Hi, and thanks, yes totally agree if track is not nailed on reliable there is no point going further until its fixed. Can see a couple of places I may end up lifting and re-laying track here, takes time but worth doing, way easier than trying to fix it later. plus testing means a chance to make chuffing noises thanks for watching :)
its not really a lift up section, its more that the layout is eight boards, only the four corner ones have legs and its all held together with M8 bolts. I can remove sections if I have to but its not designed to routinely be lifted up, access to the middle is a crawl under but once finished should only need to go there for maintenance not operations (I hope) thanks again for watching :) and thanks for comments, all helps
Iv just got my first dcc controller.iv not chipped my locos yet.it all looks so complicated. Looking at your wiring im completely lost even how to start .
Hi, a lot of what is here is down to wanting automation and block detection, plus using electrofrog points with the frog powered if you don't need the block detection stuff most of this becomes "two wires as a DCC bus, connect all the droppers to it", can also put frog switches on the servos/motors directly I'm planning a video on "WTF???" is going on here. to start with keep it far simpler, DCC can be very simple especially if you want to drive things manually :) many thanks for watching :)
@@aleopardstail I think the way to go is....slap 12 volts onto ALL the track and use radio control in each loco. I saw it demonstrated at Scale Forum at 2024 High Wycombe. I'm hooked.. but don't know the true cost at the moment. I'm not sure what happens with frogs at cross overs and double slips ?
@@BernardfromBucks have see this done, and see it with both radio and infrared control. some larger gauge garden railways use battery power in locomotives and radio control and have done so for many years. totally takes track wiring out of the whole concept. if you are going that sort of control you go with dead frogs and forget about it Leopard Street is using microcontroller driven relays to swap frog polarity, its not ideal but working so far If I was doing anything outdoors it would be at least O gauge and quite likely radio controlled
Nice trackwork time spent on track is never wasted
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Hi, and thanks, yes totally agree if track is not nailed on reliable there is no point going further until its fixed.
Can see a couple of places I may end up lifting and re-laying track here, takes time but worth doing, way easier than trying to fix it later.
plus testing means a chance to make chuffing noises
thanks for watching :)
At least now you can work the next 10 years to the sound of a running train. Good going !!
its sooo relaxing, well apart from the tension of watching for the crash, but apart from that sooo relaxing.
thanks for watching :)
You have a lift up section with points on it? Very impressive engineering
its not really a lift up section, its more that the layout is eight boards, only the four corner ones have legs and its all held together with M8 bolts.
I can remove sections if I have to but its not designed to routinely be lifted up, access to the middle is a crawl under but once finished should only need to go there for maintenance not operations (I hope)
thanks again for watching :) and thanks for comments, all helps
Iv just got my first dcc controller.iv not chipped my locos yet.it all looks so complicated. Looking at your wiring im completely lost even how to start .
Hi, a lot of what is here is down to wanting automation and block detection, plus using electrofrog points with the frog powered
if you don't need the block detection stuff most of this becomes "two wires as a DCC bus, connect all the droppers to it", can also put frog switches on the servos/motors directly
I'm planning a video on "WTF???" is going on here.
to start with keep it far simpler, DCC can be very simple especially if you want to drive things manually :)
many thanks for watching :)
@@aleopardstail I think the way to go is....slap 12 volts onto ALL the track and use radio control in each loco. I saw it demonstrated at Scale Forum at 2024 High Wycombe. I'm hooked.. but don't know the true cost at the moment. I'm not sure what happens with frogs at cross overs and double slips ?
@@BernardfromBucks have see this done, and see it with both radio and infrared control. some larger gauge garden railways use battery power in locomotives and radio control and have done so for many years. totally takes track wiring out of the whole concept.
if you are going that sort of control you go with dead frogs and forget about it
Leopard Street is using microcontroller driven relays to swap frog polarity, its not ideal but working so far
If I was doing anything outdoors it would be at least O gauge and quite likely radio controlled