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Where have YOU been...........

How's the layout going?
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qzdcg8 wrote: Where have YOU been...........

How's the layout going?
I now have a new PC so I can enjoy your Woodhead Route in all of its glory, the old one just couldn't hack it.

Progress on the layout has been slow but I have started to add the wooden fascia and backscene. I have recently bought a polystyrene cutter so now the fun can really begin.

I have also wired up all of the point motors on the scenic part of the layout and created a virtual control panel on the PC to control them from.

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PaulCh wrote: I have also wired up all of the point motors on the scenic part of the layout and created a virtual control panel on the PC to control them from.

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Out of interested what are you using as your interface to the PC?
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qzdcg8 wrote:Out of interested what are you using as your interface to the PC?
I am using a system developed by MERG (Model Electronics Railway Group) http://www.merg.org.uk/ that allows all the points to be controlled using just 4 wires and is also compatible with DCC. The actual PC interface uses a RS232 link through the serial port to an adaptor.

There are currently a couple of applications written that allow the layout to be controlled but I decided I would write my own (programming is my day job). Commands are just simply N or R followed by the point address.

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Hi All

Just a quick update.

The layout has been progressing slowly I have installed 2/3s of the required point motors. I have also taken the plunge with a Lenz Set 100 for controlling the locos and the Lenz LI-USB interface for programming and possible automated layout control.

I have also finished a few more wagons

http://www.paulcheffings.fotopic.net

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Nice to see you are toying with going 2mm finescale - maybe our paths will cross. Maybe you can come along to the Basingstoke show in March - we should have some 2mm bits and pieces on display somewhere.

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Hi

Another wagon finished.

http://paulcheffings.fotopic.net/p27961276.html
http://paulcheffings.fotopic.net/p27961278.html

Progress on the layout has been slow. All the point motors are now installed and wired up. I really need to start work on the scenery but I just can't seem to get the inclination to do it.

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PaulCh wrote:Hi Steve

Thanks very much for going to the trouble of taking these pictures. They most certainly will be of use to me. It is a good job I didn't just go ahead with the small amount of information I had otherwise the two sides of the bridge would both have been made from metal girders not as shown in the pictures.

I am planning to make a trip to Godley Junction at some point next year as I need to get a feel for the area but these pictures will allow me to get the bridge constructed over the winter.

Once again thank you.

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Paul
Hi

Well its only taken three years but I have made a start on building the bridge over Brookfold Lane. Hopefully will have some pictures to show the progress at the weekend.

Now Autumn has arrived and the light nights are disappearing I should have more time. I plan by Spring 2007 to complete the scenery on the Brookfold Sidings part of the layout and make a start on installing the catenary.

Next project after the bridge will be Brookfold Sidings signal box (I will have to guess what the rear elevation looks like as I have never seen a picture of it).

Edit Pictures of the progress of the bridge so far at

http://www.paulcheffings.fotopic.net/p35318632.html
http://www.paulcheffings.fotopic.net/p35318633.html
http://www.paulcheffings.fotopic.net/p35318634.html


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Post by Austcoop »

Hi. Your layout is something of a benchmark for me. Even though we model in different scales, there is something just right about your model of Godley junction. If i can get my layout finished to even anywhere near yours, i'll be a happy man! Keep up the excellent work.

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Hi

Finally I have the first two of my planned (twelve) fleet of class 76s finished (apart from glazing).

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I have another two (76010 & 76016) that just require handrails and a futher two being painted (76022 & 76023).

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Hi

Its been over a year since I posted and update.

The scenery is now taking shape in the Brookfold Sidings part of the layout
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