzzoP5RMF7YqmJb1A-Xc17TRjL6iDOwCPBVQ/s1920/20230813_162816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1920" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-F7XQc6msnjQeCTYEqD5jInQKINg3fVN2pQCBBXQvh7-Ivz1yUlQqCLL84GqXJKoyFvJ2LGSTIJ_71Xb_zpD5FQAbC4kpF2LF4esFOylIaX85YN3Yzv_3zVrJlu-TJ3q_yrIyzlvdr7xFImRjS7WWzFfkzzoP5RMF7YqmJb1A-Xc17TRjL6iDOwCPBVQ/s320/20230813_162816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br />PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-44179118383193692802023-07-02T12:14:00.002+10:002023-07-02T12:14:45.621+10:00I Need MORE Power Scotty !<p style="text-align: justify;">OK, so I got out the old DCC system, the NCE SB3 Smart Booster, I have sitting in a dusty box. I've not had to use it in ernest as I have not needed more power to the rails than the NCE PowerCab or the SPROG II puts out (about an Amp each). Hey, I've only been programming or testing single locos or at most a couple of N scale ones in a consist. But this little beauty, the SB3 puts out up to 3 Amps of power - yeeehaaarrr.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xRi0GVy2OpEv_XrdlSrQicgTYrugK_XcdMWe3rKviAs8nyf2gt-VdCqCZHfwqh21j8whiepmJrIeGLJCruy2Dqxofw09Eu38iUiV1sSy2hYCkTD-xcUtOL9V6mg6OC7nPrGK4AG5U3Vdq4XdUMiBeezadw8OHzFOBaM9qcGustP1JsCwHVYaWUAurJc/s1920/20230702_112400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xRi0GVy2OpEv_XrdlSrQicgTYrugK_XcdMWe3rKviAs8nyf2gt-VdCqCZHfwqh21j8whiepmJrIeGLJCruy2Dqxofw09Eu38iUiV1sSy2hYCkTD-xcUtOL9V6mg6OC7nPrGK4AG5U3Vdq4XdUMiBeezadw8OHzFOBaM9qcGustP1JsCwHVYaWUAurJc/s320/20230702_112400.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The SB3 on the left and the power supply on the right.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, I now want to do up some big consists - 6 or 7 (Tim the Toolman is grunting in the background, so maybe more...) locos.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, I also managed to find the old NCE USB Interface I bought years ago and haven't used in yonks since I got the SPROG II years ago.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZapc0NI1Me3uc96kJ4DFYx9rDhoM87m-sm8Fa1qN0MgH9bCz2jCZ3JVpYe90mao2SSoS81Kk7Ct4j9uI3zgjqpvTdTKccnmipQvNhoawc3mK9uQPgW7LVRJGZeUeKxzNc4n_jtt3Gsk2UBm9jppg8fvSvL-ZL_QpmfFe3THmwvUsah2De9nipkhVzvk/s1920/20230702_112406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1216" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZapc0NI1Me3uc96kJ4DFYx9rDhoM87m-sm8Fa1qN0MgH9bCz2jCZ3JVpYe90mao2SSoS81Kk7Ct4j9uI3zgjqpvTdTKccnmipQvNhoawc3mK9uQPgW7LVRJGZeUeKxzNc4n_jtt3Gsk2UBm9jppg8fvSvL-ZL_QpmfFe3THmwvUsah2De9nipkhVzvk/s320/20230702_112406.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">USB Interface with USB cable at the top heading off to the PC and </div><div style="text-align: center;">the data cable at the bottom heading off to the SB3.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">So, for test running a few big consists, I have cleared all the crap off of the test track and cleaned it up again. Now I need to work out and setup WiThrottle so I can drive the trains with my phone - much easier than buggerising around with the NCE Hammerhead (PowerCab). Mind you, I have never setup WiThrottle before either - how hard can it be?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So a quick gander at the JMRI website of the instructions - yeh, yeh, I know what I'm doing.. hehehehe - ever heard those famous words before?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Funny enough, It wasn't that hard. I got my USB Interface, plugged in the correct flat NCE 6 pin RJ12 Cable, Plugged in the USB cable into the USB Interface and then into the PC. Plugged the other end of the RJ12 cable into the SB3, Connected the power to the SB3 and then the output from it to the Tracks.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I of course already had JMRI installed on the PC - been using it for years - what a great piece of software for model train nuts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And next I did this:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Made sure the PC was running on the 2G WiFi network at home and NOT the 5G one, as the phone is ancient and only uses the 2G WiFi.</p><p>Next were these steps:</p><p>1. Start JMRI on the PC</p><p>2. Edit Connections when the error pops up (steps 3-7)</p><p>3. Select System Manufacturer of NCE</p><p>4. Select System Connection of NCE USB</p><p>5. Select Serial Port of COM5</p><p>6. Select System of PowerCab</p><p>7. Select USB Version of V7.x.x</p><p>8. Actions</p><p> Start Web Server</p><p>9. Actions</p><p> Start WiThrottle Server</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG9uQMpSlGaBw2v1tK0sAaLkjIOn17gMRa2Q7SHeCgRbMnMwrnMYW6KhmgZsBxIMmgLSAl458r4EY586Gh11Y95-dsHQsJoNJBJsX0IsEDUjyLHfj0lqSz8fLtv1JY65I7fhKcIYAfwLe2Jjz2qul2BSQp8GJAyEr9gnCbNdl2wKEUWOj5zjDCyhD9bQ/s1920/20230702_112422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1920" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG9uQMpSlGaBw2v1tK0sAaLkjIOn17gMRa2Q7SHeCgRbMnMwrnMYW6KhmgZsBxIMmgLSAl458r4EY586Gh11Y95-dsHQsJoNJBJsX0IsEDUjyLHfj0lqSz8fLtv1JY65I7fhKcIYAfwLe2Jjz2qul2BSQp8GJAyEr9gnCbNdl2wKEUWOj5zjDCyhD9bQ/s320/20230702_112422.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>10. Fire up the Phone and Start up the Engine Driver application and connect to the Discovered Server.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuDPwWFmxVBdQJNZH5wErj3A4cBC-5JdH4R4C4kqKpBeItiZmPkhd9SLSnc4z-HLj8WJEGB1MemhiFp8wZ5JvcoKY90_iKJ8lO0Ajc_MGOoRl7Ji8zWLHyTYL6KpN5NdoeI-2kf_KuJ-h-NzUyfr7wZZqFKP5TdoLKTnC3Q6l1dxNIVzIwiELvMhiIV0/s1920/20230702_112414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1147" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuDPwWFmxVBdQJNZH5wErj3A4cBC-5JdH4R4C4kqKpBeItiZmPkhd9SLSnc4z-HLj8WJEGB1MemhiFp8wZ5JvcoKY90_iKJ8lO0Ajc_MGOoRl7Ji8zWLHyTYL6KpN5NdoeI-2kf_KuJ-h-NzUyfr7wZZqFKP5TdoLKTnC3Q6l1dxNIVzIwiELvMhiIV0/s320/20230702_112414.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The PowerCab is only to show how big they are compared to the phone behind it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Might be an old phone, but does the job. Mind you, the PowerCab gets a bit of use</div><div style="text-align: center;">as a quick testing tool since it is all in one.</div><p>11. As the little furry animal says - Simples. I played trains. I'll tidy up the cabling and make a little box or something to make it all neat... later.</p><p>Now where are the rest of those SD70 MAC's so I can get them all running at the same speed for a good consist? .....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosXy1OgkvZF7P8saAX3F0oI0Cv_qlyxgfCqEkEJ0LNrBlGChrL72K7I4NUvJnQmFoSgkzhErsuc05Li-_yVys0ygKXC-5VHy4B9rEWFOCkRVePpU8m3oQV0qp8Dy_57u81Eg3cJqjo9rKO6m2hgGA79LQ-2-IN4EAE9XCnnqEeFsJ6Vbd9Ef5E3i6bxE/s1920/20230702_112428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1920" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosXy1OgkvZF7P8saAX3F0oI0Cv_qlyxgfCqEkEJ0LNrBlGChrL72K7I4NUvJnQmFoSgkzhErsuc05Li-_yVys0ygKXC-5VHy4B9rEWFOCkRVePpU8m3oQV0qp8Dy_57u81Eg3cJqjo9rKO6m2hgGA79LQ-2-IN4EAE9XCnnqEeFsJ6Vbd9Ef5E3i6bxE/s320/20230702_112428.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-69775319115840520992023-05-30T13:20:00.000+10:002023-05-30T13:20:14.013+10:00 Whadjacallit - Powerpack, Stay Alive, Current Keeper...<p style="text-align: justify;">OK, since last time, I've whacked a few more of these super capacitor based thingamebobs into my HOn3½ QR locos - the 2400 class this time. These have the same chassis and mech as the 1550's and 2100 classes as well. So my previous knowledge, or lack thereof, is of use.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymAfnHTATuc89ThKxS5RIApR3aMyaeSmHUwfx0ae8Xzq5IZ1ESgt93FnnzoGSqV0kikAQkIY8Wvb4075jKvF-wWHVfV888g7EDnw0fFd_QzlL6hYAXW9iEunEAWhuzCjUEfRmErF56wiXE_bhUqVYNAs_nRwegWC0kbiZNMR_dWJE5S94DnYS-7T4/s1920/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1920" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymAfnHTATuc89ThKxS5RIApR3aMyaeSmHUwfx0ae8Xzq5IZ1ESgt93FnnzoGSqV0kikAQkIY8Wvb4075jKvF-wWHVfV888g7EDnw0fFd_QzlL6hYAXW9iEunEAWhuzCjUEfRmErF56wiXE_bhUqVYNAs_nRwegWC0kbiZNMR_dWJE5S94DnYS-7T4/s320/17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">After doing a 2100 for a mate from the club using my patented and pending box kite method, see my last blog post, </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6d0X6c4qtm5lmtzGKgc06DjaUgKMPh21ZEZES957IP_SIx_xM8yVEMvs3otycSN1SquYwcUognw2VwWtnCH4wAuE_e8gMEwkZBgBpoTPj1rEZn9De0cYt-MpLsXcHojmJZNrFqiKUzFTdNu3tTqc161_yohn7wFMslrfK110V2CSZKruJCbUJqA2d/s1920/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1920" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6d0X6c4qtm5lmtzGKgc06DjaUgKMPh21ZEZES957IP_SIx_xM8yVEMvs3otycSN1SquYwcUognw2VwWtnCH4wAuE_e8gMEwkZBgBpoTPj1rEZn9De0cYt-MpLsXcHojmJZNrFqiKUzFTdNu3tTqc161_yohn7wFMslrfK110V2CSZKruJCbUJqA2d/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See, it looks like a box kite - I reckon so any way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17vOMWKkssCcxpKtGUiv4R_FXQ2p2z5C239WKRIyY12ZqHoKVvv50nu1VUqwMNL6M-PI2hg4YUev-3Su5HHy_W99hjzws85LsUkaY6gHadxO0vNvXQkvEv4KI82xxo3HsvIvSqS2hvjM8a1wePUGCB5Uny9ZcbFJfxwVQDEEzNaMD1-JkZ3tdPJfK/s1920/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1920" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17vOMWKkssCcxpKtGUiv4R_FXQ2p2z5C239WKRIyY12ZqHoKVvv50nu1VUqwMNL6M-PI2hg4YUev-3Su5HHy_W99hjzws85LsUkaY6gHadxO0vNvXQkvEv4KI82xxo3HsvIvSqS2hvjM8a1wePUGCB5Uny9ZcbFJfxwVQDEEzNaMD1-JkZ3tdPJfK/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The box kite installs into the mechs' tower.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">I was about to add one of these stay alives into a 2400 class of mine when it hit me - like a low hanging beam under a Queenslander, boom! Sometimes you can't see it even when it is inches from your face - beams about to hit you and locations to install things...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of all things, I was so engrossed in the centre of the loco where the decoder was, the motor etc, that I didn't look at the farrrr end. Yep, the front end. In the loco shell, just above the coupler box and in front of the drivers cab, there is this space - looks small. But it's not small, it's juuuust right. Just right for an ESU single cell Powerpack, or Stay Alive, or Current Keeper, or whatever you want to call these little battery type gizzmos.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYQE-YW0JVkXHWsLMZQY2zv2tMDdJg6EPMOIQu-vDu_ii4EGmLTDrrKXWA3B4qS3JJvX6opBeZJ9j0vlQgX7QtP8dQToPtqVdrZfIIX_iOOVib9SEEDsp1cM7YehqZSgSwIfgWlm4g2CObcvoEmBjhCtsYQ5jbyiPXtvNW-X_40VwRFnoHMcpYZXr/s1920/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1920" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYQE-YW0JVkXHWsLMZQY2zv2tMDdJg6EPMOIQu-vDu_ii4EGmLTDrrKXWA3B4qS3JJvX6opBeZJ9j0vlQgX7QtP8dQToPtqVdrZfIIX_iOOVib9SEEDsp1cM7YehqZSgSwIfgWlm4g2CObcvoEmBjhCtsYQ5jbyiPXtvNW-X_40VwRFnoHMcpYZXr/s320/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8Lg6rPtGAdtDGxvAXMjwrkfgKGc266PqkUjaS--FV_TKlvGaLLAlzT-J7KIgYaQrgd9edH9wCsXESe7sfgUsXDy_ky6SO7T2KC2m0MPXVXeh-37t2Q87zSfmTGPioMfYMh_eGNX3z5i_xPTMdAtxGMqfL_zDttkoMRQILil7hSWgMsnDo97W-OG9/s1920/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1920" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8Lg6rPtGAdtDGxvAXMjwrkfgKGc266PqkUjaS--FV_TKlvGaLLAlzT-J7KIgYaQrgd9edH9wCsXESe7sfgUsXDy_ky6SO7T2KC2m0MPXVXeh-37t2Q87zSfmTGPioMfYMh_eGNX3z5i_xPTMdAtxGMqfL_zDttkoMRQILil7hSWgMsnDo97W-OG9/s320/14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So that's where this last one has been shoe horned. Lots less hassle and work :-) I did of course attach a small three pin set of plugs to the Stay Alive and Decoder so that it is not permanently connected to the decoder - just in case of future work on the decoder.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I only needed a tiny bit of double sided tape to hold the stay alive in place and then to keep the wires tidy, I used a small drop of Glue that is set with a bit of UV light.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYINs10ZBASD3gLmdikc5Fn6YXUDwt4MdJShuXd4Dr73ucC6J6YhvxbTdYIoWnptcRMP_UiPLfRixLfXRzanYdzU-00vGF2H8QItfzkFCrJN_Br1JcWF7yb1RyiSu-ouPWY-dKosHNelJ6hHyZ9gqG-902S4hq7mX9cKOoOeg7F_mpyg0ACAqdLi6/s1920/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1920" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYINs10ZBASD3gLmdikc5Fn6YXUDwt4MdJShuXd4Dr73ucC6J6YhvxbTdYIoWnptcRMP_UiPLfRixLfXRzanYdzU-00vGF2H8QItfzkFCrJN_Br1JcWF7yb1RyiSu-ouPWY-dKosHNelJ6hHyZ9gqG-902S4hq7mX9cKOoOeg7F_mpyg0ACAqdLi6/s320/15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A small drop on the cab base holds the three wires in place (above). And then another small drop half way to the decoder (see below) keeps it tidy and makes putting the shell back on a bit easier.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZM0CS1V7P4vnwSPr5vXi8JZ7lpDO-SBD4irdTzY3UezdO5JkAzxXrXYlhndMriK-BJRN1Uk3KRRw8QEpYj0_yDWtsq2Qsr9EdD2pyx5wL8aQbjzYzf5inheFI2v7S2OBkkxSgft71AlXz6s4ybnZN-NtGzjYTGBrRlCadHCjt1ol8-ukeapE5ipQ/s1920/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1920" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZM0CS1V7P4vnwSPr5vXi8JZ7lpDO-SBD4irdTzY3UezdO5JkAzxXrXYlhndMriK-BJRN1Uk3KRRw8QEpYj0_yDWtsq2Qsr9EdD2pyx5wL8aQbjzYzf5inheFI2v7S2OBkkxSgft71AlXz6s4ybnZN-NtGzjYTGBrRlCadHCjt1ol8-ukeapE5ipQ/s320/16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>So that's eleven QR's in the fleet done - one more and I have a carton done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, and I reckon if you wanted MORE, I hear Tim the Toolman in the background, you could squeeze a home made stay alive in there with one cell in the front, two in the area where I did the box kite and depending on the decoder used, one next to the decoder... 4 cells works nicely, but just make sure for big programming jobs to disconnect your homemade jobbie from the decoder while programming - stops possible damage since there is no ESU circuit in place (comes with their own brand stay alives).</p><p>Now this loco will smoothly charge over points and dirty spots here and there :-)</p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-72000539271173535742023-05-15T15:40:00.000+10:002023-05-15T15:40:04.594+10:00Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJOWEQX8x4Tv8MPqjz6W9CogTu40Eck18cDidduMFE4iZCzhwW8QdFHDhWfdJ9d-VwAcK8MW-DArSeATv1E5S9G7ucE005--t5QNveL7ayX5gjuAT2DYdPJE50Szjexqjwz12cy351Fj8fBN1mysaqoXQsYhgYMmOvXpwxYAxk_H1GCf2yt1EZhM1/s1920/a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1920" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJOWEQX8x4Tv8MPqjz6W9CogTu40Eck18cDidduMFE4iZCzhwW8QdFHDhWfdJ9d-VwAcK8MW-DArSeATv1E5S9G7ucE005--t5QNveL7ayX5gjuAT2DYdPJE50Szjexqjwz12cy351Fj8fBN1mysaqoXQsYhgYMmOvXpwxYAxk_H1GCf2yt1EZhM1/s320/a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother</i><p></p><p><i>You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive</i></p><p><i>Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'</i></p><p><i>And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive</i></p><p><i>Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive</i></p><p><i>Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive</i></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ah, ha, ha, the Bee Gees. Anywho, since I was looking at how to install a Stay Alive in a 2100 class QR loco for a friend, he's decided we'll do the install on Saturday before the NMRA meeting up the road. Crikey, I better get prepared ASAP!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I already have a new ESU Stay Alive on hand, so he can give me his and I'll give him mine - see photo above. It is of course an ESU PowerPack Mini 54671. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I thought about the four ways I came up with on how to install one in the 2100 loco (see last blog entry) and decided the box kite method will be the jobbie. While I was at it, I thought I'd open up my 1550 class QR loco made by that Wuiske mob, as the Stay Alive I put in it a year or two back has stopped working and since they are the same mech as the 2100, I could get prepared for the weekend as well as fix a problem if I had one.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, bugger me dead if I hadn't accidently cut a wire from the Stay Alive to the Decoder when I had assembled the loco last time I had it apart - had put a screw right through a wire and severed it - dead as an XPT on a mates layout - kaput.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwB3Gmu02K9DBRFs6pedJb-367XQ2U3QhNA9vUJNYkwxJqo7W7JNKSNUYj6EpF3PQa2p2tjfKP3flSJvWgojLyYtn331lj7nokEqSbBV2V8kzyU3pG1MW4Laa608Y_sBs74xR3RdddoIsexTGbO5s_qbY1iHz5BUHXJ3hKO298RiZa1wbWB0V6xXEA/s1920/b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1920" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwB3Gmu02K9DBRFs6pedJb-367XQ2U3QhNA9vUJNYkwxJqo7W7JNKSNUYj6EpF3PQa2p2tjfKP3flSJvWgojLyYtn331lj7nokEqSbBV2V8kzyU3pG1MW4Laa608Y_sBs74xR3RdddoIsexTGbO5s_qbY1iHz5BUHXJ3hKO298RiZa1wbWB0V6xXEA/s320/b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So I soldered on a new wire and got it ready to put back in the box kite I had made last time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu8rrX7MhduEkm4LXGphg73a6nkwV1mgOuUxNfG1Y-l8LZ43A2-hrL_neUVhO_zw951_v6lD-oqVRY2YDs5acRMKpsvh0S23qFDInh2IOu5gEjQ_-edqvPluFki79C5WKjpej3LMdyegnJpeBrRdLB7K79uaTNISmI5bmC7P1E7ggFBQTEfr-TtpB/s1920/c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1920" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu8rrX7MhduEkm4LXGphg73a6nkwV1mgOuUxNfG1Y-l8LZ43A2-hrL_neUVhO_zw951_v6lD-oqVRY2YDs5acRMKpsvh0S23qFDInh2IOu5gEjQ_-edqvPluFki79C5WKjpej3LMdyegnJpeBrRdLB7K79uaTNISmI5bmC7P1E7ggFBQTEfr-TtpB/s320/c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now that I had the old box kite out, OK, it's not a kite but sort of looks like one. It is some 5 and 10 thou styrene sheet glued together to sit in the tower on the loco mech and hold the Stay Alive bits in place and stop them falling down into the mech itself. Below is a pic of the old one with the Stay Alive's super capacitor in place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDnM_M4BfJcyZuneVN_EBKLt2kLxv6qw7Wm5zdwpsrN-LAUFkuXCSyaj0_ZZtaqw740Ci8YUW3reHYiv3BEs0T5ATxXETFPD-L32G4mlSUbmfqI5qvUBd4VZA0PBES_GOJ1frxAzjyFQ1M6zs695bqkGwCzNJ-OI9q-IoSObToznb28mb3fplj2i8/s1920/d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDnM_M4BfJcyZuneVN_EBKLt2kLxv6qw7Wm5zdwpsrN-LAUFkuXCSyaj0_ZZtaqw740Ci8YUW3reHYiv3BEs0T5ATxXETFPD-L32G4mlSUbmfqI5qvUBd4VZA0PBES_GOJ1frxAzjyFQ1M6zs695bqkGwCzNJ-OI9q-IoSObToznb28mb3fplj2i8/s320/d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And these 2 shots show the new one being built in preparation for installation in my mates loco this weekend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE18ee20Hitd43gM0rNshL1aWkOaWqHyREj06fIYELJa-Cfvci4EKPOgGYUWkRZA0kdoaVfL_j8NDfhwsVhbQqk5bJpuBfCSMLvwpqHJuezEqpBWYQ10MKC-AJ0VKZ00TwRsX2qRUWkD19M6DxY0L-Z0gzD8dhdEGL1y10u_x_Axyk_cuYgqpKhSX2/s1920/e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1920" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE18ee20Hitd43gM0rNshL1aWkOaWqHyREj06fIYELJa-Cfvci4EKPOgGYUWkRZA0kdoaVfL_j8NDfhwsVhbQqk5bJpuBfCSMLvwpqHJuezEqpBWYQ10MKC-AJ0VKZ00TwRsX2qRUWkD19M6DxY0L-Z0gzD8dhdEGL1y10u_x_Axyk_cuYgqpKhSX2/s320/e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0-1Z3regclcs4hD6WhIwnhZIG9XtmkXWfve4vpYUeB8vo2Y7DC4XK7XNNw5oyG043xIrqiyID-V8iAZ8mADRThgclx9_k4Vkel0jGvYwyJJaO_IZE6DTUMFSEfoPPqg9Ba980w4QpZoyHzASsMI5djwClTUfYsS1INyo6JX-9xJ5RcCVBcsmKs-R/s1920/f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1920" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0-1Z3regclcs4hD6WhIwnhZIG9XtmkXWfve4vpYUeB8vo2Y7DC4XK7XNNw5oyG043xIrqiyID-V8iAZ8mADRThgclx9_k4Vkel0jGvYwyJJaO_IZE6DTUMFSEfoPPqg9Ba980w4QpZoyHzASsMI5djwClTUfYsS1INyo6JX-9xJ5RcCVBcsmKs-R/s320/f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Next we plonk the box kite in position to make sure it fits. Looks good to me. No glue will be needed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT89ICLW6G1200JsNAHgID0yjP0u1C6La_HfHvqgoQTm4FELY4j_3sHXKvUJWIHyABxOtKRp9qVXPdbdOomIBZax5T1RhDlrbcg7Jo7jDYBNSK6mgUMBWjzDW-DR6B4Ib4DA2ySsYMaQfl7rq-p5OwHgw-_WT8xQ3DmB4aYBVMsuOmNGL08JpyL437/s1920/g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1920" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT89ICLW6G1200JsNAHgID0yjP0u1C6La_HfHvqgoQTm4FELY4j_3sHXKvUJWIHyABxOtKRp9qVXPdbdOomIBZax5T1RhDlrbcg7Jo7jDYBNSK6mgUMBWjzDW-DR6B4Ib4DA2ySsYMaQfl7rq-p5OwHgw-_WT8xQ3DmB4aYBVMsuOmNGL08JpyL437/s320/g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now. Now we modify the Stay Alive a tad. My last one as you saw above had wires between the Stay Alive's circuit board and its super capacitor. This time I just cut the heat shrink off and bent the super capacitor out by 180 degrees and wrapped some kapton tape around it for electrical protection.</p><p>The next shot shows the Stay Alive bent into position.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjbJvxEsLtK94n7aKZUnaP2xoAK43iK8SS6vwfCX7VvjvAej6w5dkMlm0zKk2qx_QqBNS6tLdwqLEQRp7ngClf6tbHb3J3-y9KuzgvX5hKGMyI2VUCmulr1oQkNszN_1b5eiAID6SS1P0mmyavpJIiiPyRgHg98M5NMKYY-TZFVMs6R8AFVb0a0na/s1920/h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1920" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjbJvxEsLtK94n7aKZUnaP2xoAK43iK8SS6vwfCX7VvjvAej6w5dkMlm0zKk2qx_QqBNS6tLdwqLEQRp7ngClf6tbHb3J3-y9KuzgvX5hKGMyI2VUCmulr1oQkNszN_1b5eiAID6SS1P0mmyavpJIiiPyRgHg98M5NMKYY-TZFVMs6R8AFVb0a0na/s320/h.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here it is with kapton tape on it and ready to go flying - Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoILYEggQUDgjJy8Niukgm-irXBcDjgO225jpdhRaUwbBl1hxQroeBYNCDLZRm_FPGxK_6jENAPnphX0wNGKCnv01KiCExPmTlEq8FEVikowPQ3h0-4LcFAkDe0KZfYglRs8rL6QquUpZ2XxtLJ7JKVV65I0FzSMhxi30daz0BJ5ItTxL0Y_HDXya/s1920/k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1920" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoILYEggQUDgjJy8Niukgm-irXBcDjgO225jpdhRaUwbBl1hxQroeBYNCDLZRm_FPGxK_6jENAPnphX0wNGKCnv01KiCExPmTlEq8FEVikowPQ3h0-4LcFAkDe0KZfYglRs8rL6QquUpZ2XxtLJ7JKVV65I0FzSMhxi30daz0BJ5ItTxL0Y_HDXya/s320/k.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And here we see a test fit of the Stay Alive in the box kite in the mech's tower. Looks like it will do the job nicely.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCKO8Gbfv3W1PG_hWyoKyyuisD0vIsQA9scRDDgPcSSV2zjE9H6iIuLMLpduLr65NcHWjzvDAWmJuA3y_8IjlMOKk60FgKncL9gjUBC2ht6GFABauuZ1qhg-gd3xP-XjjjwKBnM_qE8N-Qkuu3lC8TAmlehEvwL9rRM_dY1C5f3rkp7zfVU4bIXNB/s1920/i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1920" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCKO8Gbfv3W1PG_hWyoKyyuisD0vIsQA9scRDDgPcSSV2zjE9H6iIuLMLpduLr65NcHWjzvDAWmJuA3y_8IjlMOKk60FgKncL9gjUBC2ht6GFABauuZ1qhg-gd3xP-XjjjwKBnM_qE8N-Qkuu3lC8TAmlehEvwL9rRM_dY1C5f3rkp7zfVU4bIXNB/s320/i.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />For future ease of maintenance I also soldered on a small three wire plug to the Stay Alive so it can be disconnected from the Decoder whenever needed. See below.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnJ4LbPdDq6JgQKYhZ0Douw4mCHmx9aAksG7Vgwr1AWU_Vc0WdEmNnKWMFoYOtk6gaAGYSRyOwpR2wX8-AbICvOV1CXSA1x0Cu34Ma4CeJbKvKjJxgJV06zMTE1VEl30bB2B2Fg84h02jKa4WExqx2il6me6eTX3xK8N-el4GqyMicj6tomvJJt_z/s1920/j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1920" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnJ4LbPdDq6JgQKYhZ0Douw4mCHmx9aAksG7Vgwr1AWU_Vc0WdEmNnKWMFoYOtk6gaAGYSRyOwpR2wX8-AbICvOV1CXSA1x0Cu34Ma4CeJbKvKjJxgJV06zMTE1VEl30bB2B2Fg84h02jKa4WExqx2il6me6eTX3xK8N-el4GqyMicj6tomvJJt_z/s320/j.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Now to wait till Saturday and all that will be needed is to open up the loco and solder the matching 3 pin plug to the Decoder and test her out.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTUbkSMiuSHpLZ12Kasahwpyl2nzq_JZjLBz4--XPqsZcvjLDpXkPbvjSAIuB_8zWAOAeu7WgaPX3N9KwQA3FJhRU0aIHsGpqFi3gi9eIxt60gSZpVY-vbTjVF_enxNl2iJiihKyLc818JsgBH38-igEAXkkiF_r-Etvucs26Ry_BOO_5-c4u833D/s1927/2023-05-15%2015-02-19%20(B,Radius8,Smoothing4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1927" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTUbkSMiuSHpLZ12Kasahwpyl2nzq_JZjLBz4--XPqsZcvjLDpXkPbvjSAIuB_8zWAOAeu7WgaPX3N9KwQA3FJhRU0aIHsGpqFi3gi9eIxt60gSZpVY-vbTjVF_enxNl2iJiihKyLc818JsgBH38-igEAXkkiF_r-Etvucs26Ry_BOO_5-c4u833D/s320/2023-05-15%2015-02-19%20(B,Radius8,Smoothing4).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-74822387323446334692023-05-13T18:28:00.000+10:002023-05-13T18:28:26.927+10:00I'll Keep You Alive<br /><p style="text-align: justify;">A fellow QR modeller asked me the other day about fitting a Stay Alive (or Keep Alive - what's in a name) in a Wuiske brand of QR 2100 loco, in HO scale.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So some research with my loco was in order and then eventually I decided to progress and whack a Stay Alive in my QR 2100 loco. My plan is to have all my QR locos with stay alives to cater for dirty track and poor trackwork that you sometimes come across on some layouts... Not that my wheels would EVER be dirty... no, never... ;-)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCORbXe4nt-CrJqleYGWjX-_0L1l3jpuMnk1ydgdhIQu1usmFhKWe-0W5gtySF_4rZxDVQvYfTnwBYuEuxwcS72wpbOUioMkSM39i8lltjR9kpsOy-fl53cSMyhx7hx9n-AGXQR-hbAlWlEsbTILZXniYEoY-tPwEcbg_5SEHfiwgs5zhNuCEd5B3/s1920/20230513_133159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCORbXe4nt-CrJqleYGWjX-_0L1l3jpuMnk1ydgdhIQu1usmFhKWe-0W5gtySF_4rZxDVQvYfTnwBYuEuxwcS72wpbOUioMkSM39i8lltjR9kpsOy-fl53cSMyhx7hx9n-AGXQR-hbAlWlEsbTILZXniYEoY-tPwEcbg_5SEHfiwgs5zhNuCEd5B3/s320/20230513_133159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Step one was to rip the loco's shell off - carefully. Crikey that bench of mine is getting messy again! QR locos are so narrow and not too tall either - not much room I'm afraid. And this loco has two parts of sweet FA space to play with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAADfv5QVWCUgcA0hgsBhyxZqTVWCIeVmA23a2Y9y7AHBsEUqtJis1tv8W_DC3XgTXx2HTzmOaMW0Oq4xP6sTyOivLac7qcebLji7R9Y53zbpQjHnZnOnQlBojhNJID_mWjQigjNq0xtymIDu1ROA3P5_XGWdFmEOZVJcLZMBheVlZycja2cwksgX/s1920/AA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1920" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAADfv5QVWCUgcA0hgsBhyxZqTVWCIeVmA23a2Y9y7AHBsEUqtJis1tv8W_DC3XgTXx2HTzmOaMW0Oq4xP6sTyOivLac7qcebLji7R9Y53zbpQjHnZnOnQlBojhNJID_mWjQigjNq0xtymIDu1ROA3P5_XGWdFmEOZVJcLZMBheVlZycja2cwksgX/s320/AA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Above you see the shell off, but when it sits on the mech, there's not much space free in there.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">I proceeded to see where I could plonk a Stay Alive. It turned out there's no room for a home made one, be it a five or a four cell version. So I got the measurements for the ESU single cell Stay Alive - they call it a PowerPack, from the ESU website via a google search (careful what you search for...) and I proceeded to see if it would fit. Bugger - nothing suitable without cutting or grinding the mech.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Don't know what made me look, but I did and found that the google search had given me the OLD measurements for the OLD version of the ESU PowerPack. So with the new dimensions now on hand for the ESU 54671 PowerPack I recompared the spaces. Here is the little Stay Alive itself. There is a circuit board that does circuit type stuff with the electricity and there is a single super capacitor soldered to it. It is 15.7 mm x 9.7 mm x 13 mm in size.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUEe7dqlMwPPfGelp7V2JruG9KQ2m6mdS0XbA0f8bx6t4NzKQcL5ip5KJNY6BeXj2x9Pz_XkdN6LQ990bI78xLZuLCTPLDRZ7q-ZuS6IiPjqBJdVozAyc7IZ0kph5ePzLCmqqeIyHMWP8Ari9wYCG3T7hH1eDcMf_2PZYTb6GW9vBpVTzqHnXd5-x/s1428/E.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1428" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUEe7dqlMwPPfGelp7V2JruG9KQ2m6mdS0XbA0f8bx6t4NzKQcL5ip5KJNY6BeXj2x9Pz_XkdN6LQ990bI78xLZuLCTPLDRZ7q-ZuS6IiPjqBJdVozAyc7IZ0kph5ePzLCmqqeIyHMWP8Ari9wYCG3T7hH1eDcMf_2PZYTb6GW9vBpVTzqHnXd5-x/s320/E.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKMc7KHNnxgM3aySRq1O9HN0-sXB34LM006mLUHgZ3Z28L5TaqUJSaOQgoC-HkQ5O7ma1Tz3Bhb2wVlTe2y9Y0nMIqBpUKeZ1AiaPLwHHJ4u67ko4peKzVc0IV61kD2BuITncLTUGc-YsK9t_dI8XLR56i4MMiZhNjeBOZykQ7JA-HOZrRim-ZBVK/s1215/g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1215" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKMc7KHNnxgM3aySRq1O9HN0-sXB34LM006mLUHgZ3Z28L5TaqUJSaOQgoC-HkQ5O7ma1Tz3Bhb2wVlTe2y9Y0nMIqBpUKeZ1AiaPLwHHJ4u67ko4peKzVc0IV61kD2BuITncLTUGc-YsK9t_dI8XLR56i4MMiZhNjeBOZykQ7JA-HOZrRim-ZBVK/s320/g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I found four possible sites or ways to install the Stay Alive - only one needed any filing or cutting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbjJOS0UULCxWD6DS-s4VRnGPqYuo_Wvqj0VrdyvHTeDfRuCKQz0bgh7efy_852SxE_G62hO2yTfHNi3bfbKrpMWcWtkPewMuxlfcRV2grmhx0E5psJpa5TzB-IU5t3RZ0XVPdHg1u9_NxC0UUXISBpF3nOL-B7WP1OSYLCwE2TDSoPJe6fI04LaY/s1920/D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1920" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbjJOS0UULCxWD6DS-s4VRnGPqYuo_Wvqj0VrdyvHTeDfRuCKQz0bgh7efy_852SxE_G62hO2yTfHNi3bfbKrpMWcWtkPewMuxlfcRV2grmhx0E5psJpa5TzB-IU5t3RZ0XVPdHg1u9_NxC0UUXISBpF3nOL-B7WP1OSYLCwE2TDSoPJe6fI04LaY/s320/D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The above photo shows the Stay Alive sitting in the mech tower. It is a smidge too big on the circuit board so would not fit down low enough. But I reckon a small amount of filing or grinding of the tower would allow it to fit nicely.