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Ed Full Member 
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Excellent videos Max., but I think as you may have mentioned earlier, ballasting is going to be a bit of big job  ____________________ Engineers just love to change things |
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Thanks, Ed. This is the third iteration of this layout; so it's been ballasted twice before already.  I bought one of those plastic ballasters from Turkey, so hopefully it will be a bit easier this time.  ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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Ed Full Member
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Forgot to ask, this plank wasn't were you were using code 100 track on the main lines and code 75 in the yards was it ? Ed ____________________ Engineers just love to change things |
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MaxSouthOz Admin
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Yep. That's the one. ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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Ed Full Member
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Hi Max (Sorry for the delay, had to get some kip) Yes, I can see the difference now. Think I might pinch your idea as although I've used code 100 I've got one length of code 75 I bought for testing, which might look pretty good as my coal ground/siding. Ed ____________________ Engineers just love to change things |
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Max, I keep meaning to ask if the Superintendent at Olpharts Crossing is that well know Rudolph Hucker? Doug ____________________ 'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil...' Aesop's Fables "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king |
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Hi Max I have been enjoying your plank series.I love the way you have it running and those locos are smooth runners. Also did not hear any clunks from the switches. Thanks, Derek. |
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MaxSouthOz Admin
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Yes, he is Doug. He sends his regards.  Thanks, Derek. Atlas is the go for locos and servos for the turnouts. ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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Hi Max. Very good. But about the code 100 and code75? I purchased a length of code 100 , the 100/75 adapters , and rail joiners, to aid the Kadee between the rails Uncoupling magnet. Still awaiting installation , but is there such a difference in prototype track? Best wishes. Kevin
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xdford Member
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Not meaning to step on Max's hour in the sun but in South Australia where Max lives and I am from had in many cases a transition from 80 lb per yard rail to 60lb and lower. Examples include Karoonda on the Renmark line where the 41lb rail was used on the transition from 60lb, Monarto South where 41lb rail was transitioned from the 94lb Tailem Bend line to Cambrai and Sedan before it was relaid to 60lb, Riverton where 80 lb rail became 41 to Clare and Spalding and Hamley Bridge where the transition to Gladstone was 80lb to 60lb and there are other examples just in that state, let alone the rest of Australia and the world. Hope this helps Trevor |
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MaxSouthOz Admin
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Thanks, Trevor. Hi Kevin. As this is ostensibly a US layout, I followed the style of having lighter rail in the yards, compared with the heavy rail on the passing mainline track. I didn't bother with adaptive rail joiners. I just crushed one half of the Code 100 joiners in the pliers and then soldered them under the Code 75 rail. Cheers ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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Thank you Max , very inventive , too clever for me. Best wishes. Kevin
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I'm sure I've seen it all in "another place" Max - is it really 3 years ago !!! Super-smooth running. Is that just down to clean track and wheels or do you have stay-alives fitted ? Also, I love the hammering and walkie-talkie sound effects in the shed. ____________________ 'Petermac |
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Thanks, Peter. Along with everything else, we've decided to have a sea change . . . http://harcourts.com.au/Property/744401/SVH27628/7-Chandos-Street Nice big shed - there's room for a mezzanine! ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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Wow - are you moving there Max ? Looks like there's a shed there for Maxmill too - will you take lodgers ? ____________________ 'Petermac |
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Absolutely, Peter. You don't mind living near the ocean? Actually it's the mouth of the River Murray, so it's fresh water. ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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It looks very smart Max. When are you planning to move in ? Yes, being a Brit, we're a seafaring lot so the ocean would be fine and a freshwater river for the canoe............... Might play havoc with the Plimsoll Line but, in a house like that, who cares .................. !! ____________________ 'Petermac |
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Dead tasty. Well done Max. ____________________ reg |
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Thanks, guys. The contract date is the 24th June, Peter. That gives us time to tart our Blackwood house up before we go to market in August. Modelling is suffering, but it will be worth it. Cheers ____________________ Max Port Elderley |
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Congratulations Max.....your new home looks absolutely idyliic.....I wish you both many happy years there Best wishes John ____________________ John Granby III Lenz DCC,RR&Co Gold V9 B1 Windows 10 |
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