This Is All About Me, Me, Me,

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Hi Brian,

welcome to the forum:thumbs:. Thanks for posting the Hymek pic, its an excellent shot. Be even better if it was a Western;)

Rob
 

Paul Rolley

Active Member
and there was me thinking of me, me, me, and yes it was I with the scaffold of doom, HOWEVER, pasta is no longer on the menu, and Florist wire is......... along with 6 brand new still in the box bachmann tennament blocks.... stuck in 1969...... and an accord with a local shop keeper, selling local dapol westerns, to a local punter, to weather and detail at cost..... whoopee....... boards due in a few weeks, track plan produced on a cad package, but I cant upload an autocad file to whet the appetite. so, following on from the newport show today...........
Who wants to buy a bachmann dynamis, only one frustrated owner.? ( and a lot of dis appointed onlookers.....)
regards
rol minor.
 
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Brian Rolley

Guest
In the end we resorted to diverting attention away from the scaffold by subliminal methods, such as ................DSC_2426.jpg............ a dose of "Wild" Western Thunder !
 

Paul Rolley

Active Member
Sorry, but I am not the most communicative of soles, and I have been a bit busy of late,
as this is still MY..... me,me,me i offer the following as a quick brief update on all things 4mm.
My Lease on current flat terminates on weekend of 10th Dec 2012.:( so the long put off move into new digs for Christmas is iminent.:confused: the destination of choice has limited space, and Sanatorium, road, and Castle works, just wont fit, :mad: but on a positive note....... The boards for Ranelagh bridge are being delivered the following week,
and Chris Nevard is coming to take pictures of Sanatorium road.
the land lady, hereby to be refered to as Mrs, Rigsby, has volenteered her kitchen for the photo shoot.:))
the up side is she is absolutely stunning.......;)

Oh, and I cant exchange the Dynamis, I can send it back for an economical repair at my expense.:rant: but I did get to play with a Prodigy at the Newport show and what a releif...... corded DCC here we come.

thanks for the positive feed back on the scaffold, it is appreciated......

Paul.
 

Simon

Flying Squad
That's a superb piece of modelling, whatever the technicalities are that upset a scaffolder (!?!!) it convinces me and it's not something that I think I've ever seen modelled before. Apart perhaps from a 1970s Faller kit and that didn't look at all right - all Germanic plastic and in a funny scale to boot.

Cor, think of all the potential for Auf Wiedersehen Pet type jokes:rolleyes:
 

Paul Rolley

Active Member
Its funny you should say that............................ its over a year old, I cant find receipt, and I cant remember who I bought it from, and when I tried Hattons they did a purchase search and it wasnt them......:rolleyes:

SO.
I was browsing my mags, and the web costing up the two systems, I have until easter to choose a system and become competent with it. , as that is the next show date for its use, my only requirements are 1. simple to use, and one handed is a real bonus with my trackwork....... 2. able to manipulate accesories, I use DCC concepts digital point motors, and control one moving loco at a time, but numerous idle with sound, a train index of around thirty locos, and a layout size under 12' by 2' typically operated from one end only.
the big swinger may be that my brother is already the proud owner of a power cab, but I havent tried it yet cause he has lost a lead. and doesnt have a finished trainset to use it on. so it is almost a done deal on the powercab front, it is just cost. I have some big outlays for Christmas, and sound for the new Dapol westerns will be one of the them. which brings me to the next conversation........

are you aware of isolating a sound chip beneath the layout, running it as a consist with say two or three DCC chipped locos and then feeding the sound through a set of computer speakers which I am thinking of mounting in the layout fascia, as i intend to run a few 50s, 47s, and westerns, ( a stud of around ten for a typical show) you can see the cost will be prohibitive, but as the focal point for the sound is so small for the diarama the speakers I think offer a viable alternative worth investigating....

I have heard a yank has done it and was told of an article in model railroader, but not seen it to date.

this together with LED lights which are to set behind all 100 of the Tennement flat windows, toilet lights which are to be activated on a random short illumination, and lounge lights more permanent, but with variation for effect.

I am no electrician but can follow line diagrams.

so its still all about MY wants and MY needs......

Rol minor.
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Oh, and I cant exchange the Dynamis, I can send it back for an economical repair at my expense.:rant:

Paul from experience I can say that the Bachmann repairs are quite cheap. I blew the base station on mine - sat it on some etches not realising that it had exposed pins along the bottom for some interface or other. They repaired/replaced it and sent it back for £12.
 

Paul Rolley

Active Member
got my hands on a powercab last night at a running session on a friends layout, found it very friendly, his layout sits about chin level when standing and is a straight side on view, which convinced me at the display height for mine will be ok, and will hide the Peco c75 track, so I guess that will be the way ahead both height and controller. my debit card just took a hit on buying the trackwork for the new layout together with some TTAs, just waiting now for the boards to come. tommorow sees a venture into town to source some cheap computer speakers.... and LEDs
 
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Brian Rolley

Guest
Now isn't that spooky - 'The Yank' that Paul refers to is Lance Mindheim, and last night, when Paul tried out the NCE Powercab, the friend we were visiting was also playing one of Alan Keller's Great Model Railroad dvd's of Mr Mindheims now sold 'N' gauge empire.
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http://www.lancemindheim.com/blog.htm
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Scroll down to a blog entry on/about April (12th ?) 2012 and then scroll back up the page for the later entries - all in relation to sound, using a chip mounted below the baseboard, and feeding computer speakers.
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Brian R
 
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