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjalXpW0sxt4nLYc2G2_Q3ltUYMshjiscIHinSlBHuyirOlDjh5q5AR8D60DO_s36g0VaoIT9XzrTuSoDyCVGDG159RPdlKUTsI2QzE4jdkxAHV-gxLPrDKAv2od56mIOlIg2UJk_ZgGobCxu6w6So-L82epOPSr8sLknhvvKxJb9BZg7vGe0a_KX/s1920/A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjalXpW0sxt4nLYc2G2_Q3ltUYMshjiscIHinSlBHuyirOlDjh5q5AR8D60DO_s36g0VaoIT9XzrTuSoDyCVGDG159RPdlKUTsI2QzE4jdkxAHV-gxLPrDKAv2od56mIOlIg2UJk_ZgGobCxu6w6So-L82epOPSr8sLknhvvKxJb9BZg7vGe0a_KX/s320/A.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The above shot shows the rear end of the shell with the decoder, an ESU Micro, double sided taped to the inner roof. This space is suitable. You see, the yellow box I drew, well the decoder and Stay Alive will fit within that and will be below the height limit posed by the shell mounting post - pointed to by the red arrow. This will be the method I use.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3t9ZH6QJ49JDVcjt7syoEM7RjX5paQedG7uiRJW0o_a4Kk2h9TqNIEYw6mCll80sw-S0I9o3jMyP3uqmhejMG08NkKJ8cwBlCqqG4MDRkTrJRyH86Mk_TEudVz05a85tj2rUeNjBaJqkAk3EJfovwOzy8ZScEQiFtA8BRAyGsUieWB4li04ILk-B/s1920/I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1920" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3t9ZH6QJ49JDVcjt7syoEM7RjX5paQedG7uiRJW0o_a4Kk2h9TqNIEYw6mCll80sw-S0I9o3jMyP3uqmhejMG08NkKJ8cwBlCqqG4MDRkTrJRyH86Mk_TEudVz05a85tj2rUeNjBaJqkAk3EJfovwOzy8ZScEQiFtA8BRAyGsUieWB4li04ILk-B/s320/I.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Another option I reckon is to use the mech tower, but modify the Stay Alive. I haven't modified it in the above shot, but the yellow outline shows where the circuit board would be. You see, the super capacitor part of the Stay Alive will fit in the tower. Now if we were to cut the heat shrink off the device and bend the circuit board 180 degrees out, it would sit in the space on the left of the tower - voila.</span></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbt_Lsh2nkhdGmVVsiPibifpV6U6IwiemOVDvF-8Zx_PUopEOCOtTiNaXkFHNHudroHaSz0kxN60Obb0wpKjfhYYTWvMBo_eNQI9WLIuwxjdh5FHxHHyqhLkW7IyKZSnZREq4-eSqrzzG2DJ7XRYzIejY2Cq3pe8QaSPPNKd-BZwClXjDMjq-hTnU/s1920/C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1920" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbt_Lsh2nkhdGmVVsiPibifpV6U6IwiemOVDvF-8Zx_PUopEOCOtTiNaXkFHNHudroHaSz0kxN60Obb0wpKjfhYYTWvMBo_eNQI9WLIuwxjdh5FHxHHyqhLkW7IyKZSnZREq4-eSqrzzG2DJ7XRYzIejY2Cq3pe8QaSPPNKd-BZwClXjDMjq-hTnU/s320/C.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the above shot you can see the Stay Alive on its side and on an angle sitting between the mech tower and the decoder plug area. You just need to make sure it doesn't cover the screw hole that the loco shell uses. Maybe even a piece of sheet styrene to make a plate for it to sit on and keep it from dropping down into the mech.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpMrGBrn7PyvjCaZIbIUpm-J1cKc1v1Npw1oWtehcLkVb8Lweyg7VwEqbQsvV7lkjduyTYjeFcJJtll4nMFNEwA7zHvFgqUm5MPEj8KekylvqEBngDognIwcITouTFmO6Y8Z2uuZc_lYkQagBJdBywruTb_GsiV8yGfm3E0xzxv7X09H315IVxERi/s1920/J.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpMrGBrn7PyvjCaZIbIUpm-J1cKc1v1Npw1oWtehcLkVb8Lweyg7VwEqbQsvV7lkjduyTYjeFcJJtll4nMFNEwA7zHvFgqUm5MPEj8KekylvqEBngDognIwcITouTFmO6Y8Z2uuZc_lYkQagBJdBywruTb_GsiV8yGfm3E0xzxv7X09H315IVxERi/s320/J.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>So I proceeded with installing the Stay Alive in the same area as the decoder. Now as per the photo above, this is the area above the loco I have to play with. The yellow circle marks where I must stay clear to allow the shell screw to come through.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aKNJ0tuOItUA6ZV-sl38mcil4k6aNq2Y7KOlqIyuQXp29MOkLo-GrH3ecIrq1czZdPwdBUZCvwH7JIKdPoU8dBIR8-vyTT852F7hxOuDk6UkLvwbkBhCsUs8AIs56jUQJPdIDWOGzKISxhqWccpCPBC9wz2ASNkGk5vANVfgy6hatiNPTNvU0ZPP/s1808/K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="1808" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aKNJ0tuOItUA6ZV-sl38mcil4k6aNq2Y7KOlqIyuQXp29MOkLo-GrH3ecIrq1czZdPwdBUZCvwH7JIKdPoU8dBIR8-vyTT852F7hxOuDk6UkLvwbkBhCsUs8AIs56jUQJPdIDWOGzKISxhqWccpCPBC9wz2ASNkGk5vANVfgy6hatiNPTNvU0ZPP/s320/K.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkA_HoqCCX4PJgKeGmavH88IDScUMsFJsf4zWQx0BwErKD8fautH7uSx8mFNFTpviTDUNH6_T5m89Bl7nx3tZwHbeLkEzMHBVDTJuFoeP2a8qkg2S_uAAPD1YrQtxlG8Xuz6WDOY1BPd5zavx44va0nVef74EFKJjFU0NR01i6ykLhwlOhWMFdjj_/s1917/L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="1917" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkA_HoqCCX4PJgKeGmavH88IDScUMsFJsf4zWQx0BwErKD8fautH7uSx8mFNFTpviTDUNH6_T5m89Bl7nx3tZwHbeLkEzMHBVDTJuFoeP2a8qkg2S_uAAPD1YrQtxlG8Xuz6WDOY1BPd5zavx44va0nVef74EFKJjFU0NR01i6ykLhwlOhWMFdjj_/s320/L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">First up we need to solder the three wires from the Stay Alive to the Decoder. I had to cut a bit of heat shrink carefully off of the Decoder first to expose the three solder pads where the wires will go. Two pads are currently unused - easy peasy. The one on the other side though, is used as the common for the circuit. So there is already a wire soldered there - see the first of the two shots above. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1uAlSX_oi25WTJks4_qf-H1I1uqaDm_PyIHOuoh4xP5Zj2V1pn_CVhgIPJrxSxTINT7lU9szjs_XJb2Oh-Is-GKfnuSAMZrCF8EBsaRN0sPJuce5W_b_cHJkAlXhU37sszmDZpEPuPVg792X5LflPQUvMy2mfAWobBwTlVNs7ESzt-wjSwX9JTFX/s1920/M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1920" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1uAlSX_oi25WTJks4_qf-H1I1uqaDm_PyIHOuoh4xP5Zj2V1pn_CVhgIPJrxSxTINT7lU9szjs_XJb2Oh-Is-GKfnuSAMZrCF8EBsaRN0sPJuce5W_b_cHJkAlXhU37sszmDZpEPuPVg792X5LflPQUvMy2mfAWobBwTlVNs7ESzt-wjSwX9JTFX/s320/M.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">So careful careful when I solder.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1780" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8x1C4xsuwisbqFh70dA6q7LVkaGl0kFBfhVvQJc9FUmho8Qc6AH75Jqzz31HH7s3ax4xg8LTtjOZw7eRBqcdxSLctWXntzjSHoXFMKiUrSoUiTPTdZDbMzz2sR5pelFDP1TiDSQFcgBJ_Q2piB7ifx6422RiRFq9G4grs5Xb9Wu8JBaEVv5AfH0ip/s320/O.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The above two shots show that I needed to add some double sided tape to the Decoder and Stay Alive so I could position them in the shell so they wouldn't get out of position when the shell is put back on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5H59J-lWHdPInfsZs0Xm1tPI5WFsmmCRhTHC-aAGNt1bcvKBWU_2Sx4lTLNKVuBfFXj7cmzJLHL4ECiuJDBN3EP2ebeM18f_nI6W4zykJZdPYVpYt15SxJeaUtnY1crZ10tvVLYmvRDl-b_7kbllqHa2gNd97FbgZPP-qm5-OJgmcbpjiAxduz1Y5/s1920/P.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1920" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5H59J-lWHdPInfsZs0Xm1tPI5WFsmmCRhTHC-aAGNt1bcvKBWU_2Sx4lTLNKVuBfFXj7cmzJLHL4ECiuJDBN3EP2ebeM18f_nI6W4zykJZdPYVpYt15SxJeaUtnY1crZ10tvVLYmvRDl-b_7kbllqHa2gNd97FbgZPP-qm5-OJgmcbpjiAxduz1Y5/s320/P.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Above, we can see them now in place - noice one PK, I says to meself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYxrCTr_maZs1nVOuczJpy68BwSGr-lfqRc37YUZIlNYqCFjL2Uf_ZDTyTex4raRlBv7H608OqhY1sXItpNspfqdKGikIWTvisUs8kb3lXYMxRc0lu0YDEgLEK4SSTwm-knDNm8qE2F6u9ZwpqKRLUwoQqty0eFFDOlSVh4g6aGbtx74mi8DHBlJQ/s1920/Q.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1920" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYxrCTr_maZs1nVOuczJpy68BwSGr-lfqRc37YUZIlNYqCFjL2Uf_ZDTyTex4raRlBv7H608OqhY1sXItpNspfqdKGikIWTvisUs8kb3lXYMxRc0lu0YDEgLEK4SSTwm-knDNm8qE2F6u9ZwpqKRLUwoQqty0eFFDOlSVh4g6aGbtx74mi8DHBlJQ/s320/Q.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I fired her up and all was good with the work :-) She moves and also goes toot toot, and even does it for a few seconds when lifted off the track now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbC139atpaHNfEMtT4aIM_3POGZwvK4MZAcowrTkIjt285oWqikVWcunFutq3dWtLYuSaSDKc-ywCQ3x_t___B8bjSH3Aq-a5ljfIk69xAhTzBfL87jbRZM91dwNWc1F9BUb-UpFCJp3BHZ9nIIcpV_hE73gV_AXSU82kLjwJ-mX751e5g-B6we0Oj/s1920/R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1920" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbC139atpaHNfEMtT4aIM_3POGZwvK4MZAcowrTkIjt285oWqikVWcunFutq3dWtLYuSaSDKc-ywCQ3x_t___B8bjSH3Aq-a5ljfIk69xAhTzBfL87jbRZM91dwNWc1F9BUb-UpFCJp3BHZ9nIIcpV_hE73gV_AXSU82kLjwJ-mX751e5g-B6we0Oj/s320/R.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Above, she is all screwed together and ready to run.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I won't talk about the 15 minutes or so poking around positioning wires and swearing a lot to get it all fitted in. Maybe a hot glue drop here and there next time to hold wires out of the way might be the go :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-77526253944899391942023-02-14T15:33:00.002+10:002023-02-14T15:40:26.036+10:00We Need More !<p>Ok fellas, slow down, I'll make you some more.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WlCNRGVhTKNqdy20k8yOogXZqBLjDR-5hdMuxojqmVAD_OmZ-Bb6XoVc1UwsyuAMCF1SDVrboFjEFJjAriqF7IcGLqomCHHtilvo5hA1KULGvff_8IUaB9AYmVzr84cEiB0WdWVpDJoEvdqd4fSqmBKmx5U4L7WhMHmUpdHXNCHiSqfByTkmIDJd/s1920/20230214_134159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1920" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WlCNRGVhTKNqdy20k8yOogXZqBLjDR-5hdMuxojqmVAD_OmZ-Bb6XoVc1UwsyuAMCF1SDVrboFjEFJjAriqF7IcGLqomCHHtilvo5hA1KULGvff_8IUaB9AYmVzr84cEiB0WdWVpDJoEvdqd4fSqmBKmx5U4L7WhMHmUpdHXNCHiSqfByTkmIDJd/s320/20230214_134159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The N scalers down at the club are going hammer and tongs on the layout and are running out of dirt and gravels. So they put in a request for a pile of dirt. OK, I says - I'll getcha some.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So yesterday I headed off to one of my gravel sources up towards Lake Samsonvale. It is an outcropping of shale that spills down onto the concrete footpath, so I figure no harm in a few shovel fulls to keep it off of the footpath - save the tax payers I reckon. So I brought along a kitchen sieve that has about 3.125 mm square holes in it, a couple of buckets and a small gardening spade.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vfl0p-uQlIHmEH1SvD5F0r6x-vmzbh-sfSR-dBXjfql92pmdpjOGkrZiNesPoJcoo9ytHArmPTR7kUTEZKIGT89qV2DL3dez_sMaAKfjx1DUjtnBJbBKUwyIfLKPqxYpVXJ_nrWQYSPFITD7W2A3C7XgAdrEfPwv96OgLEEh2i26q_3RNLzV2nUW/s1920/20230213_104301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vfl0p-uQlIHmEH1SvD5F0r6x-vmzbh-sfSR-dBXjfql92pmdpjOGkrZiNesPoJcoo9ytHArmPTR7kUTEZKIGT89qV2DL3dez_sMaAKfjx1DUjtnBJbBKUwyIfLKPqxYpVXJ_nrWQYSPFITD7W2A3C7XgAdrEfPwv96OgLEEh2i26q_3RNLzV2nUW/s320/20230213_104301.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I sieved each shovel full there, as there was no use in bringing any big stuff back as it was not wanted.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once home I got out the real set of sieves I had gotten from a Geology store somewhere a number of years back. They are all 8" in diameter and fit snuggly into each other so they can stack. So I had 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.71, 0.9, 1.0 and 1.25 mm sieves to play with for this lot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrXOYmqMJz3RfQ-Ppo2_lOnyCSApLjXiwsmufwlHjtgyywKk9vTzGEQlG-UwhxaIWdNy-vIhZLjP1_Y0VQijkOQZ-F-EE-0KL0twynDTv4oIv1RoMQ79tMCN1aG-8MV_Pmu5F-n63rOvEVFb3V4xyJwxJhT3IqH8RR8-gH_LdKVJjt0y1bL7NgmQH/s1920/20230213_104302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrXOYmqMJz3RfQ-Ppo2_lOnyCSApLjXiwsmufwlHjtgyywKk9vTzGEQlG-UwhxaIWdNy-vIhZLjP1_Y0VQijkOQZ-F-EE-0KL0twynDTv4oIv1RoMQ79tMCN1aG-8MV_Pmu5F-n63rOvEVFb3V4xyJwxJhT3IqH8RR8-gH_LdKVJjt0y1bL7NgmQH/s320/20230213_104302.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I stacked them in two towers, as one tower was too hard to handle. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl92ttPSXN8HFt1F07itfqg_YAXsZpCkTgYquAi00UBsO0Eytog8urWpME0lrYFofngNHh3uTq2TJUMI9l47WbyVtmN5fO2Z0LA9-rZ0veWT4hCA_9CbBZGnO9IjGT818eOmhFlVjmsPV6JDsYb8jUBay_e15pvv-Isf_i_phkrVzODKI441O2Qr2X/s1920/20230213_104307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1920" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl92ttPSXN8HFt1F07itfqg_YAXsZpCkTgYquAi00UBsO0Eytog8urWpME0lrYFofngNHh3uTq2TJUMI9l47WbyVtmN5fO2Z0LA9-rZ0veWT4hCA_9CbBZGnO9IjGT818eOmhFlVjmsPV6JDsYb8jUBay_e15pvv-Isf_i_phkrVzODKI441O2Qr2X/s320/20230213_104307.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So with the larger size at the top and the smaller at the bottom, cup full after cup full of material went through the sieves and was slowly sorted into piles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUus70THZOLsbY0IqVw5l_gz34Ivk4zw3ebsOKoUKeS0bf6w-YSaYauUvlBonreLiSfDYCgdxyu7nD96SEQTIgqNh9xFmIwscadxJhvDBsAot3pihDT6kCCujgKpR57uYzzVGegAjMuoN4Xcq2NQE_T1tOjttEMOu9VjYNzTUpYkiLhn9XCyto2oQY/s1920/20230213_104308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1920" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUus70THZOLsbY0IqVw5l_gz34Ivk4zw3ebsOKoUKeS0bf6w-YSaYauUvlBonreLiSfDYCgdxyu7nD96SEQTIgqNh9xFmIwscadxJhvDBsAot3pihDT6kCCujgKpR57uYzzVGegAjMuoN4Xcq2NQE_T1tOjttEMOu9VjYNzTUpYkiLhn9XCyto2oQY/s320/20230213_104308.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHmhReSqQUGaKf4T64BQpbUDQcY3-yG5xdky2G3qfd9WpLSSgWEKcGcrc1ab8YAW9CT4nadj5wNS7A4THl3ibOr6lj88IgLBTVpBX8n-XwRQBuB0H99ZijMCsU-yAeGE-p34iu6a_VHukp3DOpn21WlDNJl-2fCcWVz0JEuN98Me4DPNfNKD9Zi6w/s1920/20230213_113518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1920" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHmhReSqQUGaKf4T64BQpbUDQcY3-yG5xdky2G3qfd9WpLSSgWEKcGcrc1ab8YAW9CT4nadj5wNS7A4THl3ibOr6lj88IgLBTVpBX8n-XwRQBuB0H99ZijMCsU-yAeGE-p34iu6a_VHukp3DOpn21WlDNJl-2fCcWVz0JEuN98Me4DPNfNKD9Zi6w/s320/20230213_113518.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Once sieved, the < 0.4 mm material "dirt" was packaged up into chinese food containers and labeled. All the rest was seperately washed out in the yard, to get all the dirt, dust and organic material out of the gravels. It also happily watered my very dry lawn, as I made sure to keep moving around the yard whilst doing the washing up.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once washed, I poured the gravels onto some baking trays and spread it out evenly and set them in the oven at an even 200 degrees celcius. Oh get out of it - the sun was out, so I didn't have to use the oven this time...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRu8w20tFpGMVpBIUREJUFWGxEDWO63lOt6UbHLBQ1RvS_G6mw5o5iXSvNjRQFyw8F4o7oNuXAqonebPeLO_WUNleBiTq9-RZIO9KQcHbR9h9FIHWj9h9NpMlHsVf7rxBhCNRGVic2Yv7F1lmsztc40pvEqCOczb53_Q2DEa_E9esXz-kWFV6fgJT/s1920/20230213_113722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1920" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRu8w20tFpGMVpBIUREJUFWGxEDWO63lOt6UbHLBQ1RvS_G6mw5o5iXSvNjRQFyw8F4o7oNuXAqonebPeLO_WUNleBiTq9-RZIO9KQcHbR9h9FIHWj9h9NpMlHsVf7rxBhCNRGVic2Yv7F1lmsztc40pvEqCOczb53_Q2DEa_E9esXz-kWFV6fgJT/s320/20230213_113722.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">With the trays sitting on the dirt between my clothes drying shed and the house in the baking hot sun, I went over every 10 minutes or so and racked the gravels over so each grain could evenly cook, I mean dry.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FI_An2r0r5sJi1db-85LSrSoZpHtlhEmrvdAUyfK26AwzkRkzL-v288TmptVpnmT_3xnueegtgLXFdpBMqp4K8RUn2GJqy8pGG5HnrbzuKcOXTEf-WEuUrKPHdv5yt42HXEoGRUFifAMSIUlDyMvUU5JnY20GrMbyhEoEmCpucnsHtKjR1pJ3E8z/s1920/20230213_141512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1140" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FI_An2r0r5sJi1db-85LSrSoZpHtlhEmrvdAUyfK26AwzkRkzL-v288TmptVpnmT_3xnueegtgLXFdpBMqp4K8RUn2GJqy8pGG5HnrbzuKcOXTEf-WEuUrKPHdv5yt42HXEoGRUFifAMSIUlDyMvUU5JnY20GrMbyhEoEmCpucnsHtKjR1pJ3E8z/s320/20230213_141512.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once dry, I packaged and labeled it all up. So out of about 10 or 11 litres of original material, I ended up with 16 of these 650 ml chinese containers of various sized gravels and dirt. Should keep the boys happy for a bit I think.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So they'll have the dirt for dirt roads, and yards and such. Then there are the various fine grades of gravel to suit some roads and such and then there is ballast size gravel as well. Also some ballast gravel for the HO'ers so they don't feel left out. So this shot shows how many containers of each I ended up with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wFefih9DlyETCGwJoP9CtjnZfyp3ThsiaQHofwPeCCxPM-mZEBA9ly6ILullniFCzDhY_4XoSilmtL_2wRpi7kL-UMrFi7IFdIHemoRRttR40Hf69Icx6wAhh-OohFS6NVIKJ7lzuTglpMMpOJDgKGMlkLAGYfB7zeip2BG6rcvvIJ9WQCHNwjlG/s1920/20230214_134150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1920" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wFefih9DlyETCGwJoP9CtjnZfyp3ThsiaQHofwPeCCxPM-mZEBA9ly6ILullniFCzDhY_4XoSilmtL_2wRpi7kL-UMrFi7IFdIHemoRRttR40Hf69Icx6wAhh-OohFS6NVIKJ7lzuTglpMMpOJDgKGMlkLAGYfB7zeip2BG6rcvvIJ9WQCHNwjlG/s320/20230214_134150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh and at the end of it all, my clothes and myself were covered in dust from head to toe. I had made sure earlier on to close the house doors and windows to make sure it didn't get inside. Because it was so sticking hot, the sweat and dust turned to mud on me and the clothes - but a good standing under the outside hose for a while fixed that in the end AND cooled me down :-)</p><br />PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-35807242624610289562023-01-26T14:29:00.000+10:002023-01-26T14:29:48.016+10:00Three Please<p style="text-align: justify;">So about a decade ago I bought Kato's N scale CB&Q's "Silver Streak Zephyr" 5 car passenger train with it's EMD E5A loco "Silver Bullet". Here is an E5A loco, not the "Silver Bullet", but the "Silver Pilot".</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48MVM5kyCK1hVFBt9ZS8GHA--F5DVS5U7UFFBdSJX7PzrnsZRqQZ42wmZLSnF7IyWuvDIPMPjUyz_CnzmJJPgbdF8biwLn2kUsIoxwA2htP0Z4raC_eOx2PLfDx3Vqsvl_3adobvXxK0uOSuHe4Hrq_97VhkCQYklcJ1F-_en9Wnms5bkoKSvR8Hz/s1920/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1920" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48MVM5kyCK1hVFBt9ZS8GHA--F5DVS5U7UFFBdSJX7PzrnsZRqQZ42wmZLSnF7IyWuvDIPMPjUyz_CnzmJJPgbdF8biwLn2kUsIoxwA2htP0Z4raC_eOx2PLfDx3Vqsvl_3adobvXxK0uOSuHe4Hrq_97VhkCQYklcJ1F-_en9Wnms5bkoKSvR8Hz/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Nice train indeed. I quickly converted her to DCC with a Digitrax DN163K0E decoder.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpcXtthuKRj-u8B_IVeuOeCF_DRbc688VJe_4KX-6AEfPIbtOBxUrWMgDMBcjUJGmi2qHRkApaDQTGuUYvkse-eJ5CybFQ4G7H58QVhJK3qyqJ65YpEdCSFBNMwY81BMv0zgzSq5m9p4Mq8mfvtipnnWQPWiGSSvENeobey5QJfv1YpqpKP-v0RgW/s1920/0a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1920" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpcXtthuKRj-u8B_IVeuOeCF_DRbc688VJe_4KX-6AEfPIbtOBxUrWMgDMBcjUJGmi2qHRkApaDQTGuUYvkse-eJ5CybFQ4G7H58QVhJK3qyqJ65YpEdCSFBNMwY81BMv0zgzSq5m9p4Mq8mfvtipnnWQPWiGSSvENeobey5QJfv1YpqpKP-v0RgW/s320/0a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A few months later it got to me. There were two empty slots in the case the train sits in - smart selling tactic Mr Kato! So I ended up buying the other two locos that can be run with the train, the "Silver Speed" and the "Silver Pilot". These also got the Digitrax decoders added into their inards. So now the box was complete :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm--u2LnOjf76A9pqqsEn0L8sJR3-PlycJOLehEy8JlYmJS43TPJ-U63RkDYfoimR8tTf5bcgLUOAfm5oHNdiHe5cOMAqBsRiaEusS0A9WAGXnfTr33G4qK7xTf0WzEa4lyZN9bR39wFXKB4WWiZd3y4jUGkR4UWSuY-Vc8cE-EOQUR-577-JUs1U/s1920/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm--u2LnOjf76A9pqqsEn0L8sJR3-PlycJOLehEy8JlYmJS43TPJ-U63RkDYfoimR8tTf5bcgLUOAfm5oHNdiHe5cOMAqBsRiaEusS0A9WAGXnfTr33G4qK7xTf0WzEa4lyZN9bR39wFXKB4WWiZd3y4jUGkR4UWSuY-Vc8cE-EOQUR-577-JUs1U/s320/19.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">After a while I was really getting into sound decoders, so a few years back the Digitrax decoder in the "Silver Bullet" was replaced with an ESU 73100 decoder. A bit of mucking about, but I got it in and a sugarcube speaker to boot. Great sound. It's not a direct drop in decoder, but a sort of wire in type job.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhNc0uBAXjKtyn0Mzyhgdx6xfIY8v9Qf4PHEBhCocrWQgPi3iG1ZqYPaBFsr1T-klAVdehTimcSF0XeZmxTtk4N09Sww4J978zacooflNZ7ZWqwQX9tyNvzMvHeIEo9pMtCorkOnzBEb2AiAaP8MyRmitXPmQPCyfXOVL33clzewHuZZWTbSk-99q/s1920/0b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1920" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhNc0uBAXjKtyn0Mzyhgdx6xfIY8v9Qf4PHEBhCocrWQgPi3iG1ZqYPaBFsr1T-klAVdehTimcSF0XeZmxTtk4N09Sww4J978zacooflNZ7ZWqwQX9tyNvzMvHeIEo9pMtCorkOnzBEb2AiAaP8MyRmitXPmQPCyfXOVL33clzewHuZZWTbSk-99q/s320/0b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So the other day I said to myself, "Self, the two other locos need sound as well - can't only have one with sound". So onto the interweb and two of the latest ESU decoders (ESU 58741, as the older 73100 is no longer available) that will work were ordered, as were some more ESU sugarcube speakers (ESU 50321). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For this job I had to strip the loco fully down to bits.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCNl49Yu3pHBgR8En6KWTxR6GwIotwBjzE3uZ39-KnbqE_f_i_5kPyTYolqJgh7IyQYrAeviNWVi8nLsE5jTQU_uo5Z4iIHNvmgnyvV4Gt_Li1Y_vgJKSC24KvDAWuOMB0oJzUwSAnhotQFbsncUcLqOQlRHuJxYzaKsuhdWUhQBoH_qk0DJw9nsB/s1920/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="1920" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCNl49Yu3pHBgR8En6KWTxR6GwIotwBjzE3uZ39-KnbqE_f_i_5kPyTYolqJgh7IyQYrAeviNWVi8nLsE5jTQU_uo5Z4iIHNvmgnyvV4Gt_Li1Y_vgJKSC24KvDAWuOMB0oJzUwSAnhotQFbsncUcLqOQlRHuJxYzaKsuhdWUhQBoH_qk0DJw9nsB/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The decoders have only SMD type LED's for the lights and that won't do as I need an LED with long legs. AND the SMD's are too small to desolder and replace with a normal LED. But ESU, on the new decoders, have put in solder pads for AUX1 and AUX2. So I snagged the AUX1 pads for a long legged lady, I mean LED (which ESU actually supply you in the box!). JMRI can fix what function F1 does and doesn't do later on.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is the loco with the old Digitrax decoder next to it, then the new ESU sound decoder (with a suitable LED soldered to the AUX1 pads) and then the old DC board. The DC board comes in handy to strap everything to it so gears and flywheels don't eat any wires.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTocoY0fNMPrn58tkHnDoLKzhcmwl-WO2beUorzxHdw2jsNriEIizc5fCabg675EKDktsKjrRaV2vbsADliGoxZ6PGQ2WSdSf0Hk2nugB8k5DH455p8O29qL-2E6DsvoF2a8UcbUl0Y9jHH76Y0TcNs_4M_QZeBbmfeeFtqCbMLoxGXk8UhiRq1uS/s1920/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="1920" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTocoY0fNMPrn58tkHnDoLKzhcmwl-WO2beUorzxHdw2jsNriEIizc5fCabg675EKDktsKjrRaV2vbsADliGoxZ6PGQ2WSdSf0Hk2nugB8k5DH455p8O29qL-2E6DsvoF2a8UcbUl0Y9jHH76Y0TcNs_4M_QZeBbmfeeFtqCbMLoxGXk8UhiRq1uS/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>So, I had the bare chassi now ready to work on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlLb8IQ9Mpn034aGraW1Otylz1X58R8BaM4mhlb5ExIl4wAOunKKDGi_nB1wJ9hE5bVzA4uSEFPQi-S9pOmCWhSr-Xvuu96k19W5Gj9rCFNPpy6zx2-2XtBr2947d2Px_9aJw_iFpu5nhVERjYs6Vahzmf4H3chHyg5bGSeB79nJgU86wC6Uewn_o/s1920/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1920" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlLb8IQ9Mpn034aGraW1Otylz1X58R8BaM4mhlb5ExIl4wAOunKKDGi_nB1wJ9hE5bVzA4uSEFPQi-S9pOmCWhSr-Xvuu96k19W5Gj9rCFNPpy6zx2-2XtBr2947d2Px_9aJw_iFpu5nhVERjYs6Vahzmf4H3chHyg5bGSeB79nJgU86wC6Uewn_o/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The rear end is what I will be working on.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM9ahohqW14fhXLNb4ih49VFSUFe51xW5AgmvSg5hWu3WXt5C0iBGFREBRf3U82k7h51oq61DhAn_iTUHkxinRC9de-J8Aeq3OVf2XDOa96hzpd69zDfDQigbOFRosA0lLtvdf4efY5G8mHMYVMYvHRrMshhZ274MgYhExDQv6evPxWcIxfDCqXkG/s1920/4a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM9ahohqW14fhXLNb4ih49VFSUFe51xW5AgmvSg5hWu3WXt5C0iBGFREBRf3U82k7h51oq61DhAn_iTUHkxinRC9de-J8Aeq3OVf2XDOa96hzpd69zDfDQigbOFRosA0lLtvdf4efY5G8mHMYVMYvHRrMshhZ274MgYhExDQv6evPxWcIxfDCqXkG/s320/4a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because I need to make some room for the sugarcube speaker. Here is the speaker and the large baffle and base plate that need to go in.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNHvubaZ--l8XRD1-Wt2BzuO826Q7reZnZ4k5kO-A2FDMtlBm-6YL3K2UV6ZF9dHjjCfGQG6nUNJ0RUKE-kluX9QXgH7m6dfyRX1FEESRuAFj8G2LuyNv0hgIdJ_sZTKSs-1FDiv9D8Aj2f_yJjuxo8Jxz6MDfVJluCMZRyn9CX8ybyh_tJYcSp12/s1920/4b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="1920" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNHvubaZ--l8XRD1-Wt2BzuO826Q7reZnZ4k5kO-A2FDMtlBm-6YL3K2UV6ZF9dHjjCfGQG6nUNJ0RUKE-kluX9QXgH7m6dfyRX1FEESRuAFj8G2LuyNv0hgIdJ_sZTKSs-1FDiv9D8Aj2f_yJjuxo8Jxz6MDfVJluCMZRyn9CX8ybyh_tJYcSp12/s320/4b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Now to go make some room on the manual arts workbench - I really need more room !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQyWC_59T4GvoVwBF3RrZC0Ne9G4PsnMqa6-Q9EDZEatXpsbbYalML0DE0PlBwRvhwiz0Dj8DagbN5a4EQtPpOC8sM6pHdQA_pPgKRRI0eUyG8VNxaVpEz-RJdEQ5hutJxg0HXGvpuPwxRx-QhVXoO3VImso8V0nuTK8aYPWTXkAcy43KWhjOMlXf/s1920/4c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQyWC_59T4GvoVwBF3RrZC0Ne9G4PsnMqa6-Q9EDZEatXpsbbYalML0DE0PlBwRvhwiz0Dj8DagbN5a4EQtPpOC8sM6pHdQA_pPgKRRI0eUyG8VNxaVpEz-RJdEQ5hutJxg0HXGvpuPwxRx-QhVXoO3VImso8V0nuTK8aYPWTXkAcy43KWhjOMlXf/s320/4c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Just enough room was made around the vice for me to work, Then I got the hacksaw out.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCovRSDukvu6pOSfGZUnjd2W6PgYJpqidv29O3wxRf2oL7lryDkmSubfhcECyIJ2XWVYbbjH6wGmMn3prjW67ulIr71zeUygLffo2r1pr6MZ0CBSYiSJbRGrehZ6eWCFXkqZ19GDPxDHyPjATxetqm5SJFR5hKYQfeqfP809o3GVjt-TiX9kTZ8yH/s1920/5a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="1920" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCovRSDukvu6pOSfGZUnjd2W6PgYJpqidv29O3wxRf2oL7lryDkmSubfhcECyIJ2XWVYbbjH6wGmMn3prjW67ulIr71zeUygLffo2r1pr6MZ0CBSYiSJbRGrehZ6eWCFXkqZ19GDPxDHyPjATxetqm5SJFR5hKYQfeqfP809o3GVjt-TiX9kTZ8yH/s320/5a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Nah, too small! Let's get the proper sized hacksaw to the jobface.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-LEa2iJY3a4Ts8OR7VN2T60mUXo7yytoLlPzzFHk3WU4eSG5h0G4f44exklWqCNdf5LxkmnFpFZzj6wLv0QDickTPijJj8WHPAC6PPaubaXLqnEVjdkejFya9w0dhNT4Jz18iD3wpqogi3oquEsbfUt3u4FNKLSmqDnpxmlL8fCV5OuWx4Ag2n_C/s1920/5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1920" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-LEa2iJY3a4Ts8OR7VN2T60mUXo7yytoLlPzzFHk3WU4eSG5h0G4f44exklWqCNdf5LxkmnFpFZzj6wLv0QDickTPijJj8WHPAC6PPaubaXLqnEVjdkejFya9w0dhNT4Jz18iD3wpqogi3oquEsbfUt3u4FNKLSmqDnpxmlL8fCV5OuWx4Ag2n_C/s320/5b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>One cut vertically was done and then one horizontally. OK, I don't do horizontal, so the job was rotated 90 degrees and a second vertical cut made.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MzT2VNoHeXMcnqG5HRh1DeADpmwtDecYPb4fFb8VoR6zVUI570FIrt98OFEeh0ZkNceXYiwVTGSXTKlvFNSa6IKglW9JW3-kJ2TH4IDOuvNjXecEG67i4Lx1aIXNYgEWhmCndAJtktpQIq-LF5UBSTXVBl8K0sRO7ybpzyaOXix8hJZETcNHFLAp/s1920/5c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1920" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MzT2VNoHeXMcnqG5HRh1DeADpmwtDecYPb4fFb8VoR6zVUI570FIrt98OFEeh0ZkNceXYiwVTGSXTKlvFNSa6IKglW9JW3-kJ2TH4IDOuvNjXecEG67i4Lx1aIXNYgEWhmCndAJtktpQIq-LF5UBSTXVBl8K0sRO7ybpzyaOXix8hJZETcNHFLAp/s320/5c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There - excess caboose removed - the derrière looks a lot more sexy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sncQ_exUJ1_BzCfXZ0AowBGy7iI240Tb5YRm56zO5CjaNW56yVHa6vFfKKSXRwYju2doHt1EQxwKxSFNE2QTgaLY5pj9twJGHEklWL96xVPxXZeaBv4zs9IoL9JswQ49Fx2dxTNUuEr5TZGhTKKH0eFAVn-HTx7yiD-VorFEV01epCv_BtqsTfNO/s1920/6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1920" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sncQ_exUJ1_BzCfXZ0AowBGy7iI240Tb5YRm56zO5CjaNW56yVHa6vFfKKSXRwYju2doHt1EQxwKxSFNE2QTgaLY5pj9twJGHEklWL96xVPxXZeaBv4zs9IoL9JswQ49Fx2dxTNUuEr5TZGhTKKH0eFAVn-HTx7yiD-VorFEV01epCv_BtqsTfNO/s320/6a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After the cuts were made I had to clean them up. So out with the bastard file!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJ3cBQbQh1Wnyo-Hm-nGz_l8NSPpKCt7vwJwofEuOXb0fbm8drCjXvzoMkYqEw9DpUIdv2MvkFwt5k_r7qHJAV-r7Ru_JO16sKg334l4JvAjP2oP05pTA1zPiVY2w_M5aq52b2cQ2GbJ4jUG3lv_TckotWlfW_I47mnoqlFsq_nUUIwBPU6hX3i35/s1920/6b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1920" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJ3cBQbQh1Wnyo-Hm-nGz_l8NSPpKCt7vwJwofEuOXb0fbm8drCjXvzoMkYqEw9DpUIdv2MvkFwt5k_r7qHJAV-r7Ru_JO16sKg334l4JvAjP2oP05pTA1zPiVY2w_M5aq52b2cQ2GbJ4jUG3lv_TckotWlfW_I47mnoqlFsq_nUUIwBPU6hX3i35/s320/6b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Ok, OK, a did go with the more gentle approach and used one of my metal files.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7WsA3n9-9b_LYYPC2gQ9S8niMjRuELNfW4Z79G_WnqUquHwFQC7nS7MOcULUua4retxoP7h1HFyGNx01M8L9R9MJ8v9ZXr9ttJsIUMpdi27eysMQGVOeGe9ihvHVcfkcTWW4H9psOp_C_P8neOYwMqP-s6wfEriO-d6_oeMLzvJNgu4KMMT7URoq/s1920/6c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1920" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7WsA3n9-9b_LYYPC2gQ9S8niMjRuELNfW4Z79G_WnqUquHwFQC7nS7MOcULUua4retxoP7h1HFyGNx01M8L9R9MJ8v9ZXr9ttJsIUMpdi27eysMQGVOeGe9ihvHVcfkcTWW4H9psOp_C_P8neOYwMqP-s6wfEriO-d6_oeMLzvJNgu4KMMT7URoq/s320/6c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So the required chunk of chassis was removed. The original chassis weighed in at 92.21 gm and after the bit of excess rear end was removed with the surgery, she weighs in at 87.15 gm. Not too bad and since the chassis is heavy to start with, bugger all traction will be lost.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFdzISKMgcoHvXui1KTi_Hf2A7S0Krt1yuQbK_48pe7mSL2tdKql9mqqw1sXmNTdtIqIc0snaOvn1WiRlUuEVYpyjNkDgb_fExmeAdqavRXBghYguqMCkE4SdqCEdAbhWD-HKyEL7UxyXTgjFERk3e9CVQW8mC5o-UxpRiBBio8Ne8arMQ00UhKXs/s1567/6d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1567" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFdzISKMgcoHvXui1KTi_Hf2A7S0Krt1yuQbK_48pe7mSL2tdKql9mqqw1sXmNTdtIqIc0snaOvn1WiRlUuEVYpyjNkDgb_fExmeAdqavRXBghYguqMCkE4SdqCEdAbhWD-HKyEL7UxyXTgjFERk3e9CVQW8mC5o-UxpRiBBio8Ne8arMQ00UhKXs/s320/6d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Next I glued up the baffle box and added the speaker to it. I like to use the ZAP Plasti-Zap superglue. It seems to work nicely on the plastics and the job for me.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDT_9gPMHLqRgHueD6BmtibYDQE6qwNYXdcYbA80-OYOgDUn1tOLBanI9EeKFpWaSCPDqmTzjY-VsNulHotjX0lTN_jsl-rYcwNmo3NbtiGSCUhJ1R9FBBIzWDSR8dndeUZXH5tv5faAKSYA05QxyWMHNgzJIyRpt5dJt2X6-xrsfs3MugJARSBZo/s1920/7b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="1920" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDT_9gPMHLqRgHueD6BmtibYDQE6qwNYXdcYbA80-OYOgDUn1tOLBanI9EeKFpWaSCPDqmTzjY-VsNulHotjX0lTN_jsl-rYcwNmo3NbtiGSCUhJ1R9FBBIzWDSR8dndeUZXH5tv5faAKSYA05QxyWMHNgzJIyRpt5dJt2X6-xrsfs3MugJARSBZo/s320/7b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">With the glue on the speaker drying on the workbench, I hooked the decoder up to my ESU Tester and fired up the ESU Programming software. I pushed the relevant sound down to the decoder and then tested it on the rig - all things worked well - happy happy, joy joy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, the sound file I used was the ESU S0761 project - EMD Dual 12-567BC 2EXH NT. I ended up using the Wabco E-2 horn and the default bell was fine.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcF49j2pqnmopDfduk0qlwKUSUFBKL3i71boUoxwMVDjxH3Penj_Ishp4h2MWfN1tnQaP2zrv1BLOyaDxfwA5PHCpgkai4QRcpTxT8k_oGDT9N-aYXwwfa-VvHDr8-J-xAT3zyinotdZiJXU-wdqDnUZG4rIvf8zOiutWpBdypOcWa6d4dJNmEKshu/s1920/9a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcF49j2pqnmopDfduk0qlwKUSUFBKL3i71boUoxwMVDjxH3Penj_Ishp4h2MWfN1tnQaP2zrv1BLOyaDxfwA5PHCpgkai4QRcpTxT8k_oGDT9N-aYXwwfa-VvHDr8-J-xAT3zyinotdZiJXU-wdqDnUZG4rIvf8zOiutWpBdypOcWa6d4dJNmEKshu/s320/9a.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">After the ESU software had finished pushing the sound file to the decoder, I flipped over to JMRI for the last tunings of speed table, sound volumes and such - so much easier using JMRI. I also changed the light settings so the SMD LED won't turn on and instead, the AUX1 will turn on/off when I use the loco headlight :-)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLc87VYUTkUD8x-3ng0ZzQch9lcSs-M4mcMI-AQnlOh3FG2wvRppIcY_LcerGDbeYORSWdyRV9sgOj0mwqFO9nMP_7swlWCXidYP4RgYrBmovF9vSsXhMXpVlZCO7jVqsQonuN9Y4a8HVn6HnwBliX3LSijz9AmmEbiigqIGNZOHFnUpSlTiNiEYe/s1920/9b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="1920" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLc87VYUTkUD8x-3ng0ZzQch9lcSs-M4mcMI-AQnlOh3FG2wvRppIcY_LcerGDbeYORSWdyRV9sgOj0mwqFO9nMP_7swlWCXidYP4RgYrBmovF9vSsXhMXpVlZCO7jVqsQonuN9Y4a8HVn6HnwBliX3LSijz9AmmEbiigqIGNZOHFnUpSlTiNiEYe/s320/9b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Now for the fun and games - installing the decoder in the loco... So I figured I would let the old DC board pick up the power from the power rails.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnBg6ssqEZ9QcdsYXcvcocBD0v5envmtsR-VHCddR2wBvNiegjuA9WIUES8zwg7kWZNnOmdapeTMNiLZgEazDYVl4Egpx2zyfkXOoBlhx22MNALXhfzhi8BbVHDMBRSrQ2w6u4F6UE3epZoh_GcKCX-BiVbJwnFrJh0-W0cv5AzmSHBVW0NVw0Zo2/s1920/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnBg6ssqEZ9QcdsYXcvcocBD0v5envmtsR-VHCddR2wBvNiegjuA9WIUES8zwg7kWZNnOmdapeTMNiLZgEazDYVl4Egpx2zyfkXOoBlhx22MNALXhfzhi8BbVHDMBRSrQ2w6u4F6UE3epZoh_GcKCX-BiVbJwnFrJh0-W0cv5AzmSHBVW0NVw0Zo2/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So I put Kapton tape only on the top side of the DC board, so that the decoder would be electrically isolated from the DC board.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BdNWEgMhLfRkMkCAZz_6v5wjgNtLShhf1i1FAtiJ4I6MsUs6B8JtAmfkkvhHQKKULa8VbV02OldtQGTFPOrkwS27izo6JZIAXyjpOYcj_Xc0TvoPHeNPtWqYOvPBP-uHVXsv6Zzjyn0E24h9Nh7jabnVgs6AxZRDqWaXlqvW3toCzYgo1WMi2z2-/s1920/10a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1920" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BdNWEgMhLfRkMkCAZz_6v5wjgNtLShhf1i1FAtiJ4I6MsUs6B8JtAmfkkvhHQKKULa8VbV02OldtQGTFPOrkwS27izo6JZIAXyjpOYcj_Xc0TvoPHeNPtWqYOvPBP-uHVXsv6Zzjyn0E24h9Nh7jabnVgs6AxZRDqWaXlqvW3toCzYgo1WMi2z2-/s320/10a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Yeh, nah, didn't work in the end. So I wrapped the whole DC board in Kapton tape and will solder the power pickup wires to the decoder and to the two pickup rails.</p><p>A bit of solder on top of the relevant pads of the decoder for the power pickups and the motor pickups and we are getting closer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY1tqXQJ-D5rwLy1Lk18pl7or2LKC8VoQfInhUqYvDECVxj1o7PIivbNJNOqdVPLZbqFgU4kiClTblcTBG0uW_94IYY3BTsK0zuoa8Gc2zYy9IRsyuE_vM8eO_pycgT66g4BzfCRFc5lDilAnhffCg9NmjZ0nNg7wTO-Mp71l2pJE-ReFtpHPQLI8/s1920/12a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1920" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY1tqXQJ-D5rwLy1Lk18pl7or2LKC8VoQfInhUqYvDECVxj1o7PIivbNJNOqdVPLZbqFgU4kiClTblcTBG0uW_94IYY3BTsK0zuoa8Gc2zYy9IRsyuE_vM8eO_pycgT66g4BzfCRFc5lDilAnhffCg9NmjZ0nNg7wTO-Mp71l2pJE-ReFtpHPQLI8/s320/12a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then a couple of wires onto the motor tabs.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpWUNg3IwT2c099k4MXeuSF5tYHK_lWuKe6U3OAYAnI0XOV5g0RgbuIbbThfKSiGEg0dCJ7w4LT4D1MuHhsUR3QA9W27fgdTSCsO53uUr8iDSUOTg5z2rfbWLh1bA7HGJm3ObltKHpq8YyMskgZbZun8PR04Y21a8iQPS0bh8NZ45DWxVhNZL4kF9/s2522/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2522" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpWUNg3IwT2c099k4MXeuSF5tYHK_lWuKe6U3OAYAnI0XOV5g0RgbuIbbThfKSiGEg0dCJ7w4LT4D1MuHhsUR3QA9W27fgdTSCsO53uUr8iDSUOTg5z2rfbWLh1bA7HGJm3ObltKHpq8YyMskgZbZun8PR04Y21a8iQPS0bh8NZ45DWxVhNZL4kF9/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next we plonk in the DC board with it's Kapton wrapping.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMgh2tQW6ngc-1roOHaV_aQmp-jTA2xrTEDP6GPdcDsrulr75rnsOzcldnnri07S5YO4dKnTUWIzBMxFA-MAbWfn7DmRfOfeZR1Aem_nGqvfnKON4HPzNDQB68X7WaVTvbUuX2EO3U0kFlV_V4fIbAL0Nt5g0xbMLTipKmJuE5OeLiDurUwjqN7QL/s1403/17a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1403" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMgh2tQW6ngc-1roOHaV_aQmp-jTA2xrTEDP6GPdcDsrulr75rnsOzcldnnri07S5YO4dKnTUWIzBMxFA-MAbWfn7DmRfOfeZR1Aem_nGqvfnKON4HPzNDQB68X7WaVTvbUuX2EO3U0kFlV_V4fIbAL0Nt5g0xbMLTipKmJuE5OeLiDurUwjqN7QL/s320/17a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then strap the decoder in with Kapton tape and wire the motor in place and the power pickups to where shown.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqLLy3E3T5hGgdYOvNePB62c1DlPspKGMvgvVqkVLDGGGOcPl6oWn4gaGcd3ssM3EZ0Y9B1thSwOBnSVmI5PCmv-Afng_pmLLHA3sx5LdzmMbPMiPTfmrb1NjDrGNmCKS6xIe_iN4uhY5juzbdlOUJuLoKjqTTvmfxoXXRMIYTuxwib4ieFo-N1io/s1920/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1920" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqLLy3E3T5hGgdYOvNePB62c1DlPspKGMvgvVqkVLDGGGOcPl6oWn4gaGcd3ssM3EZ0Y9B1thSwOBnSVmI5PCmv-Afng_pmLLHA3sx5LdzmMbPMiPTfmrb1NjDrGNmCKS6xIe_iN4uhY5juzbdlOUJuLoKjqTTvmfxoXXRMIYTuxwib4ieFo-N1io/s320/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Now for the speaker. I use these Sticky Dots for holding them in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mMiDZIkRRWr8efOnODerb6y4XCLikkMWe8n2uCs7ktUm2jkr7sIzEQtJVvaPOXh6zBhx1vpze9I-6BJ2m9opUx9Vh3b8nAvER4Y8my8Gnn9syqGAnfeMkP86OD04CurEOBTuxapcIJoCjZImAwCYjjaRRxMEBbcTZxIQwsophZLISMW0mQSQtlIl/s1920/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1920" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mMiDZIkRRWr8efOnODerb6y4XCLikkMWe8n2uCs7ktUm2jkr7sIzEQtJVvaPOXh6zBhx1vpze9I-6BJ2m9opUx9Vh3b8nAvER4Y8my8Gnn9syqGAnfeMkP86OD04CurEOBTuxapcIJoCjZImAwCYjjaRRxMEBbcTZxIQwsophZLISMW0mQSQtlIl/s320/14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Once the protective tape is off they sorta look like a drop of snot....</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS9fvZqFIjaWMX8Bnictj_Hp4Tr1OZ2cpEt7kfzCejN0u-Zu-U_F1F1F81Sbxu4Pk4fkla2R_-ZDIdee9Jf16l5geavIU-GJJig3qJPhK1U0q4XTVSEiXiVwRc7QIPCyl5D4Plb7ZzqBYIFAXI5osJJU7XDH3PDJtZgFvglVR9tMau1c4Hlgt4BmI/s1920/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBS9fvZqFIjaWMX8Bnictj_Hp4Tr1OZ2cpEt7kfzCejN0u-Zu-U_F1F1F81Sbxu4Pk4fkla2R_-ZDIdee9Jf16l5geavIU-GJJig3qJPhK1U0q4XTVSEiXiVwRc7QIPCyl5D4Plb7ZzqBYIFAXI5osJJU7XDH3PDJtZgFvglVR9tMau1c4Hlgt4BmI/s320/15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Speaker in place and then I soldered the two wires from the decoder to the speaker.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NYDjLoQcf1kxtmBL2yGSShAbAjANwAlPzyuh4kt52pC96xfk1AHei9xFCn5hNXeIKvfVaOSyg9fRDku66QWuI_Mf3p7Z5Jp-YScLnTwEzRT3u1Q_iF-Q4kFOR8Xta3nEbRzF974p71oXSMDp2m9cGrSras3qCMgX7IyWwwz51CFGze-PCKKnBxpQ/s1920/17b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1920" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NYDjLoQcf1kxtmBL2yGSShAbAjANwAlPzyuh4kt52pC96xfk1AHei9xFCn5hNXeIKvfVaOSyg9fRDku66QWuI_Mf3p7Z5Jp-YScLnTwEzRT3u1Q_iF-Q4kFOR8Xta3nEbRzF974p71oXSMDp2m9cGrSras3qCMgX7IyWwwz51CFGze-PCKKnBxpQ/s320/17b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Almost looks like a professional job I reckon :-)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdVG-ta4rdCp6QHQNxCE1agfEuKxexMcyrgkxAWZdyL6I2V5k8EsZ-QUWOLnhzsLftoPoqWdei09fYVrZiElFhVEpntLBRV8kUdUQgsD1gLwMcNTg9chWZrpjTLu1ZnZiajwHF_68bIREHQZB9H1eAz7cyY5JvLGJQHg3OU9U4rCW-MaDBKtmRT6e/s1920/17c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1920" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdVG-ta4rdCp6QHQNxCE1agfEuKxexMcyrgkxAWZdyL6I2V5k8EsZ-QUWOLnhzsLftoPoqWdei09fYVrZiElFhVEpntLBRV8kUdUQgsD1gLwMcNTg9chWZrpjTLu1ZnZiajwHF_68bIREHQZB9H1eAz7cyY5JvLGJQHg3OU9U4rCW-MaDBKtmRT6e/s320/17c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So on with the loco shell and a test lap or two of the test track.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIH7p81de9kID5t-6jW4y-p-tslLKat0XIt3cx2-lCvhvSZZgN1UTPHiY0VLVpWwie11VUIHiKCnU-bSUmmazrzzcBaTvYjNGeFYsdtBw3GMNUhpIbZUl7COu149F7JAJ7Mdqvss5h2OHYxLZrmhmJyZ_BOVwFR2we5ZJSGRdYsMnLGBeIZrqiQO76/s1920/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIH7p81de9kID5t-6jW4y-p-tslLKat0XIt3cx2-lCvhvSZZgN1UTPHiY0VLVpWwie11VUIHiKCnU-bSUmmazrzzcBaTvYjNGeFYsdtBw3GMNUhpIbZUl7COu149F7JAJ7Mdqvss5h2OHYxLZrmhmJyZ_BOVwFR2we5ZJSGRdYsMnLGBeIZrqiQO76/s320/18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">All good. So the last loco was also then completed and now all three of my EMD E5A's have big voices :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uvQpjTVCHF3oKnkXtLEFk0wTaO0FOn0ZrqqbIwDoaverSMNQuLRymmkU_mB9r652mhedr0BaLUH4lZSAk_FZS-lyvAbumFJvxaHGKDMJndjNkwP4YQS_-N5AaJcwgWZ9-cQyM87w4MWUbTeDWWoPphmt7tk6XIva14U8lhjmcPBEyxfBFlNlzyp0/s1920/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1920" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uvQpjTVCHF3oKnkXtLEFk0wTaO0FOn0ZrqqbIwDoaverSMNQuLRymmkU_mB9r652mhedr0BaLUH4lZSAk_FZS-lyvAbumFJvxaHGKDMJndjNkwP4YQS_-N5AaJcwgWZ9-cQyM87w4MWUbTeDWWoPphmt7tk6XIva14U8lhjmcPBEyxfBFlNlzyp0/s320/20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-87556017473168318162023-01-16T18:49:00.000+10:002023-01-16T18:49:04.938+10:00 Took Longer Than I Thought It Would<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-fJibDgMRNn2onkHEG-pVuyloRL1PTJ_F-nd5fQas0CB5ws8aeMQkMKu_1PZ1lqEhI7uZev68xUuimVVO8QMhN2nJwELpAWsZPkCIsuQ3pewzzZahKhqpLlNh0YaogrRTIU-PAdcW0KUUY3cT7SzkjAcYkilApq-GtDQQG7tfDgQbrhhEbH3G38v/s1920/20230116_134259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1920" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-fJibDgMRNn2onkHEG-pVuyloRL1PTJ_F-nd5fQas0CB5ws8aeMQkMKu_1PZ1lqEhI7uZev68xUuimVVO8QMhN2nJwELpAWsZPkCIsuQ3pewzzZahKhqpLlNh0YaogrRTIU-PAdcW0KUUY3cT7SzkjAcYkilApq-GtDQQG7tfDgQbrhhEbH3G38v/s320/20230116_134259.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">While sorting through a few locos last week I spotted a few more steamers. This one in particular grabbed my attention - she's old, but good - one of the Con-Cor S2 class steam locos. She's a 4-8-4 in Great Northern colours. Somehow she ended up in the back of a box and I had forgetten all about her. She is a very, good runner and is a very good model, but she probably hasn't had an outing for many years - manufactured in 2000 I think - DC of course. So she got a wheel clean and some DC running last week and is OK. So it was now time to DCC her - in fact she is definitely worth having a voice - so a sound decoder was needed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So the lid came off the tender, to find an 8 pin socket already in place - yippie ! This should be an easy and fast install I reckon!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhKf7xvWY752QuH_4nZubPQNkT3Pi4ZDdMygHOXTSxPqSg60KNUwTti_XhVIdg2tTqkvlxMt52oTPyAesgkgwRWA9qxt4_5PHOys2TwAlLxOtgDnFWY_xuy8lrWMAD5n5zGEQ6Eoo2c6HdzAWKU2fTQZCspSNuD3h4MODyfnezTXtg1J7uVFqCdry/s1920/20230111_200812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1920" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhKf7xvWY752QuH_4nZubPQNkT3Pi4ZDdMygHOXTSxPqSg60KNUwTti_XhVIdg2tTqkvlxMt52oTPyAesgkgwRWA9qxt4_5PHOys2TwAlLxOtgDnFWY_xuy8lrWMAD5n5zGEQ6Eoo2c6HdzAWKU2fTQZCspSNuD3h4MODyfnezTXtg1J7uVFqCdry/s320/20230111_200812.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWOna_ZPg8G-A53rtpkzjkK6yWSGyfVBYdmVMdDsq9hq7bjjPlRyTXwTgyQm0MApWtAeXDdtiN9KSM0j3u5uMoYrEb3M5p3bG3pRcEQy5HwR9D6w7LJI2IdFWnf__IoqIpPhBkqGeTuq8EIBQZ8iwegjf0_EjTEyMOmlU6E3patlJzTMyWB5zhPbv/s1920/20230111_200818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1920" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWOna_ZPg8G-A53rtpkzjkK6yWSGyfVBYdmVMdDsq9hq7bjjPlRyTXwTgyQm0MApWtAeXDdtiN9KSM0j3u5uMoYrEb3M5p3bG3pRcEQy5HwR9D6w7LJI2IdFWnf__IoqIpPhBkqGeTuq8EIBQZ8iwegjf0_EjTEyMOmlU6E3patlJzTMyWB5zhPbv/s320/20230111_200818.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I just didn't hear the devil just around the corner snickering "<i>MWAAHAAHAA....</i>", did I....</p><p>I chose to use an ESU 58823 which is a LokSound 5 DCC Micro with wires hanging out. It is 21mm x 10 mm and about 3 mm high.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qV_bR41h1qB-nI5h0FY9NuV9pKaeaLwQeDAn6crzuJW5LPWlnfKYQyYWdnmhxHLa2rEpYqLQwocx8Fxj-fKKSOcnsyh2ZHaNMcJdAHxJP6ljs3--YMGlnfrByJe5z0pCyEa_YJvxyAKrprZSomrqCtXnGLUhRP_PddmbY33Dc3Jv1oFPYfPonDC-/s1920/20230111_201621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1920" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qV_bR41h1qB-nI5h0FY9NuV9pKaeaLwQeDAn6crzuJW5LPWlnfKYQyYWdnmhxHLa2rEpYqLQwocx8Fxj-fKKSOcnsyh2ZHaNMcJdAHxJP6ljs3--YMGlnfrByJe5z0pCyEa_YJvxyAKrprZSomrqCtXnGLUhRP_PddmbY33Dc3Jv1oFPYfPonDC-/s320/20230111_201621.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Of course I used a sugarcube type speaker for the noise output side of the installation. Luckily I had just received a few more into my own stock as they are always my go to unit - the ESU 50321, which comes with a baffle kit as well as the speaker. So out with the ZAP Plastic super glue.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4bZDMQ1NhB9Hek4rW330-kYYa23aWYFCGsyDSLzT6UrzzpEf9A-qlZS4YIN8U_coEBR92LVeXe42EavsUTdxbhorulJc_0a5uSYn9AED4WSKk7AS8rxKA0mrQ35HgDVDgX9l-3OAQ0SyVDyDhj1zIZ7zJYShxiaLq3iy2HIn-VDKAg05m-RkBqLI/s1920/20230111_203223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4bZDMQ1NhB9Hek4rW330-kYYa23aWYFCGsyDSLzT6UrzzpEf9A-qlZS4YIN8U_coEBR92LVeXe42EavsUTdxbhorulJc_0a5uSYn9AED4WSKk7AS8rxKA0mrQ35HgDVDgX9l-3OAQ0SyVDyDhj1zIZ7zJYShxiaLq3iy2HIn-VDKAg05m-RkBqLI/s320/20230111_203223.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I selected to build the medium baffle size, as I find that gives a really good sound for N scale size locos, and still fits in most installations.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI90YMDGHxwR09GlqIHnMocFZcYxav4FW4TcQyABep7mWjoAOAWj2x6KHRN2-YLs9aq4guROZxfGAUTyuzLnra1-FgtvLKW4-dET0mewZCKUqWFCxHzEwXcUWFWdzmtopYaBCHYnrmSa7T6KTOE0OxdqOdOIYIu6lFdzQ6MOWc844xtFz_gUudnW6/s1920/20230111_203327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1920" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI90YMDGHxwR09GlqIHnMocFZcYxav4FW4TcQyABep7mWjoAOAWj2x6KHRN2-YLs9aq4guROZxfGAUTyuzLnra1-FgtvLKW4-dET0mewZCKUqWFCxHzEwXcUWFWdzmtopYaBCHYnrmSa7T6KTOE0OxdqOdOIYIu6lFdzQ6MOWc844xtFz_gUudnW6/s320/20230111_203327.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The completed speaker was now put aside for a bit to dry up, as the super glue takes a few minutes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaRRHJ58zHtgFdtosb3XQhukZtFyPzpUui0nq03dzo3w727HrZyFH6x-z47LTh5qfyFOcdmoY3DUzn6sVUeA2PXJfwkSPiGWcxCW3MmJLXPa6RDiqNk7reOdCClPWfJbId0SFkDU-oI4mPbG0sy7Px8A5RdsvyS0xiv1xjVoDoE28dfqeSEExg186/s1920/20230111_203332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1920" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaRRHJ58zHtgFdtosb3XQhukZtFyPzpUui0nq03dzo3w727HrZyFH6x-z47LTh5qfyFOcdmoY3DUzn6sVUeA2PXJfwkSPiGWcxCW3MmJLXPa6RDiqNk7reOdCClPWfJbId0SFkDU-oI4mPbG0sy7Px8A5RdsvyS0xiv1xjVoDoE28dfqeSEExg186/s320/20230111_203332.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now to make room in the tender for the installation of decoder and speaker. As you can see on the left side of the pic, there are two coils and a small surface mounted capacitor on the DC board. - off with their heads I said !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMm_at_er0Vi3OTMGMgQwG01s74NSOg954Fe4WdTmt4P1krrz0AITE0Q6ZQ5Oby2g6b0JsEzPmx5g5OQtELmqi4-QbL2LTxHYGn4ykxP9TixB-HtERBbQZq6oq5t0nZZqb4Ge0YnVaO3XnkWGhS1KbPZqCramnJvoeUaQlB1SNnjc5AI0RZBEhVwSw/s1920/20230111_203435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMm_at_er0Vi3OTMGMgQwG01s74NSOg954Fe4WdTmt4P1krrz0AITE0Q6ZQ5Oby2g6b0JsEzPmx5g5OQtELmqi4-QbL2LTxHYGn4ykxP9TixB-HtERBbQZq6oq5t0nZZqb4Ge0YnVaO3XnkWGhS1KbPZqCramnJvoeUaQlB1SNnjc5AI0RZBEhVwSw/s320/20230111_203435.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So the coils and capacitor were desoldered from the board as I would no longer need them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRRDlQoAdyiUE9Pzv-Q4OwrsG3paCitzWymXSQJBYpZBgQAfnkbGelyItrLIF5unHgiTXiM1RikklkgNIjah1WWbgBKW5m5MC9PtHUOZUIB-qpVIYXVwS5W8qSHaLMCpebpCqvN1hA6ngaihTERALLoXiQCSHlgepIjLV-NvXDsUt7Idz2IyWkbQ3/s1920/20230111_204118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1920" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRRDlQoAdyiUE9Pzv-Q4OwrsG3paCitzWymXSQJBYpZBgQAfnkbGelyItrLIF5unHgiTXiM1RikklkgNIjah1WWbgBKW5m5MC9PtHUOZUIB-qpVIYXVwS5W8qSHaLMCpebpCqvN1hA6ngaihTERALLoXiQCSHlgepIjLV-NvXDsUt7Idz2IyWkbQ3/s320/20230111_204118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now to play around with the bits and see what is the best way to fit it all in. I reckon the speaker can be double sided taped to the roof of the front of the tender and the decoder behind it, should work - measurements were tight, but the eyeballing seemed to confirm it. (<i>I never did hear the increased snickering from around the corner..</i>.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-Kmu3dBKk6QY1ZKz_aQpNWNsh9N87jvBb7dDAh7Kowh7CYAj6EI2u3TSjn2BvMpnGZjFygPH3sWFgi5AfgtGkQQCsM3csBnhaK0min8f11x-KxedOYtlQzS1xcCtO89yvQMzdFGrpV3rGXbLfW_rYa9TQFAaayvY5UxV0PcrhB4C2ZqCw2Rmz8GD/s1920/20230111_204358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1920" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-Kmu3dBKk6QY1ZKz_aQpNWNsh9N87jvBb7dDAh7Kowh7CYAj6EI2u3TSjn2BvMpnGZjFygPH3sWFgi5AfgtGkQQCsM3csBnhaK0min8f11x-KxedOYtlQzS1xcCtO89yvQMzdFGrpV3rGXbLfW_rYa9TQFAaayvY5UxV0PcrhB4C2ZqCw2Rmz8GD/s320/20230111_204358.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So first to test the decoder and install the relevant sound file for the loco. So I got out my ESU Test board and attached the decoder to it. Then I hooked it up to the PC and fired up the ESU Programmer software. I ended up selecting the ESU S0737 sound project as there was no "S2" file available. The GS-4 sounds good enough for me :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX_VReZqb2cbD_pjMJ271e-DK70vVtmcUlBJFK5Wwrnn7Q27eWawBZFnUJChSciTUzDxZo-zvL3O1NX7wepZUhla_ZKaqrdOcNzbv17eE0HMJTOA8-7f049KWkvTAwOv3xFIj98Ul0e70rnif-pHrZ6Qzfu0dN5zx8CiGQ5lFMAkNFsCqZ5MaKZbi/s1920/20230115_152131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX_VReZqb2cbD_pjMJ271e-DK70vVtmcUlBJFK5Wwrnn7Q27eWawBZFnUJChSciTUzDxZo-zvL3O1NX7wepZUhla_ZKaqrdOcNzbv17eE0HMJTOA8-7f049KWkvTAwOv3xFIj98Ul0e70rnif-pHrZ6Qzfu0dN5zx8CiGQ5lFMAkNFsCqZ5MaKZbi/s1920/20230115_152131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHTiTEgH01aNJAAKAaxgbtGz1SSG7nZtW9-uz85G7NeWaWCWj-eML1DhXhcP6ZptixA1anRPtGjyZmY3VctdpLOIjhyI9gWSX-Ahs49dmxWW-q7WZebxZ9sV0gTLPb0i1GDUcgMl5RWlWrh4C1M2jU9ThL-uDZenHJ84ARUusnmcUgtG-BbB6kHfC/s1920/20230113_095231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHTiTEgH01aNJAAKAaxgbtGz1SSG7nZtW9-uz85G7NeWaWCWj-eML1DhXhcP6ZptixA1anRPtGjyZmY3VctdpLOIjhyI9gWSX-Ahs49dmxWW-q7WZebxZ9sV0gTLPb0i1GDUcgMl5RWlWrh4C1M2jU9ThL-uDZenHJ84ARUusnmcUgtG-BbB6kHfC/s320/20230113_095231.jpg" width="216" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the sound was installed and the decoder tested out all OK, I needed to solder the decoder to an 8 pin plug. I already had stock of them, so I dug one out and soldered the correct coloured wires to the correct pins.</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuNvGTMQllgCzHXx3-JANkrYb7r9pQW6pMZCxki1xbd61QxeG0SfbuFT9BmjtvqsZJWQKNIgqer_WFA8o0_BKvAjuEkWKzDF_EpAmwvIdt7M_dn6Accz8eUMRLydS7W1I2o_coANP2byN82vFwiUUBrOn0xIPizmYoppM2NLHJ72Lst811D3CmPr-/s1920/20230115_150808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1920" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuNvGTMQllgCzHXx3-JANkrYb7r9pQW6pMZCxki1xbd61QxeG0SfbuFT9BmjtvqsZJWQKNIgqer_WFA8o0_BKvAjuEkWKzDF_EpAmwvIdt7M_dn6Accz8eUMRLydS7W1I2o_coANP2byN82vFwiUUBrOn0xIPizmYoppM2NLHJ72Lst811D3CmPr-/s320/20230115_150808.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>From the internet of all things, here are the colours and their positions:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7tSpbhK3zYputGEhR-j99k_0ikbVCPwX60HbO_34ESM3KSsXgKvEbl_wBjzWxdcG_ssCcw9IxTAzVjkd10Jp3F7_EeJ7HK8GbHy9PUComOywdLnJYxFtJCdVdUUHw7Zmea04McFNOpCAGdn1e27fLcbHuaYXX6Gk6_qJXPAnucYy31OgWbNjGfBf/s1023/NMRA%20%20Pin%20Socket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1023" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7tSpbhK3zYputGEhR-j99k_0ikbVCPwX60HbO_34ESM3KSsXgKvEbl_wBjzWxdcG_ssCcw9IxTAzVjkd10Jp3F7_EeJ7HK8GbHy9PUComOywdLnJYxFtJCdVdUUHw7Zmea04McFNOpCAGdn1e27fLcbHuaYXX6Gk6_qJXPAnucYy31OgWbNjGfBf/s320/NMRA%20%20Pin%20Socket.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I did have to bridge the PCB tracks down where the old coils used to live, so that was done, then the decoder plugged in.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1920" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX_VReZqb2cbD_pjMJ271e-DK70vVtmcUlBJFK5Wwrnn7Q27eWawBZFnUJChSciTUzDxZo-zvL3O1NX7wepZUhla_ZKaqrdOcNzbv17eE0HMJTOA8-7f049KWkvTAwOv3xFIj98Ul0e70rnif-pHrZ6Qzfu0dN5zx8CiGQ5lFMAkNFsCqZ5MaKZbi/s320/20230115_152131.jpg" width="320" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So the decoder and speaker were just loosely positioned so I could try putting the top of the tender on. Now I think I vaguely heard some loud mean and nasty laughter... I just thought it was the dog next door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4Ib9UfqADsTWk95INBVBGXjsojuHFpSDKLFu2mM7tOm64XO-QxtvWis2JI7WFcILwK8O3A3gxR_n2Do1-ISDv1NhgDPrBw5XbEWq-JZyD4h9C-3W-TF9w6wQz34UZRTWNdjJJmLSFa47ebYHvwKnG2I_bFLEHd8GPaRgEbdpm2JWooUaPmhE0OdT/s1920/20230115_154429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1920" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4Ib9UfqADsTWk95INBVBGXjsojuHFpSDKLFu2mM7tOm64XO-QxtvWis2JI7WFcILwK8O3A3gxR_n2Do1-ISDv1NhgDPrBw5XbEWq-JZyD4h9C-3W-TF9w6wQz34UZRTWNdjJJmLSFa47ebYHvwKnG2I_bFLEHd8GPaRgEbdpm2JWooUaPmhE0OdT/s320/20230115_154429.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Yeh, right, well, that didn't go well, now did it.... The top was just thisssss close to fitting. But I figured a hammer was not the answer. So "out", I said - "OUT !" And the decoder, speaker and even the PCB were out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jilUDe94icJKmlPWuT3u1K0u-9t-rBdA2dQW95TMzfyzU12TTJas_S7DYLS0rE1BFw0c3ZeL4mWie1-s-NEDlu_xRiPO9QVCcGYyO5E9wf0Jg4W0AKl6QiFMlz7Fs8-UKAh7F-iZIJOV8mqe3hMOcieflhb06cb6ZzFLKPtDhw-qF9j_Auj0CPWj/s1920/20230115_155215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1920" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jilUDe94icJKmlPWuT3u1K0u-9t-rBdA2dQW95TMzfyzU12TTJas_S7DYLS0rE1BFw0c3ZeL4mWie1-s-NEDlu_xRiPO9QVCcGYyO5E9wf0Jg4W0AKl6QiFMlz7Fs8-UKAh7F-iZIJOV8mqe3hMOcieflhb06cb6ZzFLKPtDhw-qF9j_Auj0CPWj/s320/20230115_155215.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now to play around a bit and see what will fit. I found the speaker definitely would fit now, even with my normal double sided tape to hold it to the roof of the tender. And with the old PCB gone as well, the decoder would fit and not hinder the lid closing. Only thing is, that without the PCB, I would have to solder the wires to where they needed to go - not hard though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3r60EjHTxfQEUhkt7OkzkG6V-LGjTZRSN2UAWVPhyscGv4T1pO-p17JdAHgjK9z-BFZI7tVNQiKczsXYr6IsTmOIu88WXNEeiyNmdMhvmDPMmrJydzVK92cSYGeIkQDvOdNdxj3rYZ4Q-p-9LN-BrtppbiutmirnysvDr7X2KC1Xl1cnsz_MbTfF2/s1920/20230115_160036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1920" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3r60EjHTxfQEUhkt7OkzkG6V-LGjTZRSN2UAWVPhyscGv4T1pO-p17JdAHgjK9z-BFZI7tVNQiKczsXYr6IsTmOIu88WXNEeiyNmdMhvmDPMmrJydzVK92cSYGeIkQDvOdNdxj3rYZ4Q-p-9LN-BrtppbiutmirnysvDr7X2KC1Xl1cnsz_MbTfF2/s320/20230115_160036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So some wires got soldered and heat shrink applied to protect the joins. Excess wires were nipped off, leaving enough wire for any future changes if needed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSWMkBOsEmoiWGTqHxPu1lF1i7_2FH5lRFd_0C4I3GE1Dz1plNdnssPtK3zhwaalP_jgyMZ0AydNmMfNRFRrBRP_O9aBEZN9y21HePY5rX7zzsLMGHNxVK6LXheEm9XsaRhEZcvneQ3z7CFPba674ywl5U8ssSwJvuyiMBqFqKPpDa36ODJr0Ypzz/s1920/20230115_161302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1920" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSWMkBOsEmoiWGTqHxPu1lF1i7_2FH5lRFd_0C4I3GE1Dz1plNdnssPtK3zhwaalP_jgyMZ0AydNmMfNRFRrBRP_O9aBEZN9y21HePY5rX7zzsLMGHNxVK6LXheEm9XsaRhEZcvneQ3z7CFPba674ywl5U8ssSwJvuyiMBqFqKPpDa36ODJr0Ypzz/s320/20230115_161302.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Then I had to tame the wires. As you can see, they are a tad messy. But I managed it and then got the lid back on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZgw58rCqkxaW1s0DlHky0lzUluCMgLJxoQ5zZOQlgtcio7XGtrGMUHkonc0-8GS9wL8UymBMT4yYNTLzCxYgoZyy-BnhP9tzrmoP1RX2GqI_N6DLRwcboSbtGqFyisIOZoOz8B8YqtiIPQ27YW5cxi7eRUD0-8_-OwbBPXIako2hXi-Otk0HK2I0/s1920/20230115_161316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1920" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZgw58rCqkxaW1s0DlHky0lzUluCMgLJxoQ5zZOQlgtcio7XGtrGMUHkonc0-8GS9wL8UymBMT4yYNTLzCxYgoZyy-BnhP9tzrmoP1RX2GqI_N6DLRwcboSbtGqFyisIOZoOz8B8YqtiIPQ27YW5cxi7eRUD0-8_-OwbBPXIako2hXi-Otk0HK2I0/s320/20230115_161316.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Then of course onto the test track and make some changes to the settings via the use of JMRI software. Like speed tables, selecting the correct bell and whistle types, volume of various things - and just things.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwxnPd-uA9ILqoCpw9Z_wLPlHEwCwG31QXR4d2NE2srBisrzEkURmsjkbKdmfvgW638xB5dV-nk2yFFVN37G_KqUctO9Uwf1TEq1OuKnUiuViukr5TqvSr0VD77QYxbNE4ucYkzNQAsnCNiaI6hsLu7FKjIYfpIN6iGDAFX2rN8KbOGYapMODHJqJ/s1920/20230115_162037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwxnPd-uA9ILqoCpw9Z_wLPlHEwCwG31QXR4d2NE2srBisrzEkURmsjkbKdmfvgW638xB5dV-nk2yFFVN37G_KqUctO9Uwf1TEq1OuKnUiuViukr5TqvSr0VD77QYxbNE4ucYkzNQAsnCNiaI6hsLu7FKjIYfpIN6iGDAFX2rN8KbOGYapMODHJqJ/s320/20230115_162037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now she's ready for a run down at the club and I reckon she can pull the Great Northern's "Empire Builder" passenger train. She might have taken three days to do, but those extra two days are worth it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChPmh0HL1Z4FNHFWRYUleknkwl5aNahrolNxiDq2bc43mE_xgZuiW69iNN-RuQFiRzUqZg8QBDiwi0P_Qk0xXQDFS3DWlNcHpWhS2syMK1p6U74CC5NyNxtDsCwnGtBaWhxyTfmrtovB0Jn1e9uNYi69FCaosMGN8HWcbaCvVASoBMH9ZH3Da-bbM/s1920/20230116_134252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1920" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChPmh0HL1Z4FNHFWRYUleknkwl5aNahrolNxiDq2bc43mE_xgZuiW69iNN-RuQFiRzUqZg8QBDiwi0P_Qk0xXQDFS3DWlNcHpWhS2syMK1p6U74CC5NyNxtDsCwnGtBaWhxyTfmrtovB0Jn1e9uNYi69FCaosMGN8HWcbaCvVASoBMH9ZH3Da-bbM/s320/20230116_134252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-58465092363568085712023-01-01T15:47:00.004+10:002023-01-01T15:49:14.769+10:00First Job for the 2023 New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicU0dhyBebzsyUOVRfxCVSwtigrBujlDfhHS2rvd6sMy5TvCpr36r1E1GH0dIJ73DgKHKXRZiv6CUPDzAXwmq9VIPXICjl1EkQ0Cr4DXc7uGnTClIi1Sk1eYkjXWCKOP1TJS_Uru9kyYCCKlp8thTQ1Xmijpw51ls00CBjr7hO6iIowa6xpwYnKABF/s1920/20230101_154338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1920" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicU0dhyBebzsyUOVRfxCVSwtigrBujlDfhHS2rvd6sMy5TvCpr36r1E1GH0dIJ73DgKHKXRZiv6CUPDzAXwmq9VIPXICjl1EkQ0Cr4DXc7uGnTClIi1Sk1eYkjXWCKOP1TJS_Uru9kyYCCKlp8thTQ1Xmijpw51ls00CBjr7hO6iIowa6xpwYnKABF/s320/20230101_154338.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I was having my last train run in HO scale for 2022 down at AMRA last Friday night and was running my old TrainOrama NSW 49 class, number 4912, at the head of my recently weathered steel train and realised that the sound was a bit - muted. So today it was let's get into it day. So off with the shell and see what we have.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDeyxHQpUyOUHc4d4MnxJw1VLGu5Aeo8jGJIv7G42jgPC7nuIgWbEetjI183DV8vhtQvQHH82RAPkBX2jNcCe1rKr6V63Kn8mEGTOL6MCKA-4hdB6ppZrXroadmKY5Z6Rueaz37NosHJcra15M0txLJXH54-5ic_TXgnO6ggjl2JIIzH_1uApvf2a/s1920/20221231_163111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1920" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDeyxHQpUyOUHc4d4MnxJw1VLGu5Aeo8jGJIv7G42jgPC7nuIgWbEetjI183DV8vhtQvQHH82RAPkBX2jNcCe1rKr6V63Kn8mEGTOL6MCKA-4hdB6ppZrXroadmKY5Z6Rueaz37NosHJcra15M0txLJXH54-5ic_TXgnO6ggjl2JIIzH_1uApvf2a/s320/20221231_163111.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>You can see the old sugarcube at the rear of the loco. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsrw_NqTivJIaQ8cJ5nE4o5reoavPPo-vjo6-w74607zbq9SQqDaGgfd-BLrHPtHG0pWS6oFQFZbfeuKlPqkAF2e9t80gBYNOyXM52x-YlCXrdirGb_gjostCBqGfdUFzA9D6c0sIb2Mj5nrhQZB2Tiigb--NVhMgJ4OeBPNXuAdQ4vufimFx0Mgz/s1920/20221231_163114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1920" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsrw_NqTivJIaQ8cJ5nE4o5reoavPPo-vjo6-w74607zbq9SQqDaGgfd-BLrHPtHG0pWS6oFQFZbfeuKlPqkAF2e9t80gBYNOyXM52x-YlCXrdirGb_gjostCBqGfdUFzA9D6c0sIb2Mj5nrhQZB2Tiigb--NVhMgJ4OeBPNXuAdQ4vufimFx0Mgz/s320/20221231_163114.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I removed it as I wanted a matched pair to go in, which would give more noise.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdudSdhlwfpct6vkNlbO1SFy5tXAfxzroyzI-zc6I_WiS8ER4C2wv9eA6vK9em-97UUigkvGhxiRfW28dTcMBB_Jx8Mty0ZkY-azW4WKO6ESps8TEUN9HSLK-EOmbioOjJi-ugcA15eAOB9lGgh985Kl_-heoYksbGdXyDWMqgiKyHv9-u4oyXExFj/s1920/20230101_102036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1920" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdudSdhlwfpct6vkNlbO1SFy5tXAfxzroyzI-zc6I_WiS8ER4C2wv9eA6vK9em-97UUigkvGhxiRfW28dTcMBB_Jx8Mty0ZkY-azW4WKO6ESps8TEUN9HSLK-EOmbioOjJi-ugcA15eAOB9lGgh985Kl_-heoYksbGdXyDWMqgiKyHv9-u4oyXExFj/s320/20230101_102036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">She's got a Tsunami TSU-AT1000 decoder in her and had a very old single Sugar Cube I put in after getting her - definitely NOT ENOUGH NOISE. Here's the old speaker after removal. I'll test it properly and find a loco that needs just a single speaker.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbna9HfRbDx2JtGRoiiRhBiEi16riMu4xjvAzw7Fv7q6N_zvZOiGHTSyMcWskfYETCuVQuIZ5RqcqQPrjaCmoP5Nfy-cgEJuaij-c3XI5-zpoyi6O4Zjbm17Oomt2DH3Jtyt2nvlVX8Lb80p3q7uZF6WOsiqFSoZunZCuITksOrESGs3_XVZ4O1M5w/s1920/20230101_102044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1920" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbna9HfRbDx2JtGRoiiRhBiEi16riMu4xjvAzw7Fv7q6N_zvZOiGHTSyMcWskfYETCuVQuIZ5RqcqQPrjaCmoP5Nfy-cgEJuaij-c3XI5-zpoyi6O4Zjbm17Oomt2DH3Jtyt2nvlVX8Lb80p3q7uZF6WOsiqFSoZunZCuITksOrESGs3_XVZ4O1M5w/s320/20230101_102044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So I got out my bit box and found 2 brand new ESU Sugar Cubes - the 11 mm x 15 mm jobbies. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbAlHqWefbgjxxcrPO5C9qGGl5zc5hQ1jziHbE0LbLzbP_dX73MK0y17rapgr0JVKi-Mnke-gGeQOhvta8ZOKEX8eO-Uxf84OpDiZ-S6YNDWqZZG_InM7IhIIoL065lj5KGMPi_I5bwOgRjgn77oaNYx7DpLEVGNCmIl9l_fCbrPuVIfZFEAfIGQ6/s1868/20230101_102142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="1766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbAlHqWefbgjxxcrPO5C9qGGl5zc5hQ1jziHbE0LbLzbP_dX73MK0y17rapgr0JVKi-Mnke-gGeQOhvta8ZOKEX8eO-Uxf84OpDiZ-S6YNDWqZZG_InM7IhIIoL065lj5KGMPi_I5bwOgRjgn77oaNYx7DpLEVGNCmIl9l_fCbrPuVIfZFEAfIGQ6/s320/20230101_102142.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And of course who doesn't have a pile of the speaker box bits from previous installations of the ESU speakers :-)</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFg2qRsqbVDYNTYzudwZi1IMHPzLb--D-vlpvZhhSDgOJrh9j4WWI4qE1USNT-DZgaqdfJjr6OPH5hZQQsYodVfDIuH47k_jGHDen-RFHSDIZlaPHw4VaDn9TB1qcI0_47AWVxSzYj5zRVnLA_NADKBI1WnlR4Obxu5hxhvg5oQNWlbEyHlevqe9HS/s1920/20230101_102201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1920" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFg2qRsqbVDYNTYzudwZi1IMHPzLb--D-vlpvZhhSDgOJrh9j4WWI4qE1USNT-DZgaqdfJjr6OPH5hZQQsYodVfDIuH47k_jGHDen-RFHSDIZlaPHw4VaDn9TB1qcI0_47AWVxSzYj5zRVnLA_NADKBI1WnlR4Obxu5hxhvg5oQNWlbEyHlevqe9HS/s320/20230101_102201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I then needed to make up a mounting plate to carry the speakers in the loco, so a bit of 2 mm styrene from the scrap box was found and will suit - just trim her up a bit to fit.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE4gHO78XfDHVpVivEO4geVmhubCTTdk0Az_BewqIbsf07SldD_4uQjokO6xzgN03UkU--W04znGAN7x3qbqI6cpSN0NqeQOrCw_w5jawf-S-Ry_3KGHnuH5kuCJQaVz-orHhIDKbag96CZ8XxdQ196BxtqELF39nlw03dAHWcjCC5HcwygmxgmXn/s1920/20230101_102121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE4gHO78XfDHVpVivEO4geVmhubCTTdk0Az_BewqIbsf07SldD_4uQjokO6xzgN03UkU--W04znGAN7x3qbqI6cpSN0NqeQOrCw_w5jawf-S-Ry_3KGHnuH5kuCJQaVz-orHhIDKbag96CZ8XxdQ196BxtqELF39nlw03dAHWcjCC5HcwygmxgmXn/s320/20230101_102121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I drilled the four holes at the corners and did a test fit to make sure the loco shell would fit on and she did.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7nhCItnL6DswAMNa8soQuqIQZyDmYn2Xhw9cwxSfNBJvDUlg50VhK5PBDvKX1PM6VShl9fKe7QDROo-2r4SU5_OcichntcdFDYU28U7ZyuNaNNVI-4DZBI5LdKKWjK4MTJQBaV03J9cdrkA6aF5lgE0A61OsGNnN9vfiPy_12giIcRJ8akCSxTMT/s1920/20230101_130032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1920" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7nhCItnL6DswAMNa8soQuqIQZyDmYn2Xhw9cwxSfNBJvDUlg50VhK5PBDvKX1PM6VShl9fKe7QDROo-2r4SU5_OcichntcdFDYU28U7ZyuNaNNVI-4DZBI5LdKKWjK4MTJQBaV03J9cdrkA6aF5lgE0A61OsGNnN9vfiPy_12giIcRJ8akCSxTMT/s320/20230101_130032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next step was to work out the speaker box. I reckoned that the dual box from ESU would do well. So I got the bottom piece out so I could cut the styrene to suit it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLQ68sW-rQhsdM52w6g7qu69JJhYiRn9xowNujcVzDKkkIz777K2rJDqGlVFfEekJEQE-SfxGSvEHgudJ-YaV547DabVJo_v_H1EBtV2bZrhEvmDQb6iUJNtcaqNYO2SHsXTI8LZyNU3_RnSr3WOTercybyF65f6pLopXmVh1ZQjp4kdEPTuYidy6/s1920/20230101_132820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLQ68sW-rQhsdM52w6g7qu69JJhYiRn9xowNujcVzDKkkIz777K2rJDqGlVFfEekJEQE-SfxGSvEHgudJ-YaV547DabVJo_v_H1EBtV2bZrhEvmDQb6iUJNtcaqNYO2SHsXTI8LZyNU3_RnSr3WOTercybyF65f6pLopXmVh1ZQjp4kdEPTuYidy6/s320/20230101_132820.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgBkmWm9_zjb7wU8Rm8YemR6P_jkF570BnsAkalNTCoQ7-4i7SddwSwXcTc5B_NqfVH41Q5o1XWEPIo_Z9I9Tat0AiWVD4hTOLR1dsp9zvL4j3TBVP-s0CPM_zCRaSc-CTraMJD3EhjSIps9wphkR1pSJkM5Ewdi_Mqo77h5Jz-2pHZrMu0gTfOiN/s1920/20230101_132958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="1920" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgBkmWm9_zjb7wU8Rm8YemR6P_jkF570BnsAkalNTCoQ7-4i7SddwSwXcTc5B_NqfVH41Q5o1XWEPIo_Z9I9Tat0AiWVD4hTOLR1dsp9zvL4j3TBVP-s0CPM_zCRaSc-CTraMJD3EhjSIps9wphkR1pSJkM5Ewdi_Mqo77h5Jz-2pHZrMu0gTfOiN/s320/20230101_132958.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Oops - I did a test fit and hmmm, yeh, well, ummm, nope. To get as big a boom box setup as possible, I needed to have one speaker a smidge lower in the frame than the other and one thing led to another and I decided two seperate boom boxes would suit me better. And of course the bag of speaker box bits came to the party with the required components. So here we see the 2 speakers and the boom box bits.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mocO5yZCDUy0ybCVqSrvgZB-uhD5iqMgdQwY75mIAtJ31vkSWqKVM0AX_ZLYYFpGj4jv9XbBfS1dpI-0zThLW0gztZEGx1rI4ofgUbyc_vB9OY77PL-lUd6IG5S7d64Qee0dBojNv4ylDHNnnAg4vreLz1I8iot38hh5EoUBZ02CHaGJA2m_qcE8/s1920/20230101_133316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mocO5yZCDUy0ybCVqSrvgZB-uhD5iqMgdQwY75mIAtJ31vkSWqKVM0AX_ZLYYFpGj4jv9XbBfS1dpI-0zThLW0gztZEGx1rI4ofgUbyc_vB9OY77PL-lUd6IG5S7d64Qee0dBojNv4ylDHNnnAg4vreLz1I8iot38hh5EoUBZ02CHaGJA2m_qcE8/s320/20230101_133316.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So the speakers ended up being 8½ mm high - the max I could fit - sweet. I used Plasti-Zap to put them together as it is a slow super glue and works with plastic nicely.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtFLf07LunP6gzGXIU6UziwjkBadN-r8R8eEknx6NeroNvjdjJ59E6Uy4q1VmPeTA6JV6IYLqyjQcPp0koughMqhvCu_GHFcrBHfRE7-1oDK-fuOlow4U08S_Sx0ctbdH2y8OF9bzeccvjLSdewlDGL_jD_joN92J1m9M4dFNrV78kMyhlueGt-Vd/s1920/20230101_133907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1920" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtFLf07LunP6gzGXIU6UziwjkBadN-r8R8eEknx6NeroNvjdjJ59E6Uy4q1VmPeTA6JV6IYLqyjQcPp0koughMqhvCu_GHFcrBHfRE7-1oDK-fuOlow4U08S_Sx0ctbdH2y8OF9bzeccvjLSdewlDGL_jD_joN92J1m9M4dFNrV78kMyhlueGt-Vd/s320/20230101_133907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So with a bit (a lot) of jiggery-pokery I got the two speakers into the mounting plate where I wanted and got a few drops of Plasti-Zap on the boxes to hold them into the mounting plate. Then the soldering iron was fired up and the wires from the decoder tinned and joined to the speakers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, the speakers are 8 ohm and hence since this is a Tsunami decoder, they must be wired in series and NOT parallel. On an ESU LokSound decoder you can and do wire them in parallel. So series it was and the 16 ohm load was now attached.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxpAdHz4D6X1a0fVZSyEC16ZX-TJH2aHxqMy-ujmmR72mcJWKgCPOng02PtiqOyH4LsigeE-UVZzIAbs0tmHrh7ZUruHRK-eaflvrrNhiD2lOsE7kI-cmlXAWUadWZiJAIRTFdeajBmWGUnIApCxm4GxZB55w2ZhJ7N0qbuNuxuuN77MGFvm70eqJ/s1920/20230101_143803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1920" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxpAdHz4D6X1a0fVZSyEC16ZX-TJH2aHxqMy-ujmmR72mcJWKgCPOng02PtiqOyH4LsigeE-UVZzIAbs0tmHrh7ZUruHRK-eaflvrrNhiD2lOsE7kI-cmlXAWUadWZiJAIRTFdeajBmWGUnIApCxm4GxZB55w2ZhJ7N0qbuNuxuuN77MGFvm70eqJ/s320/20230101_143803.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fOw5drKLL4YNicguognwqgvZyuHbIKd4JtWJcooXF20xK0_Nuy6Zx7JpV7cgfgAXy01u7LXFv87TmeEqnsjmDuilaf-9kXKzd4Tv6wSW4U-p285rehyoKYKxMGGm1ummabqyKD7UJosbkZAcR9Mlw2es5kb2FQYZjU6xjDhCDTR-84XzTKhjlPxi/s1920/20230101_143811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1920" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fOw5drKLL4YNicguognwqgvZyuHbIKd4JtWJcooXF20xK0_Nuy6Zx7JpV7cgfgAXy01u7LXFv87TmeEqnsjmDuilaf-9kXKzd4Tv6wSW4U-p285rehyoKYKxMGGm1ummabqyKD7UJosbkZAcR9Mlw2es5kb2FQYZjU6xjDhCDTR-84XzTKhjlPxi/s320/20230101_143811.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>A quick test on the test track proved all was well, so the shell went back on and then the couplers put in place to hold it all together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM0nDqs46lipTX1Rtd_81OlefDIQstg4TAV9LKStK2pcxuxMi6ySnhFLXmUXN8L8onm8onXrm24lwi0jb3Yva4-y0y_vaVzu714W58mFl3lrnw-2w0isSY0XeFPdgjtycsZOmsrcYJNof5taQ6V2EPEuvqguOj3DEgdCUggKLxRug8hfbbJgyFQcC/s1920/20230101_144931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1920" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM0nDqs46lipTX1Rtd_81OlefDIQstg4TAV9LKStK2pcxuxMi6ySnhFLXmUXN8L8onm8onXrm24lwi0jb3Yva4-y0y_vaVzu714W58mFl3lrnw-2w0isSY0XeFPdgjtycsZOmsrcYJNof5taQ6V2EPEuvqguOj3DEgdCUggKLxRug8hfbbJgyFQcC/s320/20230101_144931.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A fire up on the test track again and all was good and noise louder than before, so I must have got it right :-) Can't wait to get her on the track down at AMRA next Friday night :-) ... Now where is that other 49 class loco, the candy coloured one - 4903... yep, there she is, on the shelf with a note to sort out the speaker on it already! She can be next - maybe tomorrow though. I have the speakers and such, so nothing holding me back :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AbFsDxFG9QCk70FOX7yTJGeiIa6o8ZFxwLyhN598XS6WbUHkHKht99-QnHuZmkOMp620y9VtmmvCpttxCDe560OWEPj5Sz4GOjES5T8aEaT4nxXPPvJNUbQj1jVYJFSFHrpUBJrL7NJ1nnhQU2ofzQPZuYl0u_SJJ5j1cHjA6cpK84azMxGI1lpr/s1920/20230101_145015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1920" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AbFsDxFG9QCk70FOX7yTJGeiIa6o8ZFxwLyhN598XS6WbUHkHKht99-QnHuZmkOMp620y9VtmmvCpttxCDe560OWEPj5Sz4GOjES5T8aEaT4nxXPPvJNUbQj1jVYJFSFHrpUBJrL7NJ1nnhQU2ofzQPZuYl0u_SJJ5j1cHjA6cpK84azMxGI1lpr/s320/20230101_145015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-4764497562982759692022-12-12T14:35:00.006+10:002022-12-12T14:35:57.864+10:00The Things You do for Mates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv8ExxnF1d33_gaKSPu6rE_yGlhMA6I0tCQXE0FP3pn_wocIwtAZyL956pKJefYyLzmSjMPX4ZhjMbxbUPij7-6Bh6G28E7WuEYde3QDTZciEuKsIs5-uqcWS3Vjz513ycA_vJP1MMrFyYUUS1dNwd1YunLHMgsNoAs1cltMIkp668pFe7MVFj6rX/s3527/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="3527" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv8ExxnF1d33_gaKSPu6rE_yGlhMA6I0tCQXE0FP3pn_wocIwtAZyL956pKJefYyLzmSjMPX4ZhjMbxbUPij7-6Bh6G28E7WuEYde3QDTZciEuKsIs5-uqcWS3Vjz513ycA_vJP1MMrFyYUUS1dNwd1YunLHMgsNoAs1cltMIkp668pFe7MVFj6rX/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So one of my mates went and bought a pair of HO scale ExactRail SD45's. He said he was going full hog and would have sound and DCC in them. But he bought the locos as DC and would do the sound and DCC "later". We advised against it... Just get them already kitted out, a bunch of us told him, it's be cheaper and better... but noooo, he bought the DC ones.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, so eventually decoders became available after a shortage in the market for a few months. So he got the ESU v5 21 pin sound decoders, but had no idea what speakers to get... sheeeesh. But that's our mate Gabs. So I told him to hand them over and I'd fit 'em up, as he has a tendency of taking a loco shell off and then.... "Help... it's not working any more!" is what we hear around the clubrooms from him.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I got them home and then de-shelled one so I could figure out what speaker to get as the website wasn't too helpful on the matter. I am glad I took the locos off my mate as it was fun and games. As usual the couplers had to come out. The rear one comes out fine, but the front one has to be dissassembled in situ, as there are tight tollerances and no other way to get it out.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So here we see the loco partially apart. Just putting in a non-sound decoder would have been easy as a small hatch comes off the top of the shell , bottom left, giving access to where the DC board is and where the 21 pin decoder goes in. But to add the sound needs a big pull apart.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDLy05Il7sw229M59hzalZ0qaoa62GUK7ZDzKXQ3xFayQr_DGsK-YWYkF4U8R0kiY4CtN5x-Lrv6d9l1H8daDmYa0rrcj3AucpnMGZyLgjPQmE-XIALycGlNb-fo_7VM2X3JtPu9cJh9kG-He46KpH_yYyBXRMttRJC7JSmcVNR-9SI7prhSf505t/s1920/20221207_190535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1920" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDLy05Il7sw229M59hzalZ0qaoa62GUK7ZDzKXQ3xFayQr_DGsK-YWYkF4U8R0kiY4CtN5x-Lrv6d9l1H8daDmYa0rrcj3AucpnMGZyLgjPQmE-XIALycGlNb-fo_7VM2X3JtPu9cJh9kG-He46KpH_yYyBXRMttRJC7JSmcVNR-9SI7prhSf505t/s320/20221207_190535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So in this shot we can see the 21 pin DC jumper board in place. This comes out easily and the 21 pin DCC decoder will plug in - the easy job.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCBKbWjnz_w924eyCSygj4hxIHTJUDtg-rxHCOo6PwjnFRAcqyfM3WvwZar2N0S66hEqUfS8IV2m5bQFa2ijMHa51YbjbLXUXRzYuKGnXBgK7fjarvc1E77j3guajaPI3h4F9AdB9KFS8phHserdIYiPWljDDqxOLSRaEMTzImk_Xn-y8c7oM6YZo/s1920/20221207_190547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1920" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCBKbWjnz_w924eyCSygj4hxIHTJUDtg-rxHCOo6PwjnFRAcqyfM3WvwZar2N0S66hEqUfS8IV2m5bQFa2ijMHa51YbjbLXUXRzYuKGnXBgK7fjarvc1E77j3guajaPI3h4F9AdB9KFS8phHserdIYiPWljDDqxOLSRaEMTzImk_Xn-y8c7oM6YZo/s320/20221207_190547.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now I checked all over the loco mech and chassis and there was no place for speakers - at all. Insert big sad face here. So more dissassembly is required, and there are no instructions with the loco or on the website showing this. Also didn't find anything in YouTube either - "bugger" says I.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So eventually I found two screws on the top side of the loco that allows the chassis to beak apart into an upper and lower part. along this line shown with the trusty tweezers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vwejXGxSDhR1_Nqh3OXtptI4t0kpu_8gF-VfwFlJ3mvz-IQnF5rIm9nTYmE7-_Ky06nsBEzeEc8oySFfsnqNwV_Kwyc7u4Fx8z4RDl-rPh5WeJEcVPKkivPSz8_jsLlOha24ONTO50nir7uJBLHiDinWNfnivJdwq0OPvPsyusAurFuckCGD5iEk/s1920/20221207_194715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1920" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vwejXGxSDhR1_Nqh3OXtptI4t0kpu_8gF-VfwFlJ3mvz-IQnF5rIm9nTYmE7-_Ky06nsBEzeEc8oySFfsnqNwV_Kwyc7u4Fx8z4RDl-rPh5WeJEcVPKkivPSz8_jsLlOha24ONTO50nir7uJBLHiDinWNfnivJdwq0OPvPsyusAurFuckCGD5iEk/s320/20221207_194715.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But !, I say But ! Some of the wires are going to need to be desoldered from the main board, because there is nowhere near enough slack in the wiring to allow the top and bottom chassis parts to seperate. I can hear that dog in the background go "bugger" again....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChfeC77E9B8BCbPEZVjKTrfNL8teyQ1Co5GqRcF93R0Ilk2Wy5dR8Hox6XmpaCdXa1pbM8FG9SqC1mERGTsthXsertjW3Zd6oynR2cx9k-da3j8selR5vOWLPLhn__dXegC4gRwT_67XO_VHCEDlbEAvfFoobG8S-GA0MiAHQYFUS1_k8vScT7Zdk/s1920/20221210_153603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="1920" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChfeC77E9B8BCbPEZVjKTrfNL8teyQ1Co5GqRcF93R0Ilk2Wy5dR8Hox6XmpaCdXa1pbM8FG9SqC1mERGTsthXsertjW3Zd6oynR2cx9k-da3j8selR5vOWLPLhn__dXegC4gRwT_67XO_VHCEDlbEAvfFoobG8S-GA0MiAHQYFUS1_k8vScT7Zdk/s320/20221210_153603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the time I got to the second loco I learned. But it always takes one at first. I thought I'd be smart and "only" take the wires at one end off first.... So on the rear end I took the motor and wheel pickup wires off. This would allow the chassis to swing at the front end and thereby allowing access to the speaker chamber if I was "careful". I still can hear laughter from that smart arse that sits on my shoulder overlooking my work... By careful, you need to be triple careful. I learned and the second loco was easier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlE_bHMTdYAUMSmnSySURa5Uo6pyeadkftc6qmUfxRch8FxsRm3ktjqIm7wlKlHgpDtRaa9y0xcYbMeA5m2noyczf8vzlM5xvrfXYXxpN7cGWgsE5L1WYLH6APnW2gpmeki6M52wy0Ny_0EgbcoaX9QUADArQz1gSiVzQ8-TtlGL8s_HsyMjgTM8y/s1920/20221207_202741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1920" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlE_bHMTdYAUMSmnSySURa5Uo6pyeadkftc6qmUfxRch8FxsRm3ktjqIm7wlKlHgpDtRaa9y0xcYbMeA5m2noyczf8vzlM5xvrfXYXxpN7cGWgsE5L1WYLH6APnW2gpmeki6M52wy0Ny_0EgbcoaX9QUADArQz1gSiVzQ8-TtlGL8s_HsyMjgTM8y/s320/20221207_202741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So I succeeded... and above you can see the speaker chamber on the right. All wires at the front of the loco on the left side of the photo are intact... for about 5 seconds... we'll get back to thit shall we.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So four small screws hold the speaker baffle in the chassis, so out they came as did the baffle for use with two sugarcube speakers - the ESU 50321 speaker is the type I use, but there are other brands out there as well that have this size - 11mm x 15mm</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tcZbGHtNjvd24XjRoNa8d0Y3U1BrCnCsyhZTq3kIyz7v75xgPbxrZ_LPxwrSBeTnmyFuMUceEjMlO7V0H4Y8D6k6S-js9H1gFUJ7grbmycSvfUsjnSEg8VPRWax4W16eV9v_WoaoYsiXR0Dr8yaAkG8jINIMbID3IMBHWjhfcvS0KlKo8p7nDPzR/s1920/20221207_203223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1920" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tcZbGHtNjvd24XjRoNa8d0Y3U1BrCnCsyhZTq3kIyz7v75xgPbxrZ_LPxwrSBeTnmyFuMUceEjMlO7V0H4Y8D6k6S-js9H1gFUJ7grbmycSvfUsjnSEg8VPRWax4W16eV9v_WoaoYsiXR0Dr8yaAkG8jINIMbID3IMBHWjhfcvS0KlKo8p7nDPzR/s320/20221207_203223.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But, you say "but didn't you say Gabs didn't have any speakers?". Yep, I did, but I found I had some in my bags of DCC sound decoders and odds and sods of spare parts. Gabs will pay me back after he orders some more for me.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So with a bit of ZAP Plasti-Zap super glue, smeared along the edges of the speakers, I popped them into the baffle.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiBtP6w8_bZNnqfz72Hx7cqJ6ruIDUUvEvb0Qw4-L1Df4FrAdkbQU5VlkDvkLjsxAC0BymPh63jtN9JHbcIeOFheM42CSkiZSveQkG7S0KrV-fpP3eFFew7rW5TwC6F2E6k0eC9BHo_OjtFI8pv71p_VyiUOjQqGJmMmccb2ZXVDhlx5qbPs07wE7/s1269/20221209_142741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1269" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiBtP6w8_bZNnqfz72Hx7cqJ6ruIDUUvEvb0Qw4-L1Df4FrAdkbQU5VlkDvkLjsxAC0BymPh63jtN9JHbcIeOFheM42CSkiZSveQkG7S0KrV-fpP3eFFew7rW5TwC6F2E6k0eC9BHo_OjtFI8pv71p_VyiUOjQqGJmMmccb2ZXVDhlx5qbPs07wE7/s320/20221209_142741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Next the wires were soldered on. I wired the pair of speakers up in parallel as ESU decoders can handle that and they then sound much better. So 2 x 8 ohm speakers in parallel gives 4 ohms of impedence and ESU decoders handle that juuust fine.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjLjhVOvMuDazPKTu14vJqKnMPb_zeiRIujMmnpEbChW4-uhBxQ3Bt2BNHRXn_qcRhqJIMn3a1uqzp6OoPqjvScU7rb9ugDrl_Hbdv4TXIBowTDpDZwOpFWfpzoDAjo5frG5p4yfjqBn0Nw9uQXY8FwaS4ls8nIhBPAWXs5PdoBXQvlTSMsycGqul/s1912/20221209_142742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1912" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjLjhVOvMuDazPKTu14vJqKnMPb_zeiRIujMmnpEbChW4-uhBxQ3Bt2BNHRXn_qcRhqJIMn3a1uqzp6OoPqjvScU7rb9ugDrl_Hbdv4TXIBowTDpDZwOpFWfpzoDAjo5frG5p4yfjqBn0Nw9uQXY8FwaS4ls8nIhBPAWXs5PdoBXQvlTSMsycGqul/s320/20221209_142742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next the baffle goes back into the chassis and the wires will eventually go up the passage where the boggie pickup wires go as well.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO9tEaiiu8lgEEChf7_ueJJ0zMfGqELM9OeNOBBF5JMrNF614gDlNx8bb0G84wBJsp7NAf7XY7_NztZPruTi6HKtyqohsgBlkubosOoDQggczcRXKTZyBHaDUhRpReLZzFIFQKM5wI8W_WPiD66HDMvki8zbTz_dj3K1D5O_lF86-lgwO8HT4NOa5/s1920/20221209_143049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1920" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO9tEaiiu8lgEEChf7_ueJJ0zMfGqELM9OeNOBBF5JMrNF614gDlNx8bb0G84wBJsp7NAf7XY7_NztZPruTi6HKtyqohsgBlkubosOoDQggczcRXKTZyBHaDUhRpReLZzFIFQKM5wI8W_WPiD66HDMvki8zbTz_dj3K1D5O_lF86-lgwO8HT4NOa5/s320/20221209_143049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Know how earlier that fellow on my shoulder was laughing, well it was because when I swivelled the chassis halves apart, I snapped off two very fine wires that go to one of the side frame lights that oversee the front bogie - arrggghhhh. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6pY2ztf6I4pGyLPpQW6w56GY2_31vcHq82YNfTeviLGdBrHNdHMZWZoXbKG1WUeIBUxDx_y3ZuQ0Djk3BD98d1u6DHE_GmYap5YApbaKN2uNfGUxt0PzUvefzuMvR2wtWlJqErI98niTd5b16NW17LRd7Op7ii-OYJhf8BWYvuOmfBFVaM1rdiNC/s1920/20221209_143741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6pY2ztf6I4pGyLPpQW6w56GY2_31vcHq82YNfTeviLGdBrHNdHMZWZoXbKG1WUeIBUxDx_y3ZuQ0Djk3BD98d1u6DHE_GmYap5YApbaKN2uNfGUxt0PzUvefzuMvR2wtWlJqErI98niTd5b16NW17LRd7Op7ii-OYJhf8BWYvuOmfBFVaM1rdiNC/s320/20221209_143741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So a LOT of buggerising around to solder them back on was required, including loosening up all the wires near it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vjAMMQXmaTEv0HAlQfang0216nFHbZyPjQcEgqjjz_rPxRA4GfwszzIZqVILCioW63aH_oMTyQOX5f0BTP_Pdo2ueXDg75BM881NQRT4b8OyG-G6910MUX7EGuDBGmZJqxnDmBlzs4nnjA-cqWYlHn7ucp8cN78BH36O7c-IoUfMMD9VIrIFskpt/s1920/20221209_143757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vjAMMQXmaTEv0HAlQfang0216nFHbZyPjQcEgqjjz_rPxRA4GfwszzIZqVILCioW63aH_oMTyQOX5f0BTP_Pdo2ueXDg75BM881NQRT4b8OyG-G6910MUX7EGuDBGmZJqxnDmBlzs4nnjA-cqWYlHn7ucp8cN78BH36O7c-IoUfMMD9VIrIFskpt/s320/20221209_143757.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Once soldered in place I was able to tidy up the wires.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2E4BNo7eb57zc3AanQc9bhHdHWvmFkYIliC7mVkTXjptDLPbGhKr8YvsCoSMl7VbLlWhvGgGP-M2KpKyMgs57M5xR1kLOEr6J-tA3Q4M5ERJRvAC23vivHfFY88k5qjx3LDyrVZ9m6veKo5YwGhjis_d2TocsEg8BdAbHWtqyhUBG36RR9gyoAgL/s1920/20221209_145424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2E4BNo7eb57zc3AanQc9bhHdHWvmFkYIliC7mVkTXjptDLPbGhKr8YvsCoSMl7VbLlWhvGgGP-M2KpKyMgs57M5xR1kLOEr6J-tA3Q4M5ERJRvAC23vivHfFY88k5qjx3LDyrVZ9m6veKo5YwGhjis_d2TocsEg8BdAbHWtqyhUBG36RR9gyoAgL/s320/20221209_145424.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then I held them in place with some Kapton tape.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuj3rmffWo0nc-mlgWsnQgXk3Jk5DRiLdz1CqJWOQLfJILxeX96-T3hc5QgeC0KmqRJbDabuzxJvwO5S7YVHwLYbtDhuqRdtvCwOZ7seHz8tfqGtssbY7ktXm8o1SOKExlptcgbiKqe6BJV5DXkoKlfGDOYnFMSvTayKhMFSlak7EUgGoQe3_Tp7I/s1920/20221210_154658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuj3rmffWo0nc-mlgWsnQgXk3Jk5DRiLdz1CqJWOQLfJILxeX96-T3hc5QgeC0KmqRJbDabuzxJvwO5S7YVHwLYbtDhuqRdtvCwOZ7seHz8tfqGtssbY7ktXm8o1SOKExlptcgbiKqe6BJV5DXkoKlfGDOYnFMSvTayKhMFSlak7EUgGoQe3_Tp7I/s320/20221210_154658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Then it was the question of where in blue blazes do the speaker wires go? </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtvzFdH1Ae2nm4-z5mpdyvnBlCetcqLqlu7J4l1w_0Wk_QXYfr3wx_1PmM2o3PVbFZtiA7KQcLq49moauslrAok3omDA7wAag050AHwNZjSk8IcEWu6fQ0bjheQPEQM4AhIuR86cy7sZzXsYyg8kQCbdd3uxn1OgekBsAywa0HUkHLoKH5ByGcW9P/s1920/20221210_153603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="1920" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtvzFdH1Ae2nm4-z5mpdyvnBlCetcqLqlu7J4l1w_0Wk_QXYfr3wx_1PmM2o3PVbFZtiA7KQcLq49moauslrAok3omDA7wAag050AHwNZjSk8IcEWu6fQ0bjheQPEQM4AhIuR86cy7sZzXsYyg8kQCbdd3uxn1OgekBsAywa0HUkHLoKH5ByGcW9P/s320/20221210_153603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="text-align: justify;">A quick side note. A surprise :-) The locos come with stay alives! You can just make out the tops of two big capacitors under the main board and drilled into the chassis.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz8fnbNxn4mabRb-ud6y95AwGOT9BHaHynjUKzFXG1wGJ02o7mO-05-ysfoFquCxiZVYpSHFV42H-RajAKi8Wp6a18W9iZ3815Ev8krA2x0obrIc6yn-2yJJnyYtxtpsRzs5pva2D2pIz0lF8vT9jNjvMXDwP46uT2sg5M_P8L4JYZkghELKSgWuF/s4032/20221210_153613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz8fnbNxn4mabRb-ud6y95AwGOT9BHaHynjUKzFXG1wGJ02o7mO-05-ysfoFquCxiZVYpSHFV42H-RajAKi8Wp6a18W9iZ3815Ev8krA2x0obrIc6yn-2yJJnyYtxtpsRzs5pva2D2pIz0lF8vT9jNjvMXDwP46uT2sg5M_P8L4JYZkghELKSgWuF/s320/20221210_153613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As I said before, there are no instructions, so I shot a hopeful email off to ScaleTrains. I actually got an email from them less than a day later - thanks fellas :-) So the speaker wires do go where I thought - the + and - "S" pads on the main board.</div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeoPtnvDU3-nt_wAY5JBJRI7lp9qgBgBxPUA_zuk5MsGYZLizc-jKys6Ohi64-CdQTIp0qfVGspxzIQLEct8qaiUyuXurABgZRL2agkhps71zPlcQ1YoLCaQ9rGYRKkTzx5Ki9hfjbiE46dm-s7USGDnfaoDjFha-suXrMuhMri7UjffzBdFmbnBa/s1813/20221210_154140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeoPtnvDU3-nt_wAY5JBJRI7lp9qgBgBxPUA_zuk5MsGYZLizc-jKys6Ohi64-CdQTIp0qfVGspxzIQLEct8qaiUyuXurABgZRL2agkhps71zPlcQ1YoLCaQ9rGYRKkTzx5Ki9hfjbiE46dm-s7USGDnfaoDjFha-suXrMuhMri7UjffzBdFmbnBa/s320/20221210_154140.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next the chassis was screwed back in place and the motor wires and bogie pickup wires soldered back into place. The wires, with all the others, were then tidied up in the top of the chassis.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFusglKmEZzs6qHLI7Xn0BYgZGsPUqstMMpBc4Cz0tqkeAWWWSl3_A3ZamGZvLAggPgwRKQNxuB_0flVoY90b7ANIjJ4AYoIh0FfCMwrKjrCuLlEyjYJf1qlE4u6BZaSlonRoF3G8iNBBUNQljr462PFtY6V6HXUn6vRijxFa80UNzMBYUi6inC24l/s1920/20221210_154825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1920" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFusglKmEZzs6qHLI7Xn0BYgZGsPUqstMMpBc4Cz0tqkeAWWWSl3_A3ZamGZvLAggPgwRKQNxuB_0flVoY90b7ANIjJ4AYoIh0FfCMwrKjrCuLlEyjYJf1qlE4u6BZaSlonRoF3G8iNBBUNQljr462PFtY6V6HXUn6vRijxFa80UNzMBYUi6inC24l/s320/20221210_154825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Then the small plastic cable tidy cap snapped back in place to keep the jumpy fellas in place.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKfqIiv06qmn_lkge6JYvFFEa-oJrh8pZm3AFeU1zNDlNahMa7unIGNe4AZPRzRXMmgTwebgGYELqPDaeq9-YEoGYnEwbFr7nXSKEbplxBBONCKPwQIvUSrrskE5gUs0fd4E2b5DqzkUr7LHO6SQ8iFFhK63Jr_jXMsPl15sbMzrUQ1lQ-BFHFgx0/s1920/20221210_154854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1920" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKfqIiv06qmn_lkge6JYvFFEa-oJrh8pZm3AFeU1zNDlNahMa7unIGNe4AZPRzRXMmgTwebgGYELqPDaeq9-YEoGYnEwbFr7nXSKEbplxBBONCKPwQIvUSrrskE5gUs0fd4E2b5DqzkUr7LHO6SQ8iFFhK63Jr_jXMsPl15sbMzrUQ1lQ-BFHFgx0/s320/20221210_154854.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="text-align: justify;">I then plugged the ESU decoder into my ESU test rug and connected it up to the PC and fired up the ESU Programmer software. The firmware on the decoder got an upgrade and then I pushed the sound file onto the decoder. ScaleTrains supplies the relevant sound file on their website - nice one fellas :-)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div>And then the decoder was tested and ready to install later.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhMoxOUfoI6My_ZtIAG9kBOKHiYo2kTVnSnGcublJfp-pUWCqX_WW6pi6xz8yZ5aodWuoyp4t6qLZ8qiBmGl7oByJCuCjEaa4eF4xnizW6nCRPu0fxDZJh1Np7unV4qP2CrwNfUMut5eheokkfk-jGtPnBpLoIEeyx_HaN0TBx8YqIwlZ_4g3U21r/s1920/20221207_203231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1920" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhMoxOUfoI6My_ZtIAG9kBOKHiYo2kTVnSnGcublJfp-pUWCqX_WW6pi6xz8yZ5aodWuoyp4t6qLZ8qiBmGl7oByJCuCjEaa4eF4xnizW6nCRPu0fxDZJh1Np7unV4qP2CrwNfUMut5eheokkfk-jGtPnBpLoIEeyx_HaN0TBx8YqIwlZ_4g3U21r/s320/20221207_203231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The ESU sound decoder went in next - easy peasy.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Oq9wD2ftMkMQb3eGJ_6fHhOaj6XRxuRIIvY-6d6WjouD6FRrdwZ-_RDfMK3wj6SgXIsp6MjPu60N4dWdUyoU9G3NzRmyH7KTW9jj_VXur5H54bCSolvkfkfI22-618_8QGCZUVTz4Ql-UYSm3MzOygQkCFvSwrK5qipIEfonSFrKRJKKf-tcTyoY/s1920/20221210_154959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1920" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Oq9wD2ftMkMQb3eGJ_6fHhOaj6XRxuRIIvY-6d6WjouD6FRrdwZ-_RDfMK3wj6SgXIsp6MjPu60N4dWdUyoU9G3NzRmyH7KTW9jj_VXur5H54bCSolvkfkfI22-618_8QGCZUVTz4Ql-UYSm3MzOygQkCFvSwrK5qipIEfonSFrKRJKKf-tcTyoY/s320/20221210_154959.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Then it was onto the test track and see if I got it all correct.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlWmHjKKmUhOk8v0-62VG8p01XH_ikVMT5uQ-rD6u5NEptGjE7Qu06D7bG_Ef4fTSUyt6zorPMaS-lLSJZKUZHw1cu2856QUd5M5cTVrR0CB1jo3Tzx8NOu2yM-T-h5bs0s6ODZxVgoAXSPUjvG5xluXSp_q3u_DrleTFAldLkLcc5sls0OFBR5i_/s1920/20221210_155359b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1920" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlWmHjKKmUhOk8v0-62VG8p01XH_ikVMT5uQ-rD6u5NEptGjE7Qu06D7bG_Ef4fTSUyt6zorPMaS-lLSJZKUZHw1cu2856QUd5M5cTVrR0CB1jo3Tzx8NOu2yM-T-h5bs0s6ODZxVgoAXSPUjvG5xluXSp_q3u_DrleTFAldLkLcc5sls0OFBR5i_/s320/20221210_155359b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Testing worked, so then it was time to fire up JMRI and do some tweaking for consist running and all tweaks one normally does - including the ESU tweak of CV54. Set it to 0, put the loco on the track and hit F1. The loco takes off down the track for 2 to 3 feet then stops. What it has done is test the motor under load and auto-adjust some motor CV's - don't ask for any more technical answer here - JUST DO IT - makes for much nicer loco running. But this trick is ONLY for ESU decoders.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjWeNLNoH2GJk-yDG773hApi0hENLbdK48Rf0AgnrLh3Xzj_fCvOBctM8vpo7iUg291y48cQfpa5uYp4v2HsfoSSb_mFwJrTJN3kwO0tBKcshl-kbF4gcuZReIN0DZ6bfWa7elAZK2t30-UJ-PX4xWeMUwN65UNe2E92HSv0S8e5oWAyxDZq71ueU/s1920/20221210_155359c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1920" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjWeNLNoH2GJk-yDG773hApi0hENLbdK48Rf0AgnrLh3Xzj_fCvOBctM8vpo7iUg291y48cQfpa5uYp4v2HsfoSSb_mFwJrTJN3kwO0tBKcshl-kbF4gcuZReIN0DZ6bfWa7elAZK2t30-UJ-PX4xWeMUwN65UNe2E92HSv0S8e5oWAyxDZq71ueU/s320/20221210_155359c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">All tests were good and I then shot Gabs over a list of all 31 functions so he could print himself a copy so as to be able to drive it all.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was able to find another pair of sugarcubes so was able to do his second loco as well - so on Saturday he can have two running around going ding ding, brmm brmm and rumble rumble.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1TqP30PUf09ujGoBCuPGXaCO4emDWPQzjIuYiyoYoaZ0QE5omjHBNadXShkAcBcmj0g5SKaZUB9es6ZnXhd7FsvQZ6yWQ0NkYkrzRxDdEMqQtZMoAU3WmFrtk51k_Pf9yf95IW6Ua73GU6S_XwdrslTzc3_SvGXW6yyFwAq5OwM6eGLi-tjqn9ij/s1920/20221210_160706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1920" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1TqP30PUf09ujGoBCuPGXaCO4emDWPQzjIuYiyoYoaZ0QE5omjHBNadXShkAcBcmj0g5SKaZUB9es6ZnXhd7FsvQZ6yWQ0NkYkrzRxDdEMqQtZMoAU3WmFrtk51k_Pf9yf95IW6Ua73GU6S_XwdrslTzc3_SvGXW6yyFwAq5OwM6eGLi-tjqn9ij/s320/20221210_160706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Time for a cuppa I think - see ya next time.</p></div></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-46868622997273452332022-08-16T20:07:00.001+10:002022-08-16T20:17:16.982+10:00Let There be Light<p style="text-align: justify;">So at a recent NMRA meeting one of the fellas told of a gadget to decouple wagons. With the help of a thin torch and a dental brush it was nicely accomplished. So I thought to myself today - let's try it myself.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I already had some number 3 yellow tapered Interdental Brushes kicking around from a mixture I bought a while back to actually clean my airbrushes with. They go for about 6 bucks for a 10 pack around town, so are well cheap enough.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlFJyNXcdCELY9LGVvnd2gmsO1IwEf4XecFO6u8-wFhdFCYXutnWHj0SC_qmJS7Sv3vyOw6t6MutKrVSsAa7ceHtnqhnOoP-Jx6YyIi-CQPB4_kAhLD9TkjIb-yOKzLK4mxEzK24y7gGEsHuit7F49oo0LRTVgYlqlBf4bncFti1pXhcXa3Zji3ei/s1920/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlFJyNXcdCELY9LGVvnd2gmsO1IwEf4XecFO6u8-wFhdFCYXutnWHj0SC_qmJS7Sv3vyOw6t6MutKrVSsAa7ceHtnqhnOoP-Jx6YyIi-CQPB4_kAhLD9TkjIb-yOKzLK4mxEzK24y7gGEsHuit7F49oo0LRTVgYlqlBf4bncFti1pXhcXa3Zji3ei/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So the other week I got onto the Internet and ordered one of these small rechargeable torches . They are 12½ mm x 130 mm and come with a short USB charging cable and a pocket clip and cost about 6 or 7 bucks each. With its arrival today I thought it time to play.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF341b5bVgHsBr2S4jj4jWPm6hwtOmOY9Fr27kFBBanm6HCU-MH7SLZNno2aNV7mMnOZezywz0-yy-N2uAjYX_Cj4gHJP-UxR8cpj9kVvnpqmbHc0hlNq__U5anP0YlcQB_CTBSflr6hGOGVjAgp7kxzJR7LXyHPDdTSN-SD5bb0uTXW2i-XI7Rinx/s1920/1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1920" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF341b5bVgHsBr2S4jj4jWPm6hwtOmOY9Fr27kFBBanm6HCU-MH7SLZNno2aNV7mMnOZezywz0-yy-N2uAjYX_Cj4gHJP-UxR8cpj9kVvnpqmbHc0hlNq__U5anP0YlcQB_CTBSflr6hGOGVjAgp7kxzJR7LXyHPDdTSN-SD5bb0uTXW2i-XI7Rinx/s320/1a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh2CK7Sk2v8Rj8vMZYnd2cs_VFCnSPgcLKk9FkXutQR1xNKT9cRghRrZpZQ1e90UFqoMoJky_5oWkF1Cw4KfLFbT1I1pe1xD3TPAWmRhBLynKI2s82Ny5bcFfmlUImsFXVBpL4oGXeEqWzb1Pt7WfZc-SSOjCZnd0LUHlEsqS1vlZ-UgSvI7aB104/s1920/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh2CK7Sk2v8Rj8vMZYnd2cs_VFCnSPgcLKk9FkXutQR1xNKT9cRghRrZpZQ1e90UFqoMoJky_5oWkF1Cw4KfLFbT1I1pe1xD3TPAWmRhBLynKI2s82Ny5bcFfmlUImsFXVBpL4oGXeEqWzb1Pt7WfZc-SSOjCZnd0LUHlEsqS1vlZ-UgSvI7aB104/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSO4v7JCKGS9QRQjaDPp6bRbxPLnidgvjkq7ygqzvwQUjvIX5DvnIbByFXpM_jlFDGJdQdbxuBpklR0faw1Caf7rqC4FrjbaV4eu-szn57YFwpSUqraIskRZ9TuidARSYmbARLkMI6Sz-SK1MgHQrVj5gWKCMAAklalVN5iN0CpDpVh44BZXgz6e0/s1920/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1920" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSO4v7JCKGS9QRQjaDPp6bRbxPLnidgvjkq7ygqzvwQUjvIX5DvnIbByFXpM_jlFDGJdQdbxuBpklR0faw1Caf7rqC4FrjbaV4eu-szn57YFwpSUqraIskRZ9TuidARSYmbARLkMI6Sz-SK1MgHQrVj5gWKCMAAklalVN5iN0CpDpVh44BZXgz6e0/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvC9741AreJjErj6SGPb3llAnh6HQg2zCD0J3WNmSud-7HOmwIY_LztmMhDfraTJfY34u2TrcGtqU7OxAY-vimYqIIoEYTH33DV3MPjiIh_jy4_XZR11nygyDPmS1NylfOD_RHn7J2kI5lgU1O24JpQyDkKnkMJXAQ1RpvhxJKF6oTk8rg5dG_F_p/s1920/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvC9741AreJjErj6SGPb3llAnh6HQg2zCD0J3WNmSud-7HOmwIY_LztmMhDfraTJfY34u2TrcGtqU7OxAY-vimYqIIoEYTH33DV3MPjiIh_jy4_XZR11nygyDPmS1NylfOD_RHn7J2kI5lgU1O24JpQyDkKnkMJXAQ1RpvhxJKF6oTk8rg5dG_F_p/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It does throw a very nice tight beam of light too - neat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RlOuZViqFzkz8Q6svtOOBQcD2jUrnaZ3abdSn96Ml-Hmh-Daflv5rZzb7lVjlXjI_WvK4QNPL3r1GpDPqqrPB6JIR00BkQpm1q1PndJxPSLxLeTyoXoDnBEYqBXGOIci0FM40rv6yDhyYKfrmewRvH2Uber2YFxeW6Uf03ahVvDhL89Monh-yAZT/s1920/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1920" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RlOuZViqFzkz8Q6svtOOBQcD2jUrnaZ3abdSn96Ml-Hmh-Daflv5rZzb7lVjlXjI_WvK4QNPL3r1GpDPqqrPB6JIR00BkQpm1q1PndJxPSLxLeTyoXoDnBEYqBXGOIci0FM40rv6yDhyYKfrmewRvH2Uber2YFxeW6Uf03ahVvDhL89Monh-yAZT/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>So for a trial, I just got a long BBQ skewer and sticky taped the dental brush and torch to it. The final product would need to be a bit neater I reckon, but you'll get the idea.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6R9-A893ea1uT4kDMYQ5Hx0hM-BaBqU_gG3PI0X_B7SHdi7YCyN03U6V1tzljXCvA2SThXVPqrq3yJ0qovvadAnJpy5WnU4EKgarcVSbLEsnKwSxcTxjAfPJLEZMdJPjWNglKL17Hd4i8dZ6Ha_WPUl_WA8oWonwRZHXJensMKG3ZxXDGwaSV7DkI/s1920/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1920" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6R9-A893ea1uT4kDMYQ5Hx0hM-BaBqU_gG3PI0X_B7SHdi7YCyN03U6V1tzljXCvA2SThXVPqrq3yJ0qovvadAnJpy5WnU4EKgarcVSbLEsnKwSxcTxjAfPJLEZMdJPjWNglKL17Hd4i8dZ6Ha_WPUl_WA8oWonwRZHXJensMKG3ZxXDGwaSV7DkI/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a9x1k6cXH4xTd_e5vlU8y4NMLcuRCyqpNp8MiAcVoLot-lqxNg8wQyiho07oMl_4_c2QgL-u7ntWrxFudG6eAE8cF7raqv-sB_QbwawXawxQ-ZkHN99n48RD9snUyn-p8Lt8PYKAsSD7qXtNkfB8PCElmz8iiMTDI3ZBWzA7uuh2w-64nKAfeuNK/s1920/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1209" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a9x1k6cXH4xTd_e5vlU8y4NMLcuRCyqpNp8MiAcVoLot-lqxNg8wQyiho07oMl_4_c2QgL-u7ntWrxFudG6eAE8cF7raqv-sB_QbwawXawxQ-ZkHN99n48RD9snUyn-p8Lt8PYKAsSD7qXtNkfB8PCElmz8iiMTDI3ZBWzA7uuh2w-64nKAfeuNK/s320/8.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><br /><div>So I found the tapered brush worked a real treat. Some people just use the brushes by themselves or the brush stuck to a skewer without a torch, but it was so much easier to see with the torch in the mix. The Kadee uncoupler pick is now assigned to the never use again draw.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUdi2ghHz6IS_ABI_jkir7_lSrQASK2FEdyIEOguEAMn59SYmLuZGlVj-B73CMvNHnI-onK0tIW2w1spJJtUZfDxKomT6bYB1mu-CTnmahKYeGv3skXcwHNoiB2yTEYY5_qs7IGQ_SwnquJtq5Vwi9ZE_7gNyTM7yK8bNP_Bgiok34UKf5HHaUpG4/s1920/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUdi2ghHz6IS_ABI_jkir7_lSrQASK2FEdyIEOguEAMn59SYmLuZGlVj-B73CMvNHnI-onK0tIW2w1spJJtUZfDxKomT6bYB1mu-CTnmahKYeGv3skXcwHNoiB2yTEYY5_qs7IGQ_SwnquJtq5Vwi9ZE_7gNyTM7yK8bNP_Bgiok34UKf5HHaUpG4/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDV17tHLQX8xU56aLfFslv1yuxAqkGpPgo1Tme2K7idZHVfWKZ9oqbGVCW1bSdu4ncs-P3SldrVp2khNWiES1fsklSpCcGkRRG7C484qKDcrL1hIQu8HJWYBsHpmkKSYmYgBy7ghIk-NwXpN8QiShc6Kiil10QabVYrdBZ9kZbbkvZWwkIz4Lbk79/s1920/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1920" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDV17tHLQX8xU56aLfFslv1yuxAqkGpPgo1Tme2K7idZHVfWKZ9oqbGVCW1bSdu4ncs-P3SldrVp2khNWiES1fsklSpCcGkRRG7C484qKDcrL1hIQu8HJWYBsHpmkKSYmYgBy7ghIk-NwXpN8QiShc6Kiil10QabVYrdBZ9kZbbkvZWwkIz4Lbk79/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-59670327969030045372022-04-25T16:33:00.001+10:002022-04-25T16:33:57.164+10:00I Ran Out of Alligators on Sticks<p style="text-align: justify;">So I started doing just a couple of HO scale 44 gallon drums for my African 4WD Diorama. I am using the Tichy Train Group drums as they are a very nicely molded drum and good value. I also happen to have two or three packs of 96 drums kicking about :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgzoKkaNSZ5wGHtB_-tJZo7oH_B7eHK5AGl6MGQEqka5fLiQYI5Or3Z9H6XSMqQIC7gClcXfS0xR9lVyxMLek2IUe_HgbRtNqLW3QkOo67ZGWyCALhs57uHuRJhkpHGBS73iX-MZUQ-sOrkADiusW8G_gqHeggLy421HXQ5mPvDKm0czIDkdu2eFl/s1920/20220425_143847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgzoKkaNSZ5wGHtB_-tJZo7oH_B7eHK5AGl6MGQEqka5fLiQYI5Or3Z9H6XSMqQIC7gClcXfS0xR9lVyxMLek2IUe_HgbRtNqLW3QkOo67ZGWyCALhs57uHuRJhkpHGBS73iX-MZUQ-sOrkADiusW8G_gqHeggLy421HXQ5mPvDKm0czIDkdu2eFl/s320/20220425_143847.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, as per usual, the 3 drums have now become more. I still only need 3 drums, but hey, while I am at it... So I thought I'd just made a few dozen up for stock.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I grabbed a box of drum kits and cut off a number from the sprues and put their lids on. The lids are designed to just clip in - so nice and easy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzMHW0AGFQvf-Lt-6cilgdGur2USIrtNM9rq5jJ9JjyIbm9YY_FGayDCeh42oW_v-PHMB2dQTwMmtKTWDT_v7uX5RL_dMAkiz7pazGBE8PJxv1-rJxDq2nNZR3CyTKSYOFYCzGFlQuPgX2CGZL5NBEpr8XoSmBDc9XRt8rJaOr6g3dq1alvCBNIsA/s1920/20220425_160044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1920" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzMHW0AGFQvf-Lt-6cilgdGur2USIrtNM9rq5jJ9JjyIbm9YY_FGayDCeh42oW_v-PHMB2dQTwMmtKTWDT_v7uX5RL_dMAkiz7pazGBE8PJxv1-rJxDq2nNZR3CyTKSYOFYCzGFlQuPgX2CGZL5NBEpr8XoSmBDc9XRt8rJaOr6g3dq1alvCBNIsA/s320/20220425_160044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So I have found that if you make a very tiny drill hole in the bottom of the drum, which you will never see since the drum sits on its bottom or you face it away from normal view, then you can screw a very tiny self tapper screw into it and use that to hold the drum while painting it. So the pin vice with a suitable drill bit went to work and then the screw driver with the relevant self tapers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCfXS3qi0zCMSOp2KqaodY72IftwcAri__m6mbNZ7yHhK26_bP_CKE5akXhBI_dXh5pNQG1dOfLOUxD5PUNiodPTq2nmfHb3fJtWR-zJIYc1v1MqP1xzywm0jp3gX41DY5DB29mlYd-velp1qNwt-1TcttbTjAwtwFZ26mQQ-KCBYHBgXYJAp6to_/s1920/20220425_160050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1920" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCfXS3qi0zCMSOp2KqaodY72IftwcAri__m6mbNZ7yHhK26_bP_CKE5akXhBI_dXh5pNQG1dOfLOUxD5PUNiodPTq2nmfHb3fJtWR-zJIYc1v1MqP1xzywm0jp3gX41DY5DB29mlYd-velp1qNwt-1TcttbTjAwtwFZ26mQQ-KCBYHBgXYJAp6to_/s320/20220425_160050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So I already had some painting "sticks" I bought online somewhere a while back, but only had a dozen. So I did up some blue drums first - here's the first coat and them on their "sticks". Alligator clips on a steel skewer. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM2nNpu95g2oVWiBb0DOHpYkjlpvFK8pFtCPRAWIhoqU2X8WvdC6wjWpscbkOPxQXzTWmIq3a_kDY427CQX_nNvx6NPPHrnhtPzhJM2qdFJPZZghzVerSeT4TvIjcPF1Z1LYjoNcO0fFS0tqSg2huW_kxte4EHl6Og4AJeWxadFo9kyZ3vL8X-HL3/s1920/20220425_153656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1920" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM2nNpu95g2oVWiBb0DOHpYkjlpvFK8pFtCPRAWIhoqU2X8WvdC6wjWpscbkOPxQXzTWmIq3a_kDY427CQX_nNvx6NPPHrnhtPzhJM2qdFJPZZghzVerSeT4TvIjcPF1Z1LYjoNcO0fFS0tqSg2huW_kxte4EHl6Og4AJeWxadFo9kyZ3vL8X-HL3/s320/20220425_153656.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Just getting into the swing of things and... oh... oops... I have no more "sticks"... rats.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hang on, don't I have somewhere a pile of Alligator Clips for my electronics cables? I'm sure I ordered a pile years back because they were cheap ad had a bunch left over.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yep, found them. So there are plenty to spare, so I grabbed 20 and pulled the plastic off, leaving me with the bit I needed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0ij15-oeCau0hCD_89ovqQwQv0YVmU8sly9gNBbhDQV6pq9mzTwZ5hVim-QWdebGNGDTh5xy0Ra-go4IKRxcK96R1W777DYAqo96DJ5nXx-aOZ0RcbXVK9P2S2fowhoJx4qsf29QCRtWP0eqIpT5tN8esqqjUB_o1inhmVB1559N5l2zsifoWg1P/s1920/20220425_153710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1920" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0ij15-oeCau0hCD_89ovqQwQv0YVmU8sly9gNBbhDQV6pq9mzTwZ5hVim-QWdebGNGDTh5xy0Ra-go4IKRxcK96R1W777DYAqo96DJ5nXx-aOZ0RcbXVK9P2S2fowhoJx4qsf29QCRtWP0eqIpT5tN8esqqjUB_o1inhmVB1559N5l2zsifoWg1P/s320/20220425_153710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UFU88IWrBrbFJj_EaCiyPACfKA5LdB_X_qb5CN8K8fRL4NVr_xbVg4gHnPMHXxvg7Q-snTwPFDFmaHaWO3UWPhcIEpVRi71OMYL8ujdsmvewefBVbh0YMq9Q1zovaZxDwT9nCxPYmwYQrSOh7KBLPiklscpNZSWgN5grcmfzS5ClhDe8y0LlEx2L/s1920/20220425_153720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1920" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UFU88IWrBrbFJj_EaCiyPACfKA5LdB_X_qb5CN8K8fRL4NVr_xbVg4gHnPMHXxvg7Q-snTwPFDFmaHaWO3UWPhcIEpVRi71OMYL8ujdsmvewefBVbh0YMq9Q1zovaZxDwT9nCxPYmwYQrSOh7KBLPiklscpNZSWgN5grcmfzS5ClhDe8y0LlEx2L/s320/20220425_153720.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGXHCUFz90hogLGEhbiKQgf11-z2Vujn7wjO8uP2QzWDrXWkz59YOaiItGJZMTHMUHgn0DlpDmtlD__1qYPyGZM4KT9xJP_KMim7vponS9zsgGxvWvUtsDm8r48RH_ofx7z0xHPHoHbn9zOGL1Z74zMuhUdt7G20ySwNHmwnkdOTlENcFVuas5rYT/s1920/20220425_153715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1920" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGXHCUFz90hogLGEhbiKQgf11-z2Vujn7wjO8uP2QzWDrXWkz59YOaiItGJZMTHMUHgn0DlpDmtlD__1qYPyGZM4KT9xJP_KMim7vponS9zsgGxvWvUtsDm8r48RH_ofx7z0xHPHoHbn9zOGL1Z74zMuhUdt7G20ySwNHmwnkdOTlENcFVuas5rYT/s320/20220425_153715.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Good, so now I needed something strong and thin to put them on. I have suitable spring steel wire, but that's too much effort and not needed. I know, I have a pile of bamboo BBQ skewers I use for resting painted model bits on - way more than I need as per usual. They'll do nicely. In fact I did a bit of looking on eBay and found you can buy exactly what I am making with the bamboo skewers. So I am on the right track.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFROmBhaNERIyHg55OHGBUGJcbJbpS66ENVZDR9zR4xcK3meTgJ8wxvsIjhP6LSjm7vnyQuoe0P8rY_3XkFyLpy-PujLbfVGvxNI9yFbu11O3scCpkR-rKzW6xX_ZiWPnh20aNba9O6P1uLdPPMPYjkQDk7W4G13hTdY4WSC-Lm9juHHtVMQsQqdv/s1920/20220425_153908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1055" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFROmBhaNERIyHg55OHGBUGJcbJbpS66ENVZDR9zR4xcK3meTgJ8wxvsIjhP6LSjm7vnyQuoe0P8rY_3XkFyLpy-PujLbfVGvxNI9yFbu11O3scCpkR-rKzW6xX_ZiWPnh20aNba9O6P1uLdPPMPYjkQDk7W4G13hTdY4WSC-Lm9juHHtVMQsQqdv/s320/20220425_153908.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So with a small pair of pliers I crimped the Alligator clips onto the skewers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYTYP_wk0V9gVI2tHj0WHMlHP-De-UtCPqA4UhRVAnu-3EOZcQX1Ddy8yjjBm52Ez_UPp6_YSn-rEBNDDnGGKAd0eYT6iJ4_WfKVHCPLBGEWt5oCllbKXUz8awok_8kYjUWCqFRJ-YqDf0qYiQIXADAA-IhBopQTImTU9pYBL5Y4DELeym5U7ExfP/s1920/20220425_154058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1920" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYTYP_wk0V9gVI2tHj0WHMlHP-De-UtCPqA4UhRVAnu-3EOZcQX1Ddy8yjjBm52Ez_UPp6_YSn-rEBNDDnGGKAd0eYT6iJ4_WfKVHCPLBGEWt5oCllbKXUz8awok_8kYjUWCqFRJ-YqDf0qYiQIXADAA-IhBopQTImTU9pYBL5Y4DELeym5U7ExfP/s320/20220425_154058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bundle now completed and ready for some more drums to be added so I can paint some more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYZP_KmfxXHhtbK2I48p3xDDxMpwaFMVOVIOrqeuIwgQozwYAJYA8t9oOcGhx5FR9lh_J7XLuHQelc74xdKSKwQjRQ33ZMs8IAGaidnaj_QQs-nhOm4cTtHJubp0HX7PArd6fD0BU5Tx8XMp_EKJJ9-R5jWrM4f_F_LKf1Ky5dTKgHsDJBXb37obB/s1920/20220425_155254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYZP_KmfxXHhtbK2I48p3xDDxMpwaFMVOVIOrqeuIwgQozwYAJYA8t9oOcGhx5FR9lh_J7XLuHQelc74xdKSKwQjRQ33ZMs8IAGaidnaj_QQs-nhOm4cTtHJubp0HX7PArd6fD0BU5Tx8XMp_EKJJ9-R5jWrM4f_F_LKf1Ky5dTKgHsDJBXb37obB/s320/20220425_155254.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And, they will do exacly the same job as the ones I purchased (on the left) :-) <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKEVayjHdOHgCszmgGnMlD7tFtqM5i9Ej_Vui7-iXLDogB-wYjiEbeqqV7y0S70XaYiCL3RZLyCxONAut1S96H-kMuHKlVy4D38lf26_l5pgUAUiOxsIamoRtE75ulAj5OEA_hoMFiILUSZiKGcr3z_2r-w28dQXtfkIjvp65_ZTB80xJDLJejLCk/s1920/20220425_160154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1920" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKEVayjHdOHgCszmgGnMlD7tFtqM5i9Ej_Vui7-iXLDogB-wYjiEbeqqV7y0S70XaYiCL3RZLyCxONAut1S96H-kMuHKlVy4D38lf26_l5pgUAUiOxsIamoRtE75ulAj5OEA_hoMFiILUSZiKGcr3z_2r-w28dQXtfkIjvp65_ZTB80xJDLJejLCk/s320/20220425_160154.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Now where's that paint thinner and brush got to?</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-29671136448573164242022-02-27T15:20:00.000+10:002022-02-27T15:20:23.352+10:00Geep Geep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcnJXoNwpgr0P9qk8mBsOaI82my44b36vp6ka3Zjy7i6cxCW1yBnpQKQdlZiG1UxLvxuxWarkSL-71pML0PYNBL_k_-38CQeWWUyvC9cgD7ourgkY6BPNNgFnGT_28h9bhfp2cRYV4aAs_6-me7Mn_lZVlemsgBD0FxoccuVaMPZk9wYBrxOZOGXzh=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="1920" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcnJXoNwpgr0P9qk8mBsOaI82my44b36vp6ka3Zjy7i6cxCW1yBnpQKQdlZiG1UxLvxuxWarkSL-71pML0PYNBL_k_-38CQeWWUyvC9cgD7ourgkY6BPNNgFnGT_28h9bhfp2cRYV4aAs_6-me7Mn_lZVlemsgBD0FxoccuVaMPZk9wYBrxOZOGXzh=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">You just gotta love those old 4 axle EMD GP38-2 locos. The GP38-2 was an upgraded version of the earlier GP38 and they had power provided by an EMD 645E 16-cylinder donk, which generated 2,000 horses under the bonnet. They are my next favourite after the 6 axle EMD SD40-2 locomotive (3,000 horses - now whilst reading that bit, imagine Tim the Toolman grunting...).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I happen to have three of the N scale Walthers GP38-2 locos. These were based on the Life-Like model, so are a pretty old design. But they are good runners and it was time for them to coming into this century and get DCC decoders installed. The mechanism is easy enough to work with to convert from DC to DCC.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I happen to have from previous purchases, some of the Digitrax DN163A0 decoders on hand. They don't quite fit the loco, but with a minor modification they will fit - involves a hacksaw !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3ToHMLicLqteoCWccRk9djRq1xUVmQ9xPmcGdIwhZPdVAZE5gJZqbWZcbMnCbIApS_GMpRrwW0B3BJDc9Thopoe5eGgpVoXGPj6ySXjKSVNX_vLWPyBZLpy_npU8RaJgeWH-BXgn69OKjv7liq7uiEOonqP-YFfxpGY4VciY0XivYs8J9-j-ug1tv=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1920" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3ToHMLicLqteoCWccRk9djRq1xUVmQ9xPmcGdIwhZPdVAZE5gJZqbWZcbMnCbIApS_GMpRrwW0B3BJDc9Thopoe5eGgpVoXGPj6ySXjKSVNX_vLWPyBZLpy_npU8RaJgeWH-BXgn69OKjv7liq7uiEOonqP-YFfxpGY4VciY0XivYs8J9-j-ug1tv=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So, by adding another slot for the DCC Decoder board to slot into, it will all fit. So the hacksaw got to come out and play. The slot only needed to be 4-5 mm deep so it didn't reduce the strength or weight of the loco body.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiE1e_5M48Q25cf9fPI3jpTRR2GQ76lFWg03J9XrcOcTdwGbzGrRHtUrSHBdwWm5Kvw_CA6yUYpfqqBgVxgQRpUU_rkz9AXK9D0LO157enj7EgBFPDoUrhrCj6147cjAHBckLpXjxvBui0ov64bFC6VRFu6RuAIjwYw2JGJBOZ_b-hC3vylmhEkZc-m=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="1920" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiE1e_5M48Q25cf9fPI3jpTRR2GQ76lFWg03J9XrcOcTdwGbzGrRHtUrSHBdwWm5Kvw_CA6yUYpfqqBgVxgQRpUU_rkz9AXK9D0LO157enj7EgBFPDoUrhrCj6147cjAHBckLpXjxvBui0ov64bFC6VRFu6RuAIjwYw2JGJBOZ_b-hC3vylmhEkZc-m=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There, the cut is done. I then tidied it up with a small file to remove the dags around the edges. You can see my cut on the left, replacing the manufacturers slot just to its right, which wasn't going to do the trick for the decoder I have on hand.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaHGf5eH8NmDYUGnU-NmeiTSlCA97HvXH4fAfe6eiANM63NvVIHqYsoh9x_YuSeEBsHMtZ1RekJ7R4U3KKE4m_oDybQQrBmKkS15bY4TSf34cp5EYtXCeKnG_yFqCJKrWSNiyKKCVhGGrcNd8cUVU8gZe9IPCiDE4LkaLVXPC-x3DqBDugKPbIEuz3=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1920" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaHGf5eH8NmDYUGnU-NmeiTSlCA97HvXH4fAfe6eiANM63NvVIHqYsoh9x_YuSeEBsHMtZ1RekJ7R4U3KKE4m_oDybQQrBmKkS15bY4TSf34cp5EYtXCeKnG_yFqCJKrWSNiyKKCVhGGrcNd8cUVU8gZe9IPCiDE4LkaLVXPC-x3DqBDugKPbIEuz3=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Testing the decoder fit - it lines up OK.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU8A-Q-TXriQUbzVS1kartcqK46v-70fvo3oIKgb2iL5n6Bty3ik3PeDdA3mHFQCZdqhKmaCWAGnsukFyFQdmWTB-z7QeY6iV62q_ICf63V8oyjcyypwhiPD7gO3SZh5VjG_9EexDkvfTy6cyxpN9LhZvhPifX34ZtIdkkkIivaZdsyg5zMcthIiPM=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1920" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU8A-Q-TXriQUbzVS1kartcqK46v-70fvo3oIKgb2iL5n6Bty3ik3PeDdA3mHFQCZdqhKmaCWAGnsukFyFQdmWTB-z7QeY6iV62q_ICf63V8oyjcyypwhiPD7gO3SZh5VjG_9EexDkvfTy6cyxpN9LhZvhPifX34ZtIdkkkIivaZdsyg5zMcthIiPM=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And it is a nice snug fit, so the electrical conductivity is good.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoUgbZIoIrivYDdBr2MxSBIc9fxLyTyOanW6xKiO-FZTvScB8lKOlUGqw4XDMnCznllUdMeeVboP_XygqCPFZOcyXt988rLNDhhMtzooHyWzBDiFQRNOAC_QTuVv07dreWYs9vcYxnwSfMqKghVmRd4Tpjhw02lNtq_7pdc-oM0hMMbtk0XNG2zQIm=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1920" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoUgbZIoIrivYDdBr2MxSBIc9fxLyTyOanW6xKiO-FZTvScB8lKOlUGqw4XDMnCznllUdMeeVboP_XygqCPFZOcyXt988rLNDhhMtzooHyWzBDiFQRNOAC_QTuVv07dreWYs9vcYxnwSfMqKghVmRd4Tpjhw02lNtq_7pdc-oM0hMMbtk0XNG2zQIm=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Next I soldered on some wires to the motor and fed them up through the body. Of course before I did this I lubricated all the gears and bearing points with my seleection of oils and greases.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0d_WX9E5yaSTPspx3CE0v_rfc3Ovvgx0jeSz9ozD1OGh-zXseSuS5mVajspwunLJBUvKMR6keZPXwOBl-2dClWVr09WzWQpKDeYt5FIa4B3WdbuMiNtc1UqpdB6SSfSRrciFG2tIhhHf92vowiRjCp5V_NcKJrWwz5nBirE7NTrysiOWCIa0Mean4=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1920" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0d_WX9E5yaSTPspx3CE0v_rfc3Ovvgx0jeSz9ozD1OGh-zXseSuS5mVajspwunLJBUvKMR6keZPXwOBl-2dClWVr09WzWQpKDeYt5FIa4B3WdbuMiNtc1UqpdB6SSfSRrciFG2tIhhHf92vowiRjCp5V_NcKJrWwz5nBirE7NTrysiOWCIa0Mean4=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then the soldering iron got used again to solder these two wires onto the DCC Decoder - in the correct location of course. OK, OK, so I got them swapped around and had to swap them over after I tested it - we all make mistakes!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1o4-3QBU42LtXx_-gEi7z3f75QCifrgPYBgr-uXLMDNDUm7X7pSmLa-O_jyHYdifr3OrLbY7zh6bD3OOgwFMLbFht9qP6GCyUFuY4-ePzdxArpWaPaIyrKmSLUH6XT4fup667bbqiEThKLeUTbrRVXGKByOME70hak0TIqgXfqHwlt56L9CG8OmA9=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1920" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1o4-3QBU42LtXx_-gEi7z3f75QCifrgPYBgr-uXLMDNDUm7X7pSmLa-O_jyHYdifr3OrLbY7zh6bD3OOgwFMLbFht9qP6GCyUFuY4-ePzdxArpWaPaIyrKmSLUH6XT4fup667bbqiEThKLeUTbrRVXGKByOME70hak0TIqgXfqHwlt56L9CG8OmA9=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The shell was then placed back on the loco and a full programming of settings using JMRI software was performed and the loco then tested fine. After I do the next two GP38-2 locos, I will compare them all and make sure they are tweaked prepoerly so as to all run at the same speeds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSDZxTJ48OK4W6EaRWnIyJb55ZsIWfpZE2h7Wc2I5NpC5gHppQ1rlGAJRRS72EhcJ1fae2zhtt58Rk4zDqpSh8FegRg5GyKfaa1Spjf-goEucrCUIwUhbkKVZkWmNHfyZYppfFiiUgbmq-y2oCBuR5mOoSu_ozS6WvttHH2G2DAwVkgjc8aKMGf_Cz=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1920" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSDZxTJ48OK4W6EaRWnIyJb55ZsIWfpZE2h7Wc2I5NpC5gHppQ1rlGAJRRS72EhcJ1fae2zhtt58Rk4zDqpSh8FegRg5GyKfaa1Spjf-goEucrCUIwUhbkKVZkWmNHfyZYppfFiiUgbmq-y2oCBuR5mOoSu_ozS6WvttHH2G2DAwVkgjc8aKMGf_Cz=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-32802173554418615152022-02-20T15:43:00.003+10:002022-02-20T15:43:50.786+10:00A Canuck E8A is Given Voice<p style="text-align: justify;">I have previously managed to get sound into one loco in each consist of the different loco sets I have. So the N scale F3 Santa Fe, F7 Santa Fe and PA sets, both Rio Grande and Southern Pacific, all have one loco in their consists that makes noise. So now it is time that my E8 set gets theirs. The other set without a voice is the F7 Great Northern, which will gets their's after I finish with my VIA Rail set.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj84E6Z9bJ3Hm5gIJ8nND133Rkkf4IIw6etOK3Ej3RxkpEcVkoRl5gZaRRYQ_vPVcMtlFxIb_u8103ef2YvIifDqhOISpXSX7CAJRkFHIdM6T3MLgczYVvroJA-6pG6sFeExu9V9b1YV4GSSRcdm9AYVH0x4Zj7rFFFS0KKLcucf_6pEO_cb-AFrmoG=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1920" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj84E6Z9bJ3Hm5gIJ8nND133Rkkf4IIw6etOK3Ej3RxkpEcVkoRl5gZaRRYQ_vPVcMtlFxIb_u8103ef2YvIifDqhOISpXSX7CAJRkFHIdM6T3MLgczYVvroJA-6pG6sFeExu9V9b1YV4GSSRcdm9AYVH0x4Zj7rFFFS0KKLcucf_6pEO_cb-AFrmoG=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I have a pair of Kato made E8A locos in VIA Rail colours to haul my Canadian Passenger train around. So now it's time for the Locos to be able to sing while running. VIA 1800, the lead locomotive will become the voice for the pair. I got my hands on a Digitrax SDN144K0a Sound Decoder and an ESU 50321 Sugar Cube Speaker - that should do the job for me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggduioapLaE1xqZbC99f2z9hNXIcIOe1Jv1W4jBKXvMRVT-V3vPAmRpmsPkfjx1GY5EZyuFoerF7eYGlKKj207xee9RtHGfV6qg1hsa2rHk_PVBqGEVhhqsMc4juMbtA7T2-wqC6xmGnE0lshsVnc3IP-r8biI5PTRfDXxws1A8m2n6nOY69lC0WNv=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1920" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggduioapLaE1xqZbC99f2z9hNXIcIOe1Jv1W4jBKXvMRVT-V3vPAmRpmsPkfjx1GY5EZyuFoerF7eYGlKKj207xee9RtHGfV6qg1hsa2rHk_PVBqGEVhhqsMc4juMbtA7T2-wqC6xmGnE0lshsVnc3IP-r8biI5PTRfDXxws1A8m2n6nOY69lC0WNv=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So first up it's off with it's head, I mean body. That way we can remove the original Digitrax DN163K0a non-sound decoder I put in her a bunch of years back. Even though you can just fold the motor tabs over the decoder board and use the supplied plastic clip to hold it all together, I always solder in my decoders for much more reliable running. So the soldering iron was fired up to desolder the old decoder.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDh9ZoN9MK-nfQccc1SCYm2u3qNrxelEgYGsc0AyDYHFuN95fMvuIbkwhcayF4Sd-m82gpKY0hj4lWQww_SNExrtVcCxnI2P0d92-CRc6EOzPC7qqqtEUYKyOxLvsvnHk3VQYweaQN94x_PWJQ0SMNbOqd0_KrqccN-Wd9LEzjwmzX2pKA-zQ0CBQH=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1920" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDh9ZoN9MK-nfQccc1SCYm2u3qNrxelEgYGsc0AyDYHFuN95fMvuIbkwhcayF4Sd-m82gpKY0hj4lWQww_SNExrtVcCxnI2P0d92-CRc6EOzPC7qqqtEUYKyOxLvsvnHk3VQYweaQN94x_PWJQ0SMNbOqd0_KrqccN-Wd9LEzjwmzX2pKA-zQ0CBQH=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here is the Digitrax sound decoder. You can see it comes with a bog standard coil speaker and a small capacitor hanging off of it. The capacitor must remain, but the speaker can be played with.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8zy5KWVrgMtKMXrZrhEGzEz0y0jvRQFOHSjUaUnhWns6wmY5FtmqR14RuxkzMZg0ngqmrZfzzpo5RVxjDs73njfHX_NTAH2VTvZNuYYO0kjr-2vkZuSyDXEOPRfvzpA4So632-7y9Ph8Dz0r90x8ldZ3QyLIfDgDAmODCK428ov1k2GgBikJ9_FV8=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1920" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8zy5KWVrgMtKMXrZrhEGzEz0y0jvRQFOHSjUaUnhWns6wmY5FtmqR14RuxkzMZg0ngqmrZfzzpo5RVxjDs73njfHX_NTAH2VTvZNuYYO0kjr-2vkZuSyDXEOPRfvzpA4So632-7y9Ph8Dz0r90x8ldZ3QyLIfDgDAmODCK428ov1k2GgBikJ9_FV8=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is a comparison of the old non-sound decoder (bottom) and the new sound decoder (top). We can see that one of the LED lights will need to go, as an E8A only has a headlight. So the soldering iron has another job to do.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhW4g7URAsWAySX2NAXAXRyZnS1fxhZx3o51a7i9LSizhHrMbAcZwtY9BHNj80xx-cw6d2qmUUl5JfXzZcrzcOe77hof4HMe-loOko1fsdTndO-n_dAha9mAg-EInKBBO-n5N-MwGqMmeingpj4P5yG9W5hrS7mmH8lgCRp1B3vB4dD_VciD6645e5T=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1920" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhW4g7URAsWAySX2NAXAXRyZnS1fxhZx3o51a7i9LSizhHrMbAcZwtY9BHNj80xx-cw6d2qmUUl5JfXzZcrzcOe77hof4HMe-loOko1fsdTndO-n_dAha9mAg-EInKBBO-n5N-MwGqMmeingpj4P5yG9W5hrS7mmH8lgCRp1B3vB4dD_VciD6645e5T=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Since the patient is already on the table, a full grease and oil change also will be performed. The contact strips will also get a polish for good conductivity as well. So a full strip down is performed.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyMS0G_01E3PIBgC_bchPp0fdCOQgEIT8X3zY-e3dk8Lg2Bkl5QGArYGspkGZNk5a6hWJF1OYSOPnaKYhau2KZprcwuK_y5VQ2v0VG1Pg-oaBf9ZkiHR_n50V3Tk7ZnJSr3vRk1IMv72a_5LaWtv-LuzibzIIoGw5cEHNReVISbtfcNAhu9EPKwuRB=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1920" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyMS0G_01E3PIBgC_bchPp0fdCOQgEIT8X3zY-e3dk8Lg2Bkl5QGArYGspkGZNk5a6hWJF1OYSOPnaKYhau2KZprcwuK_y5VQ2v0VG1Pg-oaBf9ZkiHR_n50V3Tk7ZnJSr3vRk1IMv72a_5LaWtv-LuzibzIIoGw5cEHNReVISbtfcNAhu9EPKwuRB=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>So this is the orientation I think I will install the capacitor and speaker.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlnEkb5A1p6lLfJFyEEvciJm67hawosuWu44ZbYh8-g--ML8BV6JwUla0Ev_INR1Ofi2OyZj3fWnEoWrYkNP9Xp4Ayy3gWEHSI9con9jNAwXP6hdNVu7cn3v8L1m_0ZmAyuJoUo5LCqvF7aWY8NKX6uNkRz9F2neRBwKjNokej-1mD4fWlBTpYAOyx=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1920" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlnEkb5A1p6lLfJFyEEvciJm67hawosuWu44ZbYh8-g--ML8BV6JwUla0Ev_INR1Ofi2OyZj3fWnEoWrYkNP9Xp4Ayy3gWEHSI9con9jNAwXP6hdNVu7cn3v8L1m_0ZmAyuJoUo5LCqvF7aWY8NKX6uNkRz9F2neRBwKjNokej-1mD4fWlBTpYAOyx=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now a decision is needed. Do I go with the supplied Coil speaker or go for a Sugar Cube speaker? The Alco PA locos I voiced up a while back were used to trial both. We have the sugar cube type on the left in the Rio Grande loco and the original coil type on the right installed ni the Southern Pacific loco.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9DdXMfEFuJug1I9sfSLYOqmY2z-ttZFW_iZYHr4UW38SsUlFnCnHgqYzvWKJuueESsMOLRr5-kEFRdryMap3guxrzPG7XBs0A2JL40YON-45IWh13vh0QYM9RpP5TqJX6tWGV9kImxhw4izb2Xo_vqAiBrit4kgmzXZLU9uEocZzNNh40DJupwihX=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1920" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9DdXMfEFuJug1I9sfSLYOqmY2z-ttZFW_iZYHr4UW38SsUlFnCnHgqYzvWKJuueESsMOLRr5-kEFRdryMap3guxrzPG7XBs0A2JL40YON-45IWh13vh0QYM9RpP5TqJX6tWGV9kImxhw4izb2Xo_vqAiBrit4kgmzXZLU9uEocZzNNh40DJupwihX=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is the coil speaker setup I used in the PA loco. I made up a boom box out of styrene to give a better sound.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinqUR2q2vX7AVKlUAnLXr4SgfDabK66LF837WXiJ9m3hoeX_KSjdDB85V0au4AJGyYqLnL25b3kHqirTyQsRhRG-AmfLXQkoiaslX0kjw8raqEe0U6Z6SD8pSiLZDovOUUnMXRBfdaei8SyEvqt06NGztaqkayslUGrzSFDJnmqxDF8gMJFRByU2Ow=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1920" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinqUR2q2vX7AVKlUAnLXr4SgfDabK66LF837WXiJ9m3hoeX_KSjdDB85V0au4AJGyYqLnL25b3kHqirTyQsRhRG-AmfLXQkoiaslX0kjw8raqEe0U6Z6SD8pSiLZDovOUUnMXRBfdaei8SyEvqt06NGztaqkayslUGrzSFDJnmqxDF8gMJFRByU2Ow=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And here we see the contents of an ESU 50321 sugar cube kit. You build the boom box to the size you want.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7coz_YZFHUbxi9VWbCHNNAdqMiApqKJEFzvexZAdVPxmGrH7Yj8NUXluHKIu7Lu-h9Qf2HwGSpyL0_FWhhHYj85RPyE5FruOioaquHqzXIxldAA_suF9wF2YVBsp1S9XTOyKu81BKl7fgk5q18cAix2bA3ciVOCC1fygrr2bJpYtu2PLH7MoOKPqm=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7coz_YZFHUbxi9VWbCHNNAdqMiApqKJEFzvexZAdVPxmGrH7Yj8NUXluHKIu7Lu-h9Qf2HwGSpyL0_FWhhHYj85RPyE5FruOioaquHqzXIxldAA_suF9wF2YVBsp1S9XTOyKu81BKl7fgk5q18cAix2bA3ciVOCC1fygrr2bJpYtu2PLH7MoOKPqm=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">OK, yep, I'll go the sugar cube this time. They are just a better speaker all round. So out with my Plasti-Zap CA to glue it together. I went with the thick spacer and bottom and was left with a thin spacer and double bottom for other jobs.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibjGG3IszzsVVM1BkUJQqtpTa3IxID11z_CiDTRlPNRqQYF6qkpnBmo4Z9yR02c3NnIICWAhBv_t-ap1to7KsTTLv41e4F_bij-q4h2FfHF2E81RxX4e01EMkP9rVQDGs9QPf_AmTkq4wzVu2ccBTsy8RD1sZDeRNyGqV6swoo1wlHzx3oB5DH611G=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1920" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibjGG3IszzsVVM1BkUJQqtpTa3IxID11z_CiDTRlPNRqQYF6qkpnBmo4Z9yR02c3NnIICWAhBv_t-ap1to7KsTTLv41e4F_bij-q4h2FfHF2E81RxX4e01EMkP9rVQDGs9QPf_AmTkq4wzVu2ccBTsy8RD1sZDeRNyGqV6swoo1wlHzx3oB5DH611G=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">No one said a job didn't get done without a bit of hard work. So out with the hacksaw and into the main loco frame!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj73ehLwoKZDLYTIK-mZq-QAoPnYtWD2KR-VVArWRhe09fXRXo6Ms1cc6jnWFhKQoKcPZ0ypfhX9wPpdBni9EdA3wD1s26i0gzgI-TmeeTZLkh-BntsEqcPoioPYHU0tEed8zxrVoDlOgwZ1REgxnXQb4gJa1WbmLDU9UoufdE4pyIuVuq4VE8rh95O=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1920" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj73ehLwoKZDLYTIK-mZq-QAoPnYtWD2KR-VVArWRhe09fXRXo6Ms1cc6jnWFhKQoKcPZ0ypfhX9wPpdBni9EdA3wD1s26i0gzgI-TmeeTZLkh-BntsEqcPoioPYHU0tEed8zxrVoDlOgwZ1REgxnXQb4gJa1WbmLDU9UoufdE4pyIuVuq4VE8rh95O=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After a few minutes of careful cutting, I got the piece I wanted gone, out. I weighed the filings and the chunk of metal and the loco is now 10½ grams lighter now. This won't affect the overall pulling power of the consist, as a single loco can pretty much pull the passenger train by itself. But of course two locos are better looking.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-1ji9_Pe6Qv_QWvv0y0Fl1E8zCjtOPVcPT9edC_g3_WhxWF2tpydl6X5RtaZUZ8RVttYsl9cqO-nY2akBo4ABzme-seka81qcaZm6UaaeH3kbTQSAS54cqICPWGU9nkSu_5LDHzB70PgGUcVIi50Qc3brqaW47vf-MjKsgmzU8lpnbu5G55Jc8eI-=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1920" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-1ji9_Pe6Qv_QWvv0y0Fl1E8zCjtOPVcPT9edC_g3_WhxWF2tpydl6X5RtaZUZ8RVttYsl9cqO-nY2akBo4ABzme-seka81qcaZm6UaaeH3kbTQSAS54cqICPWGU9nkSu_5LDHzB70PgGUcVIi50Qc3brqaW47vf-MjKsgmzU8lpnbu5G55Jc8eI-=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now you've probably been asking yourself why, why did he cut a chunk out of the rear of the loco. Well, it is so I have somewhere to mount the speaker and capacitor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguxGFKkPoXqxN5-07B5vsc7OJldp_vC6tzhmG04Yp50RJ9JKxMT5iimMLVP62s531-6DN7GiWn4MUsU-bfg50mXTDJJ3Cm2IjXEkqaUbJDwzLeWzoDmyB9aHiXPzKG4fdx7H3ot62srxRgg4wFjrsteP9oVrIqGKwgQugNAlGcmx-ybKqsddaSsEo_=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1920" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguxGFKkPoXqxN5-07B5vsc7OJldp_vC6tzhmG04Yp50RJ9JKxMT5iimMLVP62s531-6DN7GiWn4MUsU-bfg50mXTDJJ3Cm2IjXEkqaUbJDwzLeWzoDmyB9aHiXPzKG4fdx7H3ot62srxRgg4wFjrsteP9oVrIqGKwgQugNAlGcmx-ybKqsddaSsEo_=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As mentioned ealier, I did a full maintenance on the loco as part of this job and now I could start assembling the loco - yellow gear grease shows up well - doesn't it.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK-0iPoaSzFw-bvdBG1aj1ZHmsm7U5xR_GHwwsjj0d3XxrbCtgckRp6rS2NX3YKKzmWUZo_4Bv4dx0f9SVreShviEv59kTmjz2H5EKXrpztQGgsMuRe19itiZoZMQhf7Mr673QqQyi3hVdCFHCIz--wmm380K66x5d_Th9d2DuIWOb_jjdRRANFBum=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1920" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK-0iPoaSzFw-bvdBG1aj1ZHmsm7U5xR_GHwwsjj0d3XxrbCtgckRp6rS2NX3YKKzmWUZo_4Bv4dx0f9SVreShviEv59kTmjz2H5EKXrpztQGgsMuRe19itiZoZMQhf7Mr673QqQyi3hVdCFHCIz--wmm380K66x5d_Th9d2DuIWOb_jjdRRANFBum=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So now I got the decoder out and the sugar cube speaker. I had to cut the wires to the capacitor and extend them so the cap could reach it's mounting location. The coil speaker also was desoldered from the wires so that the sugar cube speaker could take its place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5PAvtBmSj1a0bKdlxB-Irx2mQmABhY5OFl_cF83UhUnCrLAQeB3_1iW-22P-Va5sRX2arD_rWPkeTETLWdV8PmAzq5vReaayTaRbG7TW6S30nscAW3EoOj17RGT48MiRlRMW0Vc1nrf1lUqeb2pW7MjqlYxHa9aEQzeZMUC3WR1xF7gbUUi8GcwjV=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1920" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5PAvtBmSj1a0bKdlxB-Irx2mQmABhY5OFl_cF83UhUnCrLAQeB3_1iW-22P-Va5sRX2arD_rWPkeTETLWdV8PmAzq5vReaayTaRbG7TW6S30nscAW3EoOj17RGT48MiRlRMW0Vc1nrf1lUqeb2pW7MjqlYxHa9aEQzeZMUC3WR1xF7gbUUi8GcwjV=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So after a few test positionings, the wires were soldered, heat shrink tubing put in place and the decoder itself soldered into place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCih6X04YLbG3KdLdu0kmNRBcEH9RwZGuk4YOAwtL22cOHqkGBtusTgUY3xQe09O-0uaDgawj8NoyXLj3D9z-PAOcxxljbPC_HdrS2gu84K73g2AA_FD17qsEIpn7lqw8Af8JoTWjyr_S8Ox75O8v9FViEcZPmuYUTPf6fyorJw62tR-NacIDt_DIE=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCih6X04YLbG3KdLdu0kmNRBcEH9RwZGuk4YOAwtL22cOHqkGBtusTgUY3xQe09O-0uaDgawj8NoyXLj3D9z-PAOcxxljbPC_HdrS2gu84K73g2AA_FD17qsEIpn7lqw8Af8JoTWjyr_S8Ox75O8v9FViEcZPmuYUTPf6fyorJw62tR-NacIDt_DIE=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Then out with some double sided tape to hold the capacitor and speaker into position.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLvTzn_cSxtltkGeGa7AGsl59pzSPwkRpBq5TnerB5QSJIwxGgt6DTQ23gfynG3uBcrM6r2-2NLsCOeJcElqWFiezREI79DEI4cJ51QDYJS-lNP4ll5aG0dxNR-tcv55DjWoowT3CY7gu6LW4QWzlFfnTYhF1HHNVmFbt7fAIxA9Ps0msL1MsSIK82=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1920" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLvTzn_cSxtltkGeGa7AGsl59pzSPwkRpBq5TnerB5QSJIwxGgt6DTQ23gfynG3uBcrM6r2-2NLsCOeJcElqWFiezREI79DEI4cJ51QDYJS-lNP4ll5aG0dxNR-tcv55DjWoowT3CY7gu6LW4QWzlFfnTYhF1HHNVmFbt7fAIxA9Ps0msL1MsSIK82=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Then a few bends of the wiring so that it all sits inside the frame and is ready for the shell to come down.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkLU7PF7rAbIQ6KEqc9EZivrtfGl0KIMCSj6EVqZXZsX4h3zvoGbG-tnepJJ0qnT5_OGXIeLDTyjmRCXO_RZtlwiu74VfznZZ8DGA30oGWVIEzW6iCEXRb_1yWsmqC3P4rCeOfQ5p7nb0ZCTSXh8OTogQ2Sn8Gkm3pB_7OcXBYLOCtI2LRsweurdZo=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1920" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkLU7PF7rAbIQ6KEqc9EZivrtfGl0KIMCSj6EVqZXZsX4h3zvoGbG-tnepJJ0qnT5_OGXIeLDTyjmRCXO_RZtlwiu74VfznZZ8DGA30oGWVIEzW6iCEXRb_1yWsmqC3P4rCeOfQ5p7nb0ZCTSXh8OTogQ2Sn8Gkm3pB_7OcXBYLOCtI2LRsweurdZo=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>A last check that all is in position and correct.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii01El1poAXV2ec9uuYByOk4MMltYTMtUdg8UofNP120-ewRp5_4tanA-_5a4rKvj_wojurIYCAsf4m7--9LTln27QeN5TGhionK5Q87crQ1REChHEKyD5WBUklBcF7vtLmvUZ8s1uhPre18bT1CwI-yQS1LuAWqXoW45gRHdBQ0S7I2bFjGpaWCBZ=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1920" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii01El1poAXV2ec9uuYByOk4MMltYTMtUdg8UofNP120-ewRp5_4tanA-_5a4rKvj_wojurIYCAsf4m7--9LTln27QeN5TGhionK5Q87crQ1REChHEKyD5WBUklBcF7vtLmvUZ8s1uhPre18bT1CwI-yQS1LuAWqXoW45gRHdBQ0S7I2bFjGpaWCBZ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The loco shell was then put in place and she was ready to be programmed up on my JMRI rig and gotten ready for a run down at the club :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirUBpN2GIzK-ju_BtDEKe51UO7QSQdm9wbKmPB-UPlToIdK2gQ2fHUuBHKay_2fgP2RVrQYOKzJn3pfaR8z42as9xNy82G-ZKvmVGMONHBfpL9d2K6yr_shdIHrzGRjtwEya13usDp8v0sW5kVk2gHMCrhR1nMP2ZRk4KP2oBRh5skvthesD-mI4Yf=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1920" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirUBpN2GIzK-ju_BtDEKe51UO7QSQdm9wbKmPB-UPlToIdK2gQ2fHUuBHKay_2fgP2RVrQYOKzJn3pfaR8z42as9xNy82G-ZKvmVGMONHBfpL9d2K6yr_shdIHrzGRjtwEya13usDp8v0sW5kVk2gHMCrhR1nMP2ZRk4KP2oBRh5skvthesD-mI4Yf=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Programming and then track testing proved all was good and VIA Rail 1800 now could speak for herself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8qsgq-EwpI5IQ0MpXQoxHQ7hpbwM40JDxjZ4DTRPUoQGGSV-_HJ9o_4QFqrRu0xNEJj7rC270AgoMOEho_u4nezm6A8VZ64WzUF81VocUGJNmzgFQYjs1z7gNUVxbffP7kb4Y83S4SNy4W8SlGFr49o5D8vXFnhtdEJUYkmIAV_HaO2tonGa7RVaF=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1920" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8qsgq-EwpI5IQ0MpXQoxHQ7hpbwM40JDxjZ4DTRPUoQGGSV-_HJ9o_4QFqrRu0xNEJj7rC270AgoMOEho_u4nezm6A8VZ64WzUF81VocUGJNmzgFQYjs1z7gNUVxbffP7kb4Y83S4SNy4W8SlGFr49o5D8vXFnhtdEJUYkmIAV_HaO2tonGa7RVaF=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>So maybe next week I will tackle the Great Northern F7. So toot toot for now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-35161574065681704332022-01-28T12:20:00.006+10:002022-01-28T12:20:57.149+10:00The Boys are again let Loose<p style="text-align: justify;">There is another problem to be solved, so the DeWALT Brothers and their friends have been called out to tackle the issue at hand.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6t9UmUHJRJet6yVLYGPeme8y0JPAFso3D-qjbGsJVVfqpLqoPI4sB58-Zfgl0O2MxetUQathEEvLgfs4Hd7fpNhUIW9N-SZLwJVoR1zeW1-uTNHGgiOMKEXeWhA1MP6lTtdVqELsFum-tKe-CaoU-_bVPe_xEK7Ss8rN2Iv_ldNlvaGqW7lgZRXKf=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1920" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6t9UmUHJRJet6yVLYGPeme8y0JPAFso3D-qjbGsJVVfqpLqoPI4sB58-Zfgl0O2MxetUQathEEvLgfs4Hd7fpNhUIW9N-SZLwJVoR1zeW1-uTNHGgiOMKEXeWhA1MP6lTtdVqELsFum-tKe-CaoU-_bVPe_xEK7Ss8rN2Iv_ldNlvaGqW7lgZRXKf=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The issue is yet again lack of storage - but in this instance accessible storage. I have standardised on an 11 litre plastic box for storing a lot of my gear in. A great place to store them is on top of the adjustable shelving sets I have. Since the ceiling it waaaay up there, I can get 7 boxes on top of each other and 8 side by side - 56 in total if my maths hasn't failed me. (my math will never fail me - I was beaten by the teacher to an inch of my life, well OK, he threw blackboard dusters at me - but they were wooden ones...) (mind you, the Nuns weren't much better!). So here is the space I will be working with after I moved the current contents to all over the garage in whatever spare space I had (very little in fact!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxj94cPEziB-RzopAKDby1Am0I-OHdZFtpBZtAcT5ai8AhpRnr-q_OdUpogKOblqgx1qDTrgbyg1Zg65a7_JA1AJYmsRkKKi_N0yNn7KwCfjAlrNDd-guIu1cToDDeBOrNmZw2V7obqvh10Rrczoqk-mkNdEnYIByWhePdcneEgHbiGQSJjIPpFZ4j=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxj94cPEziB-RzopAKDby1Am0I-OHdZFtpBZtAcT5ai8AhpRnr-q_OdUpogKOblqgx1qDTrgbyg1Zg65a7_JA1AJYmsRkKKi_N0yNn7KwCfjAlrNDd-guIu1cToDDeBOrNmZw2V7obqvh10Rrczoqk-mkNdEnYIByWhePdcneEgHbiGQSJjIPpFZ4j=s320" width="133" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu8zrhyHSmt4bDoAGGq5YpfA_duvSrQUBw1TpiS6WX3Zukwn5rtchymPIYjpgIytm85Mt5jZIRyfJSGf6YKp9KKsCeg30VweYf3PZ9shXZoANq2a6Dx-TlQMhW2iOWIlADFEZVCY6fKXE4ZouBnzZxaFx_M4ZG-CGNdW12EVRfm7s4_7HLmPlgXkSr=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1920" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu8zrhyHSmt4bDoAGGq5YpfA_duvSrQUBw1TpiS6WX3Zukwn5rtchymPIYjpgIytm85Mt5jZIRyfJSGf6YKp9KKsCeg30VweYf3PZ9shXZoANq2a6Dx-TlQMhW2iOWIlADFEZVCY6fKXE4ZouBnzZxaFx_M4ZG-CGNdW12EVRfm7s4_7HLmPlgXkSr=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">But an issue is that the boxes also contain some gear I regularly want - can you see the problem? Yep, I normally have to remove a pile of other boxes to get at the ones I want and this involves getting out the step ladder and such - oh the pain...(I can hear the old Dr Smith ...)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I worked out that the lower 3 boxes can be lifted down without the need of a ladder. So if the 4 boxes on top could be elsewhere, we'd be tickety boo (OK, I was watching an old Pommie TV series last night and some lingo rubbed off). Hmmm, light bulb moment. What if there was a shelf in there just over 3 boxes high and all the lesser accessed boxes sat on top and all the regularly accessed boxes below? I think I just heard the call of "Bingo!"</p><p>So here are just some of the temporarily displaced boxes jammed around the place - squeezy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqDuDf_1KnVy7M_6kOQn6WzLQBSW40avcs90-Q-djIC8hkgeESbh4KftSXAw5hrSiZvDjMR-JEk67PwaGEXC2tPQZY4G9cTyZrYpBQRAH-u48eap2ifoqLbzkQ4_l06d4tfK7Gyc85BJVhbr_JtJHTS7VxByFcUpJ5kOg3Ad7uj95tOXq51rbwmVca=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1920" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqDuDf_1KnVy7M_6kOQn6WzLQBSW40avcs90-Q-djIC8hkgeESbh4KftSXAw5hrSiZvDjMR-JEk67PwaGEXC2tPQZY4G9cTyZrYpBQRAH-u48eap2ifoqLbzkQ4_l06d4tfK7Gyc85BJVhbr_JtJHTS7VxByFcUpJ5kOg3Ad7uj95tOXq51rbwmVca=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV-rcewOV7F2riy1T9I8NoxjbUD9P5PAe0K7urDVB56_z5tRdA6OBVQ3utE4U6jgjvsZuJgxEXB3CNET1jMSfABlnGytwaZplJ2AmrZo4oEe7IV7aMXOnmJ1QlNh9PGIeig4lTRO9c4TNoUPwhQ8hMqdGgA6AkwXXyGCyvcgS2I2M9YwS6D-x4Yonx=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="914" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV-rcewOV7F2riy1T9I8NoxjbUD9P5PAe0K7urDVB56_z5tRdA6OBVQ3utE4U6jgjvsZuJgxEXB3CNET1jMSfABlnGytwaZplJ2AmrZo4oEe7IV7aMXOnmJ1QlNh9PGIeig4lTRO9c4TNoUPwhQ8hMqdGgA6AkwXXyGCyvcgS2I2M9YwS6D-x4Yonx=s320" width="152" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So I already had one sheet of 17mm film faced plywood and just needed one more sheet, so the other day it was off to a favourite place for us all - Bunnings. You know, a 2.4m x 0.6m sheet of ply sits inside of my Hyundai car? Easy Peasy - no trailer or ropes needed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A quick design drawn on a piece of scrap paper after measuring 10 times (don't you hate it when you only measure once and cock it up?) and I had a solution of a sheet of ply as the shelf with two "legs" of same material and one end being held by brackets to an existing shelf wall on the right hand side.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So the buzz saw was taken out and relevent measurements transcribed to the wood and the noise began, as did a crap load of saw dust. Then the DeWALT boys came along and put some holes and then long screws into place along with their friend Mr Aquadhere.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBRqx2RVxwsqZ3i2n0cR5GpqZFs6PzBlgvwc-4uauU9GncDVDwHs17uSLKHBQYIRRGcGqSDeys1Y0m7aZD2b6U_OsavYrr9fkN8qlL8_ndUoWvBnfn8dw5N_En6pGeB8jot1HC4LzKS5T8HXET7ic_Q_CRuj9ZcADqGhcVpn-q6TvEfdM7jgZlGcCB=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1920" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBRqx2RVxwsqZ3i2n0cR5GpqZFs6PzBlgvwc-4uauU9GncDVDwHs17uSLKHBQYIRRGcGqSDeys1Y0m7aZD2b6U_OsavYrr9fkN8qlL8_ndUoWvBnfn8dw5N_En6pGeB8jot1HC4LzKS5T8HXET7ic_Q_CRuj9ZcADqGhcVpn-q6TvEfdM7jgZlGcCB=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTV1LRaunTMFurViVnA9TP4LLuXlWjVqTndc3WBh3Hu8kzZnhGIlMRQWSAIivuAra0oYsb9RPuKQjkzrBGdA50Dhumdp5lKbzSbpCI912xBLVKR3ZTW_DZhts_uz7-bdLctwtC44HwEtz58gHgFzC2QUJqTrO_iBsMEX3vlB8pkqqPVujTz2s6XpOJ=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1920" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTV1LRaunTMFurViVnA9TP4LLuXlWjVqTndc3WBh3Hu8kzZnhGIlMRQWSAIivuAra0oYsb9RPuKQjkzrBGdA50Dhumdp5lKbzSbpCI912xBLVKR3ZTW_DZhts_uz7-bdLctwtC44HwEtz58gHgFzC2QUJqTrO_iBsMEX3vlB8pkqqPVujTz2s6XpOJ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Then I lugged the solution into the Paint Shed for a coat of 4in1 Prep undercoat and then left it overnight in the warmth of the drying shed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwIB0EDYsadciytdo-aeudHIX44UNFVwhVXUaL0Xlkx718yTUoSQEC0vQZ4JRcaYkwd4eK0NUVObgPm01KnVbdQwld0uj2iICe9xyJL3KDZJa8HsFdezUnt8Qm-Ijg8EHPcPlI5_f2oIRlM6PWFp1vMpzQA-ICuXMGOl1rRfTXXB1gRMyeiHPXzQXr=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1920" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwIB0EDYsadciytdo-aeudHIX44UNFVwhVXUaL0Xlkx718yTUoSQEC0vQZ4JRcaYkwd4eK0NUVObgPm01KnVbdQwld0uj2iICe9xyJL3KDZJa8HsFdezUnt8Qm-Ijg8EHPcPlI5_f2oIRlM6PWFp1vMpzQA-ICuXMGOl1rRfTXXB1gRMyeiHPXzQXr=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I figured I'd move it into position and then give it a top coat of paint in situ.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOnnBScOQsLJnXi-VXp3MhLTGcxCymIwsirewuvZ1MIbFYULX7P7mAe0wuIzTJkWH1kmhQrdOv3vRLLXxuqrjhUKPTBS790RASmblNaZQuxBv-h2SuJhV01c_EuNw6Gp_mHpBxf6XgmGqdDi2ELSwsD8nomgbalVQrHXv9coJWrc9GBwb29y43ozYV=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="915" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOnnBScOQsLJnXi-VXp3MhLTGcxCymIwsirewuvZ1MIbFYULX7P7mAe0wuIzTJkWH1kmhQrdOv3vRLLXxuqrjhUKPTBS790RASmblNaZQuxBv-h2SuJhV01c_EuNw6Gp_mHpBxf6XgmGqdDi2ELSwsD8nomgbalVQrHXv9coJWrc9GBwb29y43ozYV=s320" width="153" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLEYGNy4wfjtijqGQQHhDj0PyM6uGDc5Gsecw9Z_K95uwOclE2mpXSyNeS74v4AlSRmRm1h94DPdfNbDF7ZPX1ILcWM1lT9FEjB7PnGh1J5ZwY1vdAgdMiJAWvYlzFm2jmpNLM7216DXK6s5A97UDL1oGdyGmCS1kCtiSu5rgBsVOeqd_jVJP-Tsjw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1920" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLEYGNy4wfjtijqGQQHhDj0PyM6uGDc5Gsecw9Z_K95uwOclE2mpXSyNeS74v4AlSRmRm1h94DPdfNbDF7ZPX1ILcWM1lT9FEjB7PnGh1J5ZwY1vdAgdMiJAWvYlzFm2jmpNLM7216DXK6s5A97UDL1oGdyGmCS1kCtiSu5rgBsVOeqd_jVJP-Tsjw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So this morning I thought I'd work up a sweat after a lousy sleepless night and try and get the juices going in this bod of mine (you beast you...) So a few screws were added. Some to add a couple of brackets to the right hand side and then a few from under the "floor" of the shelf, the top of the storage sheves themselves. This way it can't fall on me if I grab the shelves and tug on them (why I'd do that I dont know, but safe is best)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSztOfYMlUABFKV_A7O0ozksWTNRZs5riwItdc8lkci3LHvqfpMOXxnFV8kg73LDuNNZWQhRLFWd7yZTkS0Lv_t_mE1BEBIN_iQc1MrZ7qXVINPUIWJtPirJIqHldXxqAQEOoxXyOJiqIsKu6khqVMElHjd6Jo08MTIeCzdBpNz2KXEKcT8Fp7nOC8=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1920" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSztOfYMlUABFKV_A7O0ozksWTNRZs5riwItdc8lkci3LHvqfpMOXxnFV8kg73LDuNNZWQhRLFWd7yZTkS0Lv_t_mE1BEBIN_iQc1MrZ7qXVINPUIWJtPirJIqHldXxqAQEOoxXyOJiqIsKu6khqVMElHjd6Jo08MTIeCzdBpNz2KXEKcT8Fp7nOC8=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Well that didnt really get any sweat flowing, but this did - move the boxes back into position! Close enough to 40 boxes got shifted and yep, sweat was dripping from this one.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now I can more easily access the lower three boxes along the storage area, which I made sure all contained only regularly accessed stuff and the not so regular stuff is on the new shelve above. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIv-_0HVA6dnYhHrRx95s9hrsKTTL4S8XQIPIxDl3cs9E6F7stnj4sCYeCZJyeNpryodPjGiQ_r_DbgXMvcrvVO-l8PbUw9LAdAITUtBVdYkCOCoEmcpyctDpaRkEz_qdVAVDnC_tE0dorlUlRiLOqDM-e_xG70VrRGo78_1nSX3Siv-d5Pjx8SEwh=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="901" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIv-_0HVA6dnYhHrRx95s9hrsKTTL4S8XQIPIxDl3cs9E6F7stnj4sCYeCZJyeNpryodPjGiQ_r_DbgXMvcrvVO-l8PbUw9LAdAITUtBVdYkCOCoEmcpyctDpaRkEz_qdVAVDnC_tE0dorlUlRiLOqDM-e_xG70VrRGo78_1nSX3Siv-d5Pjx8SEwh=s320" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinGZN0IAkm61L8aYCp0G5GC_qPRHPDlxDjoQqxckJbFcfiW08DvfFsKe_WP05SKaJSM2Jw2pfOPsmnPeT8-x2JrWJMiSd7C39DZ22dhTUShdate2QjVOYqleEpYki2Ibt4tp2ZqlEFsOl768cYYtBNalUDuwZgJHxUKNMDQn4NtjhLjrvRN0CjSt_l=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1920" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinGZN0IAkm61L8aYCp0G5GC_qPRHPDlxDjoQqxckJbFcfiW08DvfFsKe_WP05SKaJSM2Jw2pfOPsmnPeT8-x2JrWJMiSd7C39DZ22dhTUShdate2QjVOYqleEpYki2Ibt4tp2ZqlEFsOl768cYYtBNalUDuwZgJHxUKNMDQn4NtjhLjrvRN0CjSt_l=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Now for a coffee and some tucker for lunch I think, then a relax for a bit.<br /><p><br /></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-54827754643663810142021-12-22T10:02:00.001+10:002021-12-22T10:02:14.438+10:00Look Me in the Eyes<p style="text-align: justify;">So I'm doing a pile of maintenance on my N scale locos at the moment and a big bug bear is that when doing the coupler trip pin height, it is damned hard to see accurately their height above or below the track when you have to bend down to table height or awkwardly pick them up with a small piece of track. So...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was time to make something. But it can't take up all of my benchspace even though it would need a good footing so as to not fall over when being used. So out with some power tools and such and the attack of the 6 mm plywood began. The design mutated as it went along, as they always do. But simple should do the trick here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp5H5_Uu7TaFAjuXKtI6Gtk6N2SbH7S7HRo2pFozJ6KrXAz-9HP8Aym_7Fy5vinRfVPRKv5GqavUCwlEzwxJ_e1tDLW2k_vq9C7fGCldZPTCR9xWJMujISFCn4Q01UfDaSf_vJ93JMztrlKaBC4DUFaxgMrDMauQMlcZc3Fl6JuwK3ufdH7HGfHSFN=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp5H5_Uu7TaFAjuXKtI6Gtk6N2SbH7S7HRo2pFozJ6KrXAz-9HP8Aym_7Fy5vinRfVPRKv5GqavUCwlEzwxJ_e1tDLW2k_vq9C7fGCldZPTCR9xWJMujISFCn4Q01UfDaSf_vJ93JMztrlKaBC4DUFaxgMrDMauQMlcZc3Fl6JuwK3ufdH7HGfHSFN=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">So I made the shelf 42 cm wide, 42 cm high and 20 cm deep. Pretty stable enough on its feet and light and can be put away over the top of a lot of other stuff in my storage racks when not in use. I just used my little plunge saw and cut up the bits of ply from a small sheet I already had on hand in the shed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I then sanded the edges and sides to remove all the daggy bits and got to gluing it together. My old scuba diving lead weights do come in handy for holding things down.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSCnNUs-o5_eOjJHYGKrHOfLeRtJBMsDDLf3sNzWDl0QyvpHXlbI3_hijaUYu0ygNbgMRwiXqouKWSBI1E1cTsmAIPvmtK7-3IGRcup7-ezZ67Xdr4ja-eWXSwgh481HBC0UPnrNNoKj1jHopjMe4YZkTGbyPpqy0L4us28PcsCbf-zgj-UEPVUvI9=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1920" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSCnNUs-o5_eOjJHYGKrHOfLeRtJBMsDDLf3sNzWDl0QyvpHXlbI3_hijaUYu0ygNbgMRwiXqouKWSBI1E1cTsmAIPvmtK7-3IGRcup7-ezZ67Xdr4ja-eWXSwgh481HBC0UPnrNNoKj1jHopjMe4YZkTGbyPpqy0L4us28PcsCbf-zgj-UEPVUvI9=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I used some 12 mm triangle strip to bolster the joins and again used the lead to hold them down until the glue dried, thereby giving a good solid join.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9Lzl2EVlP8pNrIZR0kc1fH1NlE_15Us5xoxj6WoiyyHn4dFKuk55LncO-cfthkSlnB77ilWYxyxMr1Ahfue7evtICuQ77VSSoyxV4t83j-UTLd9BifZDhSWiJOogi0Yx_3rS-UpBzbmhmaXsZ7PLE0FpAW2ziEwYTQPfxgska5Vvp1_qf5OJjTl57=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1920" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9Lzl2EVlP8pNrIZR0kc1fH1NlE_15Us5xoxj6WoiyyHn4dFKuk55LncO-cfthkSlnB77ilWYxyxMr1Ahfue7evtICuQ77VSSoyxV4t83j-UTLd9BifZDhSWiJOogi0Yx_3rS-UpBzbmhmaXsZ7PLE0FpAW2ziEwYTQPfxgska5Vvp1_qf5OJjTl57=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>Once the white glue had dried for a day, I took it outside for a good orbital sanding.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg31Bg_WFAmkpkqrCts4aIMxuTYuBc6OqV1sudmNY5vJIjJQzbnzK-HxMisrkcx17cillaqiOvoXyDNiud2-ooYa4NPalahHuqbsgPpaAkUS2xTA9H0f9HA6FsTO23bPjmWtAt-5R7rKI5gX21a1Oy460ebhcwpDmgobA4U2-omM7rvc8XQHAug_NA=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1547" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg31Bg_WFAmkpkqrCts4aIMxuTYuBc6OqV1sudmNY5vJIjJQzbnzK-HxMisrkcx17cillaqiOvoXyDNiud2-ooYa4NPalahHuqbsgPpaAkUS2xTA9H0f9HA6FsTO23bPjmWtAt-5R7rKI5gX21a1Oy460ebhcwpDmgobA4U2-omM7rvc8XQHAug_NA=s320" width="258" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then it was inside for a good lick of water based One Coat Clear to give it a reasonable look. Even though it really doesn't need a coat of paint, it makes it look better to me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ_ZTUrGKFy-cW5nxwlX53cke-FEaxLvVfTPq4pR6CVbe7HS0T-VlO5O7XnR-MhwOlf9kGh3zWGtD8J6nUFjYm-k3mYZzE0mrYUMBE7fY39-TnUyzAOV9HA22uZVcVRoNzcwLF4PgnH-uHoBnYNFMoKuC2hOdxHCxrXK5l6ZFT7VC3Ym416pHs6_Oa=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1920" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ_ZTUrGKFy-cW5nxwlX53cke-FEaxLvVfTPq4pR6CVbe7HS0T-VlO5O7XnR-MhwOlf9kGh3zWGtD8J6nUFjYm-k3mYZzE0mrYUMBE7fY39-TnUyzAOV9HA22uZVcVRoNzcwLF4PgnH-uHoBnYNFMoKuC2hOdxHCxrXK5l6ZFT7VC3Ym416pHs6_Oa=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Came up pretty good in fact. Should look good in amongst the stuff on my work benches.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjELnRmIyMoDwILm5TWcaAWk7FhW0A2V6WYKb8WzPEr17TvFupY1niojLTwGxNwJ4f6wqjEn4BIUbp9_cxTIoH1dQdeS6Y3TlTDjNb3qC9xc3Z0pEW99pSc_r6jV9hxiWLQn7eBQadPRLZ5G15YLxtlWHkEmfuiQZXwbO5tb8ZD28i41PUFUEHDEFf1=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1920" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjELnRmIyMoDwILm5TWcaAWk7FhW0A2V6WYKb8WzPEr17TvFupY1niojLTwGxNwJ4f6wqjEn4BIUbp9_cxTIoH1dQdeS6Y3TlTDjNb3qC9xc3Z0pEW99pSc_r6jV9hxiWLQn7eBQadPRLZ5G15YLxtlWHkEmfuiQZXwbO5tb8ZD28i41PUFUEHDEFf1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, the job isn't finished yet. I need some track to put the locos on so I can see the coupler trip pins. I was originally going to just glue them onto the shelf I just made, but nah....</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'll make a seperate piece for the track so that the shelf itself might get to be used for other things in time. So another piece of 6 mm ply was cut to the size of the top of the shelf - 20 cm x 42 cm. Anyone know the number 42?</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So I glued down a length of HO dual gauge track to cater for my HO and HOn3½ locos and wagons and then a piece of 9 mm track for the N scale locos and wagons.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi94p__ypTdiwpeCsM_ilxwgah2YZNYgdUMDG29NM00DJeMLGRKthtUk_xFx8HrGB71TkKQ48gafHf7nbJjnywN3yDzUc0wRML-0qCELnqa_6Q7xCzCcisNoRxMR64ZNNXt8qxwSLyZx51oGtXeEi34LfHC3tmbH1kTUpRatk-D2Ca09G1wPgQVfR1a=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1920" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi94p__ypTdiwpeCsM_ilxwgah2YZNYgdUMDG29NM00DJeMLGRKthtUk_xFx8HrGB71TkKQ48gafHf7nbJjnywN3yDzUc0wRML-0qCELnqa_6Q7xCzCcisNoRxMR64ZNNXt8qxwSLyZx51oGtXeEi34LfHC3tmbH1kTUpRatk-D2Ca09G1wPgQVfR1a=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And just so it looks better finished, I added some dirt and grass scatters. I will ballast the track shortly as well and maybe some spots of static grass and such - what the hey :-)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI0kPsB89DiwjlyByrHRcLWBBz193_T4iQQDkKq-_oUfioyq7KcN8zYDVG4qxvUppJuDpkZKbUS1QggDnCEEQ4Mv1Mw-YwDHzuVsU4BNIKGj4XD5OovBtT28CtA4UKewR_dgti-cOhOzmraCIwp8lvJ1KastoNhKmfPgDl7_w5325aGJCBEHeCXovM=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1920" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI0kPsB89DiwjlyByrHRcLWBBz193_T4iQQDkKq-_oUfioyq7KcN8zYDVG4qxvUppJuDpkZKbUS1QggDnCEEQ4Mv1Mw-YwDHzuVsU4BNIKGj4XD5OovBtT28CtA4UKewR_dgti-cOhOzmraCIwp8lvJ1KastoNhKmfPgDl7_w5325aGJCBEHeCXovM=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here it is in place actually being used. My eyeballs can eyeball the coupler trip pins at a nice comfortable height. The bench is stable and I made sure it is also wide enough that should a loco decide to go to sleep and fall off the track after being knocked by a clumsy hand, it will just lie down in the grass.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoKYiCcOEanKUc8Uuze01yWPvXnaTH1mEZjAlpZnaLAOz9U6c_aBR2_YK6StxamsLOLpGZJTPawkyKLzdGiGhWTnSHFGObgsHo3GKxgkudsEd5kSE4odyUdVwE1uWfl8KLaPHBn1bbzSHSrTOX5VCU-EFBGa5YhXmQ_r4GsBAjsh2XuH7grmko3BoY=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1689" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoKYiCcOEanKUc8Uuze01yWPvXnaTH1mEZjAlpZnaLAOz9U6c_aBR2_YK6StxamsLOLpGZJTPawkyKLzdGiGhWTnSHFGObgsHo3GKxgkudsEd5kSE4odyUdVwE1uWfl8KLaPHBn1bbzSHSrTOX5VCU-EFBGa5YhXmQ_r4GsBAjsh2XuH7grmko3BoY=s320" width="282" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>OK, now those trip pins on the couplers are now good to go :-)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn6jnGne8h6324x04QEitBen4BxTII0gBkEtutqaJZ-SrYT7QphBkMx3H-aN_ubChrS8dAd2KpLtxqehK9ANzDcxvBb6l1DQyK_NafiQy2DhQn-aSxB8wDfQ5hmTPl4jp7NPlKMImPu9DgH03g4Mjg-XUH4062qVWc7vRt6RJpzZ-Aq-jz_-Lc6MrU=s1919" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1919" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn6jnGne8h6324x04QEitBen4BxTII0gBkEtutqaJZ-SrYT7QphBkMx3H-aN_ubChrS8dAd2KpLtxqehK9ANzDcxvBb6l1DQyK_NafiQy2DhQn-aSxB8wDfQ5hmTPl4jp7NPlKMImPu9DgH03g4Mjg-XUH4062qVWc7vRt6RJpzZ-Aq-jz_-Lc6MrU=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-70747598581182653762021-11-21T14:10:00.001+10:002021-11-21T14:10:26.363+10:00A Little Bit of TLC<p style="text-align: justify;">In January 1972 as part of EMD's Dash 2 series, the EMD SD40-2, a 3,000-horsepower (2,200 kW) C-C diesel-electric locomotive was introduced to the world. 4,175 of these beasts were built. So of course one must by definition have a fleet of these in their model railway collection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBQ9lhOO9pj274LA8olUS_yCCSOP8Dcy6_T3IWHqV-vvN2DwBxSoZfkvHTFjUQCwQwiDZ3svTPS8cRXOSol8LDLUyHJ0ipbnmexyh5rHlLwjFiUaxXMkoE5R6q39KyHEQgYr0HQGK4JI/s1920/20211121_121142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1920" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBQ9lhOO9pj274LA8olUS_yCCSOP8Dcy6_T3IWHqV-vvN2DwBxSoZfkvHTFjUQCwQwiDZ3svTPS8cRXOSol8LDLUyHJ0ipbnmexyh5rHlLwjFiUaxXMkoE5R6q39KyHEQgYr0HQGK4JI/s320/20211121_121142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Mine are not quite as large as the real ones which are 167 tons and 21 metres in length - mine are N scale and hence 1:160 in scale to the real thing and are only 135 mm long. After running for a number of years it is now time for an overhaul. So out onto the workbench they go and are pulled down to the required part level to enable a little bit of TLC to be applied.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u6BuI_y8jWJjhTO9kSE-vuQUE7ZdHMXDzbqq_OkLmsy-YDH3-SqUOr-zFyzLVMwl__N9MfdGMOKmywYw9rzRx5cfjoqwF1xC_sV4Nj8JD780Qzzs_Dlaw5I_FeSB9snTOPJ78jqw0uY/s1920/20211121_115414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1920" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u6BuI_y8jWJjhTO9kSE-vuQUE7ZdHMXDzbqq_OkLmsy-YDH3-SqUOr-zFyzLVMwl__N9MfdGMOKmywYw9rzRx5cfjoqwF1xC_sV4Nj8JD780Qzzs_Dlaw5I_FeSB9snTOPJ78jqw0uY/s320/20211121_115414.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First up I apply a small drop of very light oil to the electric motor shaft bearings with a small hyperdermic needle. I am using the HL653 Ultra-Light Oil by Hob-E-Lube.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaybCc5eAHFfTpscCM7W2zxYNTtl9d-mJe4ar_OMoe-AAgQ3uJrp64O8yVrFoPSc2svetGxI6DqYqOm1abW55KrS2fwnhrmUHgomnU86M_BpjagBbmLrDfbR5scySJ9BIm21bcXCE1_6w/s1920/20211121_120528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1920" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaybCc5eAHFfTpscCM7W2zxYNTtl9d-mJe4ar_OMoe-AAgQ3uJrp64O8yVrFoPSc2svetGxI6DqYqOm1abW55KrS2fwnhrmUHgomnU86M_BpjagBbmLrDfbR5scySJ9BIm21bcXCE1_6w/s320/20211121_120528.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Now to the Bogies and get those gears turning nicely. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_OhaPKdC3SCbWfIonDc9Ep_9wofmQE_9LijCE9O3CIv7mFIa_xZKAr-wnHLY7AJm6ph558mNAtxvfHzA6iUXDTPVuwc9WnMTRV6EFwDIUqXtE7bzhkJpUCVWnsNYjFroTdVvbmNTzZI/s1920/20211121_115428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1920" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_OhaPKdC3SCbWfIonDc9Ep_9wofmQE_9LijCE9O3CIv7mFIa_xZKAr-wnHLY7AJm6ph558mNAtxvfHzA6iUXDTPVuwc9WnMTRV6EFwDIUqXtE7bzhkJpUCVWnsNYjFroTdVvbmNTzZI/s320/20211121_115428.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>First up the worm gear shaft bearings get some of the same oil as the motor got.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgv-H2Z5IHU9ncwGHivX-hlAsYAO2wHtFsiGwxXmaxLNWg7V6HlHXTEzBR3Z3wvUmQ1usReFCPGvc9R_EV4Tj9JkIk-NPsiTZLg1y8-qS437r9VVLEw1RapiOGkEcKU4mDhJZtDf5lco/s1920/20211121_115721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1920" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgv-H2Z5IHU9ncwGHivX-hlAsYAO2wHtFsiGwxXmaxLNWg7V6HlHXTEzBR3Z3wvUmQ1usReFCPGvc9R_EV4Tj9JkIk-NPsiTZLg1y8-qS437r9VVLEw1RapiOGkEcKU4mDhJZtDf5lco/s320/20211121_115721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then the actual worm gear gets a tiny bit of HL657 White Greaase by Hob-E-Lube. I find a small sewing needle makes a good applicator.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtKmjaSDKHIzvbqDalJV2DPt-4pI_z7xVoydwa_jqgznRBjdFREFcsLH5Owp8VCt81gw_BeIUDe_3YatT2qgeVtakIC7REYGJPWC0KH7zh4Wrz6wQkA6Bw1MLoNjj1WdE3t8eOKz0-Z8/s1920/20211121_120204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1920" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtKmjaSDKHIzvbqDalJV2DPt-4pI_z7xVoydwa_jqgznRBjdFREFcsLH5Owp8VCt81gw_BeIUDe_3YatT2qgeVtakIC7REYGJPWC0KH7zh4Wrz6wQkA6Bw1MLoNjj1WdE3t8eOKz0-Z8/s320/20211121_120204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">With the same applicator and grease, I then put a few dabs of the grease onto the gears in the bogie itself - only a few dabs, as it will spread around once you spin the gears a few times.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1zp7hsFXdK0VBE1qK3iYp9_ccGCNu3Y0huug7YinGr4RgsMko9cSUl2CjJIjx577Ov1OyP5GDd0xh5nIqtrlAMkbiyeTt3Q26iSFEKcxX8AfHHnxHQ3z6xOcYr-SyYmFIEM5sC5L5q4/s1920/20211121_120319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1920" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1zp7hsFXdK0VBE1qK3iYp9_ccGCNu3Y0huug7YinGr4RgsMko9cSUl2CjJIjx577Ov1OyP5GDd0xh5nIqtrlAMkbiyeTt3Q26iSFEKcxX8AfHHnxHQ3z6xOcYr-SyYmFIEM5sC5L5q4/s320/20211121_120319.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">That pretty well does the lubing part of the maintenance. The wheel axles dont really need attention as they are point bearings and really dont pickup gunk (real technical term). The gear shafts are also fine, as the oil and grease already applied will now migrate all round inside the gear train (hahaha, that's funny - a gear train in a train.... hahaha, I should have been a comedian) and lub up those little shafts as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So we move on to the electrical bits. The main pickups of the power from the bogies to the chassis are two metal strips that get a bit grotty (another very technical term) at the actual contact point, so a bit of very fine wet and dry sand paper is used to polish those areas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl41RFyqqN1mGkNPiqIXaANyNFyxuH8PlF1x4U47QgLWx5asWFH4ocqpzpXUa_UHOjRNJ3_LWXfiqVf_Oi62E1jE7DG93FX6hUP-sf496x5CVg1hlIp68XleFH-5cuEFfkyzunnHmAGYU/s1920/20211121_132324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1920" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl41RFyqqN1mGkNPiqIXaANyNFyxuH8PlF1x4U47QgLWx5asWFH4ocqpzpXUa_UHOjRNJ3_LWXfiqVf_Oi62E1jE7DG93FX6hUP-sf496x5CVg1hlIp68XleFH-5cuEFfkyzunnHmAGYU/s320/20211121_132324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdDRZENIrivktXKaMDmsV2ipddseHAChnOdQ3reYPLESe-OjInf17mBCx7u7n4lI2h1J52mJTWEF-9zePbRMxwJyP543vqjfcnYNIhNs8zU88Law5ME7Khu43GbSfxnBgTyj0iQkhLmY/s1920/20211121_132336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1920" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdDRZENIrivktXKaMDmsV2ipddseHAChnOdQ3reYPLESe-OjInf17mBCx7u7n4lI2h1J52mJTWEF-9zePbRMxwJyP543vqjfcnYNIhNs8zU88Law5ME7Khu43GbSfxnBgTyj0iQkhLmY/s320/20211121_132336.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Now the motor pickups on the decoder get a polish with the same sand paper.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEAutDx9kpAfdlJHqDIYOiBvaZ_1H-2otXSzSbyYSfLaOLqCh_eYenLF90bG_fZEqru9MD7EW92dHeRfawEjtuAiXtOzqXOqGwlFL2hQw_j3g9xBLfaCk09hkhFJLrRun8nXlGwJjTCM/s1920/20211121_132418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1920" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEAutDx9kpAfdlJHqDIYOiBvaZ_1H-2otXSzSbyYSfLaOLqCh_eYenLF90bG_fZEqru9MD7EW92dHeRfawEjtuAiXtOzqXOqGwlFL2hQw_j3g9xBLfaCk09hkhFJLrRun8nXlGwJjTCM/s320/20211121_132418.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course the matching contacts on the motor itself must be polished up. So the sand paper again gets used on these motor tabs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaekypyYnLE4xYnpFeg6XfPF5JzQrz6dOIKHdzTCbeXoZ5yUJxzz-9d6u1oSTN7F7iPrGzr18JhY1GeAVtbSmeuwcfq0XC7UA7vpxXgeS4N8v3eOt5xJQjHw_QQp_B8tare9WX9b9ppyU/s1920/20211121_132539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1920" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaekypyYnLE4xYnpFeg6XfPF5JzQrz6dOIKHdzTCbeXoZ5yUJxzz-9d6u1oSTN7F7iPrGzr18JhY1GeAVtbSmeuwcfq0XC7UA7vpxXgeS4N8v3eOt5xJQjHw_QQp_B8tare9WX9b9ppyU/s320/20211121_132539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">And while we are at it, the main power contacts to the decoder get a polish to make sure they pass the electricity and data signals along without interuption.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAYlr_MdO1gxUnlFK1iWvWVTnQQ6uuH-_teLfpt6bPzmy9k0BcrCkIc6FfV9n1U_r3dKuaG6BHXS7OiSOnedQdstucCsqa5O88lPehs_SPh6L3hqoPgUrSa4suZyf_MnVkST-aFXA8Ts/s1920/20211121_132516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1920" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAYlr_MdO1gxUnlFK1iWvWVTnQQ6uuH-_teLfpt6bPzmy9k0BcrCkIc6FfV9n1U_r3dKuaG6BHXS7OiSOnedQdstucCsqa5O88lPehs_SPh6L3hqoPgUrSa4suZyf_MnVkST-aFXA8Ts/s320/20211121_132516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">And that pretty much does it. So I put the loco back together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CdgkugIqx7K6btTiJWhpjq7dKGI5LzmU0Spn_pi8EtsMu8D3N5CykIncuAm8aazqAaIoGDRx1XrGlz8qblx833MMSLLa89gr-XHHV_AVIkblmknwrqYxxbRejCxXgSEjQwh3olZrOug/s1920/20211121_121040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CdgkugIqx7K6btTiJWhpjq7dKGI5LzmU0Spn_pi8EtsMu8D3N5CykIncuAm8aazqAaIoGDRx1XrGlz8qblx833MMSLLa89gr-XHHV_AVIkblmknwrqYxxbRejCxXgSEjQwh3olZrOug/s320/20211121_121040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, and of course one last thing - clean the wheels! Dirty wheels sure muck up the passing of the power and data signals from the track to the locomotive. So I put down a piece of paper towel and then apply a few drops of IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) to it and then power up the locomotive and run one of the bogies over the paper and let the wheels spin for a short while. Swap to the other end and do the same and clean that bogie :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSiUWCVrV3X2rKmq7SO5NBjUIidqPklMOjOxASGOPiqfsbmOMjWQsAA9v-fve8K-OgDL9fyUXorU8U-sM3T9V_oskH7XK4oiY01s1RzqGB79uiuINWZYuoKQ1DrkOhvKOk9-_rmDLHvU/s1920/20211121_135541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1920" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSiUWCVrV3X2rKmq7SO5NBjUIidqPklMOjOxASGOPiqfsbmOMjWQsAA9v-fve8K-OgDL9fyUXorU8U-sM3T9V_oskH7XK4oiY01s1RzqGB79uiuINWZYuoKQ1DrkOhvKOk9-_rmDLHvU/s320/20211121_135541.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Now, where's the next loco in the maintenance lineup...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4BkniIImfn6M-9DkoH3KPTuJCRlQzXXr7SuXxJJ7qUK9LlKmFGepIuFpz5rqcb2gaz5OwEWEM-4h2E89L8M083S459Ib5YAPIdQAIbRDBKUrrhpb926XDALB8sRNwDLAwzoO1A5ZOq4/s1920/20211121_121142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1920" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4BkniIImfn6M-9DkoH3KPTuJCRlQzXXr7SuXxJJ7qUK9LlKmFGepIuFpz5rqcb2gaz5OwEWEM-4h2E89L8M083S459Ib5YAPIdQAIbRDBKUrrhpb926XDALB8sRNwDLAwzoO1A5ZOq4/s320/20211121_121142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-66193102512864265942021-11-14T13:41:00.002+10:002021-11-14T13:52:47.972+10:00Need More Space - I Know...<p> More spacial efficiency is required in my workshop area.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pQ0dB9cIFR3WFJeNauSkhUmlgsjMSf0SHPevd5O5-cbNtVQHlGjCLvB38JuiJWNUaDlZNPFoQSVYsicB2PNA5J-P66sE8kXqmZ-axNT_R_3J7wKMyUaKSI2H1XLRKV-AtQUQIxPBoOs/s1920/20211114_111841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pQ0dB9cIFR3WFJeNauSkhUmlgsjMSf0SHPevd5O5-cbNtVQHlGjCLvB38JuiJWNUaDlZNPFoQSVYsicB2PNA5J-P66sE8kXqmZ-axNT_R_3J7wKMyUaKSI2H1XLRKV-AtQUQIxPBoOs/s320/20211114_111841.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So I saw that stashed away, I had a WorkZone (ALDI) storage unit I hadn't managed to use and of course it was taking up space. I thought of giving it away, but then, wait, there's more... The old incandescent bulb appeared above the old scone.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Surely I can squeeze it into use somewhere? Measure, measure and measure and duh! There's the place for it. I hadn't put a storage door on one of my metal shelves my old man made for me 30 years ago as I had a strange idea it wouldn't fit - bah! It'll fit, and not get in my way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So the other day I grabbed a piece of 9mm 5 ply I had kicking around that was almost the right size and trimmed it up and sanded all the edges. A good bit of labor and a good liberal coating of British Paints Prepcoat as my under coat, then a few days later a good coat of shiney white Dulux Weathershield as my top coat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ijlw2_BsaoJ5lpYV6KLHQYsDdX-HJCw34shw8GaOGUjRCoY5kQf608BXw_ArwnMEYbyaeBAEC_fO2zBH3_3tIyxK401gEKiS7onpPaYgL2EVVvfmoS3WuB8hIiGi0pLIQyaExBi9OAY/s1920/20211114_100911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1920" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ijlw2_BsaoJ5lpYV6KLHQYsDdX-HJCw34shw8GaOGUjRCoY5kQf608BXw_ArwnMEYbyaeBAEC_fO2zBH3_3tIyxK401gEKiS7onpPaYgL2EVVvfmoS3WuB8hIiGi0pLIQyaExBi9OAY/s320/20211114_100911.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAA-11ctKf8bAlBZTeDeIUpXkRM1j2r-5fXI8Qy4S2V2DRkf4hltSzHeNmbUzNmo_qJPWRWtFHryQVLKi7AgROcRWoUTolDRFpmV6KR0oQN7n2fsAt9fIIpgQFBMQNQFWWxgNLFC94h9w/s1920/20211114_100712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1920" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAA-11ctKf8bAlBZTeDeIUpXkRM1j2r-5fXI8Qy4S2V2DRkf4hltSzHeNmbUzNmo_qJPWRWtFHryQVLKi7AgROcRWoUTolDRFpmV6KR0oQN7n2fsAt9fIIpgQFBMQNQFWWxgNLFC94h9w/s320/20211114_100712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">And so today, to the tunes of Vangelis, I was able to finish off the job as the paint was now properly dry. I had picked up a pair of hinges from Bunnings earlier in the week and some nuts & bolts and I already had the required wood screws. So the DeWalt brothers got a day out and about, but had to do some hard work for me as well. They wanted smoko even before they'd done an ounce of work! Slackers - I don't know where they get that from...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqV8uapY0g6Bm6hTiEhJidI6qU7Yv1xy2x1JOc8GyWHSHVXQee4cBPtlC_RjaZJ65fi3osDwKS0u-uGW3a4yQh3RsANqZk85e06dfzC8BLTFHXTov3WmF0vg48bKWk_lhMMc3IGgdsqGU/s1920/20211114_111845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="1920" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqV8uapY0g6Bm6hTiEhJidI6qU7Yv1xy2x1JOc8GyWHSHVXQee4cBPtlC_RjaZJ65fi3osDwKS0u-uGW3a4yQh3RsANqZk85e06dfzC8BLTFHXTov3WmF0vg48bKWk_lhMMc3IGgdsqGU/s320/20211114_111845.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First up the brothers and I drilled the holes in the door, then screwed on the hinges with the required wood screws. Then we propped the door up in place and drilled the holes in the metal shelving frame and bolted them on.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht48dCw4KbvElqJqLsjOG4vHSXiqrNZy4cr8tWlppBPjjEPRaqOwMeK-KmyBGyzjHd_9ngkJ_eQdSBFdWfyY2JwN-U9e628yvfQJFNbEtn7XXSDeKuVO63TckUmeKcrZSVJacBaX51EiQ/s1920/20211114_112053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="1920" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht48dCw4KbvElqJqLsjOG4vHSXiqrNZy4cr8tWlppBPjjEPRaqOwMeK-KmyBGyzjHd_9ngkJ_eQdSBFdWfyY2JwN-U9e628yvfQJFNbEtn7XXSDeKuVO63TckUmeKcrZSVJacBaX51EiQ/s320/20211114_112053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Of course we needed to add a magnetic catch to stop the door opening by itself all the time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QQzcV_SlbjTMoi7y6UBAqoBtf1LcENrV5-9w-ZRrlGE8OLhiSJ-5BOT8V6B3zkf6U3EaRXecOXMX9UnePqh9lSm9WAnQAbF7fAB6Sa6-eLVO0VAxzfQlNrrDHvxvumLeuTrqFLKtKxU/s1920/20211114_113122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1920" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QQzcV_SlbjTMoi7y6UBAqoBtf1LcENrV5-9w-ZRrlGE8OLhiSJ-5BOT8V6B3zkf6U3EaRXecOXMX9UnePqh9lSm9WAnQAbF7fAB6Sa6-eLVO0VAxzfQlNrrDHvxvumLeuTrqFLKtKxU/s320/20211114_113122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And that gave us the door in place and ready for the next step. Might have been a cuppa involved in here somewhere of course - I blame those DeWalt brothers - absolute slackers they are.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90pH8ILQRUDtfU32J46bGG8F8kqoBPkAG5CcV4wUript-Vd1ltjF1aUNpcwQ3CT6I4HCrQ1wNlb5ysgVWS1uHJPdWWyf4cMr-2BrlRSyN9MrdqpuOx5jZBDfi3vh2CTcj5brmyCMlRbo/s1920/20211114_113245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1920" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90pH8ILQRUDtfU32J46bGG8F8kqoBPkAG5CcV4wUript-Vd1ltjF1aUNpcwQ3CT6I4HCrQ1wNlb5ysgVWS1uHJPdWWyf4cMr-2BrlRSyN9MrdqpuOx5jZBDfi3vh2CTcj5brmyCMlRbo/s320/20211114_113245.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I then got the WorkZone stuff out of the box and screwed in the first back board. Predrilled my holes and then wood screwed it on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduohBGnBUoLV0uoYkb-9tIGWkjjuHGrPMOdNBA6LUGiJKzJSixDro51QyhMIOiiIdtLeE0SE8W45QNNXPQx4T0CvaobMtDuqEmG7Cj7a8cBRjiw9Wf0_KJyVuy6R-TFZ7kvh6AgD5BPo/s1920/20211114_115028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="999" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduohBGnBUoLV0uoYkb-9tIGWkjjuHGrPMOdNBA6LUGiJKzJSixDro51QyhMIOiiIdtLeE0SE8W45QNNXPQx4T0CvaobMtDuqEmG7Cj7a8cBRjiw9Wf0_KJyVuy6R-TFZ7kvh6AgD5BPo/s320/20211114_115028.jpg" width="167" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">One backboard in place.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxxe718CmVLvmDAy7yJHuKC-HhDm2uF6v5W4YyRMCeBEb2dRqfDU3A7RfdiQx-2slxCVtCYhHglT1mpQXKw2WVJiKJqhq0M0hcIWVB79mwZkuyAWxJHQ5g_ug6qF8FAU5_bWTcmlpixg/s1920/20211114_115529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1920" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxxe718CmVLvmDAy7yJHuKC-HhDm2uF6v5W4YyRMCeBEb2dRqfDU3A7RfdiQx-2slxCVtCYhHglT1mpQXKw2WVJiKJqhq0M0hcIWVB79mwZkuyAWxJHQ5g_ug6qF8FAU5_bWTcmlpixg/s320/20211114_115529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Next I loaded up some of the storage trays into position and got them how I wanted them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxmZiVkjptle9sk8m2hyphenhypheng7gFB0peQWcQMv89Szz7FkZPpY4RqI0VrSoGVT1yHg45YRnSxBcUDz1mUJylTL6mR3V2cnoYIyuxqax5sJGP63fWEEzmS1HPsqt41T_v3TE6TDNcU4JT1aZY/s1920/20211114_120117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="915" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxmZiVkjptle9sk8m2hyphenhypheng7gFB0peQWcQMv89Szz7FkZPpY4RqI0VrSoGVT1yHg45YRnSxBcUDz1mUJylTL6mR3V2cnoYIyuxqax5sJGP63fWEEzmS1HPsqt41T_v3TE6TDNcU4JT1aZY/s320/20211114_120117.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I still have one more backboard left, so I trimmed it up and screwed it onto the board. Now you will ask, "Why is there a gap to the right of the door?" Well, glad you asked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When the door to the right is opened, the trays of course stick out and if I made the trays on the left hand door too close to those on the right - car crash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So a gap is left and the traffic gets around without a problem - kapisch?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKG52LnSNvFbKOUmuDiwwc7Kz5AJuCQ-T1zSVj1165DxL_qxYpVJXnjw_t1S4IrumXLy5t8NAJHXvgMJMMSawFW1M8BNMKL0mVOeN4OzPfAYOE6lRSI4F6M5_tzX7ZmvpYS75mW_tYAY/s1920/20211114_122740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1920" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKG52LnSNvFbKOUmuDiwwc7Kz5AJuCQ-T1zSVj1165DxL_qxYpVJXnjw_t1S4IrumXLy5t8NAJHXvgMJMMSawFW1M8BNMKL0mVOeN4OzPfAYOE6lRSI4F6M5_tzX7ZmvpYS75mW_tYAY/s320/20211114_122740.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A test to make sure the door actually opens when all the trays are in place - good :-)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqJJR9U_z45vR4YCe70bd3exHwnISiSwiKbqnwJbT_ZwNGC0gxsqZpPP5kkXb_2ZFKHI6jhUsZRbONrxMNDoW_jncUTVD_hdDey5A4E4BZMTCb8a1Esx4ImL2XXpq6C_4064vq91bSaA/s1920/20211114_122603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1920" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqJJR9U_z45vR4YCe70bd3exHwnISiSwiKbqnwJbT_ZwNGC0gxsqZpPP5kkXb_2ZFKHI6jhUsZRbONrxMNDoW_jncUTVD_hdDey5A4E4BZMTCb8a1Esx4ImL2XXpq6C_4064vq91bSaA/s320/20211114_122603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Oh, more importantly, does it open far enough with the roller door down and the trays not clobber the roller door? Yep - all is good.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kuRL8Pyi8THs7IeQjK-78i3P6B6FQQ6x-pPYViExRx1RGrYorWVssJVCeA73o84ecVDYozc2PHhsvMdt3GP3CKptQagLYDDok9fGiutG2xTOKB6tZUWKf5T0muOc4rnu2h4MAxC7Les/s1920/20211114_125433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="898" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kuRL8Pyi8THs7IeQjK-78i3P6B6FQQ6x-pPYViExRx1RGrYorWVssJVCeA73o84ecVDYozc2PHhsvMdt3GP3CKptQagLYDDok9fGiutG2xTOKB6tZUWKf5T0muOc4rnu2h4MAxC7Les/s320/20211114_125433.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Now to double check the right hand door opening, and all is good - no clobbering of trays is seen or heard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIH2gJR-C8uJ2HO3rawob3dLgAa_NBek31oX_ovn6jeRBSg0JO4isQ6mRNQz6rpOhsv7Lh5oUJEDItDCzNPQN1l4yt7W_9BJ91XfANTst95ldy6OzkezNOns3xdJ7aCAN8uh2-Q8zC-s/s1920/20211114_125511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1920" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIH2gJR-C8uJ2HO3rawob3dLgAa_NBek31oX_ovn6jeRBSg0JO4isQ6mRNQz6rpOhsv7Lh5oUJEDItDCzNPQN1l4yt7W_9BJ91XfANTst95ldy6OzkezNOns3xdJ7aCAN8uh2-Q8zC-s/s320/20211114_125511.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Now I just have to move some stuff into the trays and all is good - now where is that next cuppa? That's what the DeWalts are asking - I myself am raring to go... ;-)</div><div><br /></div>That damn Kiwi dog is at it again - Bugger!</div><div><br /></div><div>Checking this article I find... the hinges are still grey! I will need to get the paint out again and give them a lick of white paint, won't I?<br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh and some have asked why the space at the top of the door is empty? Well, don't, don't, don't you worry about that. Some of these will go in so some items can be hung, hung high and hung well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQbB1c6IqPabTIADOYYoncz-3VAwgf5q7xc8HzMmRJV8HPOh9gJ_diBwciJjEhatc2a0KFGuxmSetenQ6edDaWcH8fqxyLACCKeyQ8v2rrvzNO1puOIpkgj2WEt_vBIpWbUhIIj80a_U/s1920/20211114_134948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQbB1c6IqPabTIADOYYoncz-3VAwgf5q7xc8HzMmRJV8HPOh9gJ_diBwciJjEhatc2a0KFGuxmSetenQ6edDaWcH8fqxyLACCKeyQ8v2rrvzNO1puOIpkgj2WEt_vBIpWbUhIIj80a_U/s320/20211114_134948.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-76967010776963834272021-10-15T14:45:00.001+10:002021-10-15T14:45:42.532+10:00Here Kitty Kitty Kitty - Need to Turn You into a Rock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdr-Mr8zrxYHqzmUNOdllyhoI3Rj8KrNpedEtIdrs6N7pW5VkruvWxd4-6OSMQqmoTfDN8oJsj7j_HhC-oAjOmvD9DXzeDxAUe6jtTN4pk3Yj_Zk8h__rUTPVO8gU6e6DeCelMIztwZU/s1920/20211015_131236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1094" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdr-Mr8zrxYHqzmUNOdllyhoI3Rj8KrNpedEtIdrs6N7pW5VkruvWxd4-6OSMQqmoTfDN8oJsj7j_HhC-oAjOmvD9DXzeDxAUe6jtTN4pk3Yj_Zk8h__rUTPVO8gU6e6DeCelMIztwZU/s320/20211015_131236.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><p style="text-align: right;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">First step is to get a bag of the 100% clay kitty litty and then pulverise it up to absolute powder.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfX4Uq7DOVUC7TKR-lYSSXVZAn7g6ah5VskIwj3HcaedU-qOxXdZeV0P7qTAZ1_L_x3rO94CRT52kQmu2B78vbStvD6invhIQAuWBVVdGy3Hadt1sHT0OEXuIfHHfP7zjZw5mRn_VykY/s1920/20211015_131243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1719" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfX4Uq7DOVUC7TKR-lYSSXVZAn7g6ah5VskIwj3HcaedU-qOxXdZeV0P7qTAZ1_L_x3rO94CRT52kQmu2B78vbStvD6invhIQAuWBVVdGy3Hadt1sHT0OEXuIfHHfP7zjZw5mRn_VykY/s320/20211015_131243.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yeh, OK, you don't crush the kitty litter, you eat it... no, no, no. It is actually used to hold the rubber rock moulds level. So into a suitable plastic container you heap in some litter and then jiggle the mould until it is level and supported all round.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sand would do better, but the bag I bought was wet and wouldn't mould itself very well. So while it is drying, the kitty litter will do.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQdtO65RXTlyODM0heL6SuojeSfc66Da90yu0H_ZuDcaU8y3C4QmNi8FNz77IC0gb0561icZuswmeBtOtWr3kK3EthYq5W-jdOlY0R5aCqWoDj3i5iHM4tqEVy7zVscJhyphenhyphenZc4vCh_7kw/s1920/20211015_131255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1920" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQdtO65RXTlyODM0heL6SuojeSfc66Da90yu0H_ZuDcaU8y3C4QmNi8FNz77IC0gb0561icZuswmeBtOtWr3kK3EthYq5W-jdOlY0R5aCqWoDj3i5iHM4tqEVy7zVscJhyphenhyphenZc4vCh_7kw/s320/20211015_131255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeLtSFSiUyJJGDbTCpNthw6SiVWdKMjQvXDaul9WfmTkYE3Ua1q8p8MRZOgF38VeyJ063P55DsEhCIRe0oeklfyIj-xly_QgXfSn1w5XbZwCnHYBQRaZ8sONbS5UPLs4_Bj3oHRXddwM/s1920/20211015_131252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1920" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeLtSFSiUyJJGDbTCpNthw6SiVWdKMjQvXDaul9WfmTkYE3Ua1q8p8MRZOgF38VeyJ063P55DsEhCIRe0oeklfyIj-xly_QgXfSn1w5XbZwCnHYBQRaZ8sONbS5UPLs4_Bj3oHRXddwM/s320/20211015_131252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then you mix up your plaster of paris or moulding plaster or cornice cement or similar. Pour it into the moulds and jiggle them all about a bit and the level them out and let them dry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORX6DKDOZ8IEi6kUKfFCNWox-CbK3zHP1YSlKpGiTiU5PrJ0rWfvcn35ZnQS7moBeEozKZ7qKmqwbOhk-3m_BdyGaNBbt5fFE938U4zOWX5EJqbAWOwKez1nsU-eZvDdfIQDoz6wz57U/s1920/20211015_132109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORX6DKDOZ8IEi6kUKfFCNWox-CbK3zHP1YSlKpGiTiU5PrJ0rWfvcn35ZnQS7moBeEozKZ7qKmqwbOhk-3m_BdyGaNBbt5fFE938U4zOWX5EJqbAWOwKez1nsU-eZvDdfIQDoz6wz57U/s320/20211015_132109.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When sort of dry, or not, after a few hours maybe, you can pop out the rocks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8ihmrmLkw4ODMiIwub5wnBEoFHJx_44cY7FC0q0Ohpm8QnEdo7h9dk1qFzKh2vUwF0ta61SUxsZHoBWilO-fIgtHMmUMl182ufsKZ1tVniMuVhRNYef1b9dihhpOmDqtuvZH7vR1gtY/s1920/20211015_133131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8ihmrmLkw4ODMiIwub5wnBEoFHJx_44cY7FC0q0Ohpm8QnEdo7h9dk1qFzKh2vUwF0ta61SUxsZHoBWilO-fIgtHMmUMl182ufsKZ1tVniMuVhRNYef1b9dihhpOmDqtuvZH7vR1gtY/s320/20211015_133131.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now to go make more as the club layout needs a pile of them. We will paint them with suitable coloured washes to get them looking just right in the end.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK1MJv4ca4XCtxV1AqQtz8yOQoTMBjPVy0jSjxyU-c-1X5_lrP4qIYobVFiFSkoiat02XYERkPpoQNeAKfr93ioB1JICW8mKvTIvhABCcOfiWpkBR2_EI4YuluPvQ2FNWSXFNhP1Z3-w/s1920/20211015_140025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="1920" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK1MJv4ca4XCtxV1AqQtz8yOQoTMBjPVy0jSjxyU-c-1X5_lrP4qIYobVFiFSkoiat02XYERkPpoQNeAKfr93ioB1JICW8mKvTIvhABCcOfiWpkBR2_EI4YuluPvQ2FNWSXFNhP1Z3-w/s320/20211015_140025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAh5Gp2tICqsEcGvoxXGiyQ4HHQD6H44jJqM22wdJp6S7mtl5_VjPMMLZA7eO3WCAoZ94opyYu58t4oaTFRDr_RHWZC1BmdSYVn3q_NrZz9WOE7TegmHYDOhbGFgd2AwsjeJvrjtBps0c/s1920/20211015_133141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1920" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAh5Gp2tICqsEcGvoxXGiyQ4HHQD6H44jJqM22wdJp6S7mtl5_VjPMMLZA7eO3WCAoZ94opyYu58t4oaTFRDr_RHWZC1BmdSYVn3q_NrZz9WOE7TegmHYDOhbGFgd2AwsjeJvrjtBps0c/s320/20211015_133141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-17452361800905151792021-10-09T19:54:00.002+10:002021-10-09T19:54:51.876+10:00Just a Friday Night<p style="text-align: justify;">This Friday night we had another run over at the ex-Copper's place. He has finally revamped his operating schedule and we were ready to give it a go.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYtRm5CZ8j2GW2_QTQGlGTPnz-eiUcqy_3WaUGa5q1EL4HqIQ7ovM8Z3FpCL75DqcFsAzE0DT4CksdluoIDuQmfPvLSr8lVPxFteU58AQ9FPo-F99YNXyWvqnVCTomZuhpea2Q5TDBGA/s1920/20211008_203437a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1920" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYtRm5CZ8j2GW2_QTQGlGTPnz-eiUcqy_3WaUGa5q1EL4HqIQ7ovM8Z3FpCL75DqcFsAzE0DT4CksdluoIDuQmfPvLSr8lVPxFteU58AQ9FPo-F99YNXyWvqnVCTomZuhpea2Q5TDBGA/s320/20211008_203437a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">He even added in a location for me and my M-K-T locos :-) So I had my two GP38-2 locos out for a spin at the head of train MKT1 which was picking up box cars as well as dropping off the train at the end of the line.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsW2X-jtmw3t6oq9N5Ayvvt01gU52zWXLKWvhApOHW7cH4SKpauPkPIQBneOsQbQzYR508ac9re5DJfSH866LDOu-R7Sw7Mt45rD7hrEDgY-kYTJba9K2fiKoyInI5R3-e2frxQ09yBM/s1920/20210802_105321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsW2X-jtmw3t6oq9N5Ayvvt01gU52zWXLKWvhApOHW7cH4SKpauPkPIQBneOsQbQzYR508ac9re5DJfSH866LDOu-R7Sw7Mt45rD7hrEDgY-kYTJba9K2fiKoyInI5R3-e2frxQ09yBM/s320/20210802_105321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The last few nights I decided to get ahead of the game and prep some PCB based Railway Ties (Sleepers out here) so they are ready for when I need them with my Fast Tracks Point making Fixtures. So I got out my FatMax Wire Cutters and started in on the job. First I cut the copper clad fiberglass strips from their frame they come on and built up a stock of sticks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6vKdzMYyq1qELzXaCTv2wptipAp_mc-yhPygEmKpKEINOEuDjZYOE8SX4AuucXiycWIZjTqBKoMvOvy7oeDCs2rLyvANvjDlDIw_OVQDWq3t-dsUUiwZEoAgwJcA3RY3W34okCGkP0I/s1920/0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1920" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6vKdzMYyq1qELzXaCTv2wptipAp_mc-yhPygEmKpKEINOEuDjZYOE8SX4AuucXiycWIZjTqBKoMvOvy7oeDCs2rLyvANvjDlDIw_OVQDWq3t-dsUUiwZEoAgwJcA3RY3W34okCGkP0I/s320/0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ended up with a nice supply to start the job on hand off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZNf-NpAYvr-PcaO3phJ6LnSxM_47k2GBtQgLTM2NlfWNCo8_53lo2aiLS8RKR_dN0gy5yKyV1pSx8hyBAdRkXg2nFVYu-t2yw762hhwRjtD7mEHcuFYZh1LurV_e7IJEAUoxo-uBQdE/s1920/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1920" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZNf-NpAYvr-PcaO3phJ6LnSxM_47k2GBtQgLTM2NlfWNCo8_53lo2aiLS8RKR_dN0gy5yKyV1pSx8hyBAdRkXg2nFVYu-t2yw762hhwRjtD7mEHcuFYZh1LurV_e7IJEAUoxo-uBQdE/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next I needed to mark where to cut each piece so as to fit the relevant point making jig. So my machinists scribe with its hardened point got the job. I placed each tie into the jig/fixture and marked where to cut it.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBGdEGCr6t4RiKubDqltiHLSd74UIWbOxQxAeHBkxRoWxfgZ9m5lLe6E7jPyTzSMIjFS8nSdvkl1mbqDfcw0-4LmqTeT8LWTRRWbCpSKzmqcIqA8SLz27fZ_bu-LvKRRjAj8vV_p0MqA/s1920/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1920" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBGdEGCr6t4RiKubDqltiHLSd74UIWbOxQxAeHBkxRoWxfgZ9m5lLe6E7jPyTzSMIjFS8nSdvkl1mbqDfcw0-4LmqTeT8LWTRRWbCpSKzmqcIqA8SLz27fZ_bu-LvKRRjAj8vV_p0MqA/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then the FatMax got the job done of cutting along the marked line to make each tie the required length for its position in the jig. I was making sets of sleepers (ties) for about 5 different jigs.</div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBXNjURS7YXrYAHy4gG_3ta56bbeEjVBcq5pqGY70FsASBwfTwXd8TaoYPK-Gf7OHpnFhniS-muxdXujs48Jl0n8lQnfAgxRtipKAR6oiR1E4GpW0BFRaBcGa4j3hfEOxOURWvXYCl-4/s1920/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBXNjURS7YXrYAHy4gG_3ta56bbeEjVBcq5pqGY70FsASBwfTwXd8TaoYPK-Gf7OHpnFhniS-muxdXujs48Jl0n8lQnfAgxRtipKAR6oiR1E4GpW0BFRaBcGa4j3hfEOxOURWvXYCl-4/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>So I started to build up a pile of shorter PCB sticks. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW6gFthjeMosE3JBpyF6Eiso4r5VwNIS2Q-Jdsn4hPkjIeARq-b5DPZMmaFY9-T7qHPuilCzQ6Z6s5O9LlWKMqXEeqlh9bCWWdE0H4zfkYGxOffQFMPuZtrN9bwn8X3iE4c4CHpwwX98/s1920/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1920" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW6gFthjeMosE3JBpyF6Eiso4r5VwNIS2Q-Jdsn4hPkjIeARq-b5DPZMmaFY9-T7qHPuilCzQ6Z6s5O9LlWKMqXEeqlh9bCWWdE0H4zfkYGxOffQFMPuZtrN9bwn8X3iE4c4CHpwwX98/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />A bit of filing on my file of the rough ends that the cutting left.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Isn48Mcf1ATi_saKDtkm2KKtVO390VY61gZnhntptWPBOeSYo3-s0uGtyo_n-529kedb8dfRsTsqUp46208Qoc8bzjQA7VDtVNFIfqbmc-_C3lRdBNRUCnc3F9uPzdFTHjymqGBIMAA/s1920/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1920" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Isn48Mcf1ATi_saKDtkm2KKtVO390VY61gZnhntptWPBOeSYo3-s0uGtyo_n-529kedb8dfRsTsqUp46208Qoc8bzjQA7VDtVNFIfqbmc-_C3lRdBNRUCnc3F9uPzdFTHjymqGBIMAA/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then to test each one in their proper place in the fixture to make sure I got the cut right.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivF0G_SY4PrvnF_9GeazY4oYWakxs14LyeygZ8AroO6xVrqJsBuSB2JZLY0tgR5jRpCGOQTO3uVYCctMXxpqpvwPHOOYjL9JDSfx2dhHdv6aKOCkJiCx8-XZcITWO7rnVCj8yB9jd0bW8/s1920/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1920" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivF0G_SY4PrvnF_9GeazY4oYWakxs14LyeygZ8AroO6xVrqJsBuSB2JZLY0tgR5jRpCGOQTO3uVYCctMXxpqpvwPHOOYjL9JDSfx2dhHdv6aKOCkJiCx8-XZcITWO7rnVCj8yB9jd0bW8/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then to cut the relevant gaps in the copper surface so that the sleeper does not pass electricity from one rail to the other when assembled. A small triagular file comes in handy for this with a push in one direction, a pull in the other and job done. Nice groove cut through the copper layer and into the fibreglass layer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbjHMyVNerjn5cFQWZcra24xQ6uMYlkinLE7fvE6DiLDDHIRWBX79EjuBP1hheVVdih-b6u2-MqAmigt4rrasoffTG-r_6DvDmQa52Lg6yATeIrUHBy1SW_uacphdsY7nYkuRTQPNpVM/s1920/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1920" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbjHMyVNerjn5cFQWZcra24xQ6uMYlkinLE7fvE6DiLDDHIRWBX79EjuBP1hheVVdih-b6u2-MqAmigt4rrasoffTG-r_6DvDmQa52Lg6yATeIrUHBy1SW_uacphdsY7nYkuRTQPNpVM/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nAdy8bGiM0PrEEc8UJo-CXSLPpEWm_GocWej8C2xWTPpJw9jEON3iA4t2EdLEO4I31eGCOM4Y-qzp3x69h2eDwu_8R0ruHdeRAmZDYPjl5fT-npV2pHLk_b6docAAlGELVQ3Xnsg9PA/s1920/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1920" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nAdy8bGiM0PrEEc8UJo-CXSLPpEWm_GocWej8C2xWTPpJw9jEON3iA4t2EdLEO4I31eGCOM4Y-qzp3x69h2eDwu_8R0ruHdeRAmZDYPjl5fT-npV2pHLk_b6docAAlGELVQ3Xnsg9PA/s320/8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxFwZ7QTj08WjBE1IUs4d5ZbkVXVHKRXP2TvbwYhzSCW7UxFIxZfn3cnbwjkSa12Mn0wL4FXbJDAAsVQtglARU49rATCA2R6rhZPAiUVup-W9Py734iYEguUNgvlm-9JcQaWwFP98HMU/s1920/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="1920" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxFwZ7QTj08WjBE1IUs4d5ZbkVXVHKRXP2TvbwYhzSCW7UxFIxZfn3cnbwjkSa12Mn0wL4FXbJDAAsVQtglARU49rATCA2R6rhZPAiUVup-W9Py734iYEguUNgvlm-9JcQaWwFP98HMU/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then with my small flat file I gave the sleeper a light file over all surfaces to get rid of any dags. Please note I didn't have to worry about Scooter being around, as this is a dag free area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Each of the edges got a file to make sure nothing was dangling about the place.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCIBNGRdlEou9qFMYMxbhHQJieuDbxp0lj1_pNcMnoBSxPyMOVqkC5O3i1OAsfIwj1ihyaNFgbM5n3cFX0-DmYL9dI3GhGb3jaYstpRaN3_aiqmG14nuz-9ez4iZWwRPHtZQnHT9RZUs/s1920/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCIBNGRdlEou9qFMYMxbhHQJieuDbxp0lj1_pNcMnoBSxPyMOVqkC5O3i1OAsfIwj1ihyaNFgbM5n3cFX0-DmYL9dI3GhGb3jaYstpRaN3_aiqmG14nuz-9ez4iZWwRPHtZQnHT9RZUs/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The sleepers were then placed into the jig to make sure they were all done and correct</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov4MxA5M_Zp9gNleHqn_5M2SaE8RqV9fDGZQaYjvde-CnJr1sw80gIvPsOFSMCxs81CAedWYDj6vvfhxfw0kFlvl_kxwi4zjQqb3BJhwfXxZPv-1xObYWsDRXye2E6rpv8c40HGv_Kno/s1920/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1920" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov4MxA5M_Zp9gNleHqn_5M2SaE8RqV9fDGZQaYjvde-CnJr1sw80gIvPsOFSMCxs81CAedWYDj6vvfhxfw0kFlvl_kxwi4zjQqb3BJhwfXxZPv-1xObYWsDRXye2E6rpv8c40HGv_Kno/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then they were added to a plastic baggie and a label/note thrown in so I knew which point making fixture they were for. This saves a bit of time when I need to make a point. Next I'll probably cut a range of track rail to size and shape, bend and file them to suit and put them in baggies for later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHk7hJ0WCDBRHtyZD0rbLMCMaXckRyzSVzX3GLICCvfxWnP4SuCcucCQ0RthAf_cBgSyJnKtTKY5w3OIFPOE5AzvZX0zjImD9KGCOhzhfSZ8HTANpY45E5P5GELJR5t6LLNajqxmlZS70/s1920/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1920" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHk7hJ0WCDBRHtyZD0rbLMCMaXckRyzSVzX3GLICCvfxWnP4SuCcucCQ0RthAf_cBgSyJnKtTKY5w3OIFPOE5AzvZX0zjImD9KGCOhzhfSZ8HTANpY45E5P5GELJR5t6LLNajqxmlZS70/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully in the end I might have some in stock for when I do need a point to be made, and all the bits are just ready to assemble.</span></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-13696127380079269832021-08-08T12:54:00.002+10:002021-08-08T12:54:24.247+10:00Hmmm, that was Simple<p>I needed something to hold my sandpaper down for sanding small items like my PCB Ties for my points I am making amongst other things.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdFYCI9DFFwAO-EafekUyCWeWj66xNtuJ9pvg4eCMZl_VwKvs0GmQMqregH2ovJnYW-oFT0uaJ6DbbloRuZwwBRsr7XfRhc8H1H8ZDfZMKd2cWx78t28QH47qPKcdQHvtDTNBBjcDsXw/s1920/20210808_123841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1920" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdFYCI9DFFwAO-EafekUyCWeWj66xNtuJ9pvg4eCMZl_VwKvs0GmQMqregH2ovJnYW-oFT0uaJ6DbbloRuZwwBRsr7XfRhc8H1H8ZDfZMKd2cWx78t28QH47qPKcdQHvtDTNBBjcDsXw/s320/20210808_123841.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So I found some offcuts of dressed 12 mm pine kicking around the place here. Plywood would do as well - most anything I expect, as long as it has a good flat surface.</p><p>So I cut the pine into a 70 mm length and it was 42 mm wide. Then I sanded the edges to remove all the Scooters, oh I mean, dags off the edges.</p><p>Then a thin coat of PVA glue and I applied the suitably trimmed pieces of sand paper. I was wanting some 1200 grit wet & dry, so it went on one side and 800 grit on the other. Makes for a handing little tool around the work desk.</p><p>I must make a few more of other grit grades one day.</p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-68376818147551645412021-06-15T12:01:00.000+10:002021-06-15T12:01:07.471+10:00Play Around - It's how You can Learn<p style="text-align: justify;">As mentioned in my NMRA Presentation on Sunday, don't be afraid to play around... with your models Scooter, with your models.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I have now started a new project and will use what Scooter and I told everyone about on the weekend - Rattle Cans and I'll also make sure to do it with an Accent - haw haw haw mes amies. My test subject is an undecorated Atlas 50'6" ACF Boxcar in HO scale.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxUcuyk11Q6KJaLbBOtJft_gDvDmxU1wzK8_LAA3VSpZ0hzmUtuSyIlRukoMqxGiYm4IlEBOhFRq_Q2UFtXpGrBK47HXLVHLOwFXA-lboir5fmR5_JAvYYj5Q5LRlb6x4O5DuMdkliP4/s1920/20210615_113837a+new+project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxUcuyk11Q6KJaLbBOtJft_gDvDmxU1wzK8_LAA3VSpZ0hzmUtuSyIlRukoMqxGiYm4IlEBOhFRq_Q2UFtXpGrBK47HXLVHLOwFXA-lboir5fmR5_JAvYYj5Q5LRlb6x4O5DuMdkliP4/s320/20210615_113837a+new+project.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />As we all know, this might take me a while as I tend to get distracted by all sorts of shiny baubles. To be precise, it is around about project number 24 currently on the go ! Nothing is linear, so who knows when each will be completed - before or after the clothesline?......<p></p><p>Check out the recording of Scooter and myself in this video up on Youtube - "AR Virtual Convention 2021 Day 3 Part 2" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzL2TOljFhE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzL2TOljFhE</a></p><p>You need to look at timestamp 3:05:00 to 3:24:30 for Scooter and 3:24:30 to 3:57:10 for Myself.</p><p>As the project progresses, I'll update my blog - won't I ?....</p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415505806331194806.post-56594680528919617172021-05-22T19:02:00.000+10:002021-05-22T19:02:30.298+10:00Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot<p> Oh... Bugger It !</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was using my NCE Pro Cab Radio handset last night to drive my trains around the AMRA layout and the throttle wheel suddenly got gritty and jammed - damn. I was able to continue running my trains as the throttle has buttons for faster and slower etc - no biggy. When I got home I placed it on the workbench to be looked at at a later time, in due course, when the time was right...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So after working on the club layout today I decided to check out my Radio Throttle - I had an idea a mate hinted as a possibile solution perhaps.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Upon taking out the multitude of screws holding the NCE Pro Cab Radio together, I took out the batteries and had a gander at it all. Yep, that was it.... Whilst the batteries are in the cab, there is a fair bit of pressure on the plastic battery holder ends. Looks like age finally had its way and the plastic gave way and it finally broke at one end, thereby pushing the metal clips at that end into the throttle speed wheel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DiwuYUESUVfzffVnH0K15cMt1a6Gg_N5jLWgfieD6U-21BJg3TRd8rerbV-vc0ixqXAgkTMZBOmiS4eDvSX5_retvWx-8KE9vn5hrreMYElfYyyQmCpO7XNBTzrgtcB8rEeBzTKsVIg/s2048/a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1857" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DiwuYUESUVfzffVnH0K15cMt1a6Gg_N5jLWgfieD6U-21BJg3TRd8rerbV-vc0ixqXAgkTMZBOmiS4eDvSX5_retvWx-8KE9vn5hrreMYElfYyyQmCpO7XNBTzrgtcB8rEeBzTKsVIg/s320/a.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now that thought that my friend at the club, let's call him B1, and I had, was that the radio cab throttle and the normal Powercab throttle I also have, should both have the exact same plastic cases. So I should be able to do a swap as the Powercab throttle does not need a functioning battery case as it gets its power directly from the layout and DCC bus. So it was out with my NCE Power Pro Cab and it also got plonked onto the workbench and pulled apart. The bench is now starting to look like an electronics repair station.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8EvjVcvTaVo2sqgT7nDE-tY8gCGKwBfJJO8rAPSHaXv5_UbJ1Y8D2grgcvAlA_Ca5ZCgoEmrm2OVZ0FYdfZe2s0I30CZu2Q_8JOIYiXOCq6xL3qAxNlWtDbjwxgAI9g0EtgEfTxJTcE/s1920/b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8EvjVcvTaVo2sqgT7nDE-tY8gCGKwBfJJO8rAPSHaXv5_UbJ1Y8D2grgcvAlA_Ca5ZCgoEmrm2OVZ0FYdfZe2s0I30CZu2Q_8JOIYiXOCq6xL3qAxNlWtDbjwxgAI9g0EtgEfTxJTcE/s320/b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So a closer look at the back case from the Power Pro Cab showed that I needed to drill a couple of holes in it to allow the aerial to connect in as well as the status LED Light to be visible.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJuaFc2584u80TyO6Cd6d9B_9VRfpNQlw38ZVs5zjmTFHHV3REOiJeg8vsNJ9u14p2-Jr-8qoVPVFQroFKvleWjiB4MfpSqCuZLuH_P-EimqjC9vSkSfEdBL4WomGsVJLy_isFC8CPZc/s1920/c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJuaFc2584u80TyO6Cd6d9B_9VRfpNQlw38ZVs5zjmTFHHV3REOiJeg8vsNJ9u14p2-Jr-8qoVPVFQroFKvleWjiB4MfpSqCuZLuH_P-EimqjC9vSkSfEdBL4WomGsVJLy_isFC8CPZc/s320/c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So it was time, time to get out the POWER TOOLS ! (I swear I could hear Tim the Toolman in the background...) The De Walt drill got a run today.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNLJnjjW-tkbW_V-dM-ztjuu-4SgzlzKAxsrVqftSht_3ghq72894Mv87xfn9193Assb-bD6hnV6qi9_pXTK1dSzY8YbH7F8MR47k0iWcTGeiwZ1Q2-U_I8bNqtb8mRAsK4ZtTP6V6Oc/s2048/d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNLJnjjW-tkbW_V-dM-ztjuu-4SgzlzKAxsrVqftSht_3ghq72894Mv87xfn9193Assb-bD6hnV6qi9_pXTK1dSzY8YbH7F8MR47k0iWcTGeiwZ1Q2-U_I8bNqtb8mRAsK4ZtTP6V6Oc/s320/d.jpg" /></a></div><br />The only soldering I needed to do was to get the wires off of the battery terminal connectors and put them back later. So here is the before unsoldering pic so I could tell which wire went where. Nothing like a bit of documentation before you go at it and muck it all up - experience...<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcic77FZLhiQkYw21r-eQXF06AkH20iW0T2-rN_nvWuEEad-QdKIUrt5UjF_JrdwkqsjE5E5d9GaxcFxWvGMdnpVMH1dXOWu0p5BWA1WPVwu0O-3-KHCikFp-g6f69d54IyvYnufhpH0/s2048/e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1529" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcic77FZLhiQkYw21r-eQXF06AkH20iW0T2-rN_nvWuEEad-QdKIUrt5UjF_JrdwkqsjE5E5d9GaxcFxWvGMdnpVMH1dXOWu0p5BWA1WPVwu0O-3-KHCikFp-g6f69d54IyvYnufhpH0/s320/e.jpg" /></a></div><br />So I now inserted the set of battery connectors into the top of the new back of the Radio Cab. Here is a behind the cab look and then inside the cab look.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6NBFj6J80GTGyyQF71zE4BS59bq_7s1F_HeUo9w-9fWe7PyEb2ZieVdXmcAPWk8SXl7QEIy389qL4CZnEYn0zRG6BAQL6XWly1DHr4Ll8kiYFyS89jXV6XnAjUSV0_6uT_7SX1cnU7E/s2048/f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6NBFj6J80GTGyyQF71zE4BS59bq_7s1F_HeUo9w-9fWe7PyEb2ZieVdXmcAPWk8SXl7QEIy389qL4CZnEYn0zRG6BAQL6XWly1DHr4Ll8kiYFyS89jXV6XnAjUSV0_6uT_7SX1cnU7E/s320/f.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSWpbuDDnw6a6t_JqG42u_MggnxD3QWw5e4oUO3gh30G4DFKJm9fOAv24QzbwLY30GNCG4n-Ah2i44r9u8i0sg3TuWDTJZx3nMaVxWTJ5nvyaSisnHYDR71cIx8cAA3HZ6bnzXw9zOh4/s1920/g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSWpbuDDnw6a6t_JqG42u_MggnxD3QWw5e4oUO3gh30G4DFKJm9fOAv24QzbwLY30GNCG4n-Ah2i44r9u8i0sg3TuWDTJZx3nMaVxWTJ5nvyaSisnHYDR71cIx8cAA3HZ6bnzXw9zOh4/s320/g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />With the holes drilled in the top of the case, I installed the radio components for the aerial and LED.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjGN5jHeePa5xG01nSqd-VVunW5vv5s4GogfYOMF_COSwgH23BppHvNdAoh5yXdmqWFuwEd12LA2R2Fbv3VQu4KHk1RzfaTDU_nrWQ5RlAs3MvPJGfiP1rAyTbjqbR2XIG5mLdlq5oto/s1920/h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjGN5jHeePa5xG01nSqd-VVunW5vv5s4GogfYOMF_COSwgH23BppHvNdAoh5yXdmqWFuwEd12LA2R2Fbv3VQu4KHk1RzfaTDU_nrWQ5RlAs3MvPJGfiP1rAyTbjqbR2XIG5mLdlq5oto/s320/h.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGEksAdK5lgecU9UBKZOUwpEI6fwesw3fD35MGIbtVUOhxncXRC6ui1HDSA99RD1tIK5oIdp2T5HPfde4BBcNHqaYccx7N4VchWZOdOnZUig4e-B3ALMpZlajbrVWOb8qSgAepFeN7tk/s1920/i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGEksAdK5lgecU9UBKZOUwpEI6fwesw3fD35MGIbtVUOhxncXRC6ui1HDSA99RD1tIK5oIdp2T5HPfde4BBcNHqaYccx7N4VchWZOdOnZUig4e-B3ALMpZlajbrVWOb8qSgAepFeN7tk/s320/i.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Soldering of the battery wires was now done after inserting the battery terminals at the bottom of the case. Pics of inside and outside of the case.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb8mmPyY1UkH1xKmCGZbm6GA9fFiBtxeTj1sfMUlQPgGtF3LXqBjJzQ-rkRt_QwhOBS99o0rryCyNMjkn6XVMqSTbL4r1Y36yLoaUEs_Kbkdy6pPdMc3VFdjbXHKG4DgrGMbzAGY9KzI/s1920/j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb8mmPyY1UkH1xKmCGZbm6GA9fFiBtxeTj1sfMUlQPgGtF3LXqBjJzQ-rkRt_QwhOBS99o0rryCyNMjkn6XVMqSTbL4r1Y36yLoaUEs_Kbkdy6pPdMc3VFdjbXHKG4DgrGMbzAGY9KzI/s320/j.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5lDzg7wpmmF4FupsSf390h79c9UWL4F0pdxx5GlHzvqpt81Qlun1NS-Z6rISzTIoFrOqRkID68CRWFg-T1EM8MrVLzEqnXmOQF7BdIsx_aD8k8EHRfHC82RJ2KIYweBKHDTggeN4aI0/s1920/k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5lDzg7wpmmF4FupsSf390h79c9UWL4F0pdxx5GlHzvqpt81Qlun1NS-Z6rISzTIoFrOqRkID68CRWFg-T1EM8MrVLzEqnXmOQF7BdIsx_aD8k8EHRfHC82RJ2KIYweBKHDTggeN4aI0/s320/k.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Done, so I says to myself - I talk to myself you know - only one smart enough around here to talk to... well... only one around actually !<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But, I says to myself, I better test it heh?! So I grabbed a small N scale locomotive, connected the Power Pro Cab to drive the test layout and then connected in the Radio Base Station, THEN turned on the Radio Cab. Yep, all good - yeeeeharrrrr - happy chappy and ready to go for the next train outing next week :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVSv8ilAzL_d5YurvmevBXDbzhwBeQ4bnZy9zMz2GiORoG9XCRp1MSJ9vKjazQWMMZ3ONkseFUELgYRDuI2tRX3WTSbL0sF-_YkzIBT3ra6BPlDAvYYGckRIQhl8hTZDVPdzhtszYAmc/s1920/l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVSv8ilAzL_d5YurvmevBXDbzhwBeQ4bnZy9zMz2GiORoG9XCRp1MSJ9vKjazQWMMZ3ONkseFUELgYRDuI2tRX3WTSbL0sF-_YkzIBT3ra6BPlDAvYYGckRIQhl8hTZDVPdzhtszYAmc/s320/l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09718420599420096237noreply@blogger.com0