OO Gauge - Latton Fields
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Branch Line - Roundy, roundy with some shunting
G`day Ed,Nice work on the coach sir.!!!
To hide the bolt you could drill out one of your passengers and insert said bolt up him….Ooh eeh ahh …that`s gotta hurt???
Could not resist that one……apologies to all….ops:ops:ops:ops:….:Red Card:Red Card
:cheers Gormo
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Nice refit Ed.
Marty
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Now I have a bit of a dilemma.
I have two more Hachette MK1 and three Tri-ang Mk1s fitted with Bachmann bogies.
Am I really going to run the Tri-ang Mk1s on the layout :hmm
and/or should I pinch the bogies off two of them for the other two Hachetts :hmm

Basically they're both corridor which wouldn't really fit the era/line but the Triang is small compared with more modern models.
(Looks more like HO than OO)
Ed
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You could sell your Triang stock to fund the purchase of new stock….:hmm
:cheers Gormo
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There now follows a not very good short video clip showing how well it runs on Bachmann bogies, which I've really posted as I've put it together out of four short videos using OpenShot Video Editor for Linux. (Who needs expensive Windows software :lol:)
Avant d'accéder à YouTube
The thing I dislike most about the Hachette coaches is the solid moulded truss/under frame, but the postman has delivered the new switches anyway, so it's back to the points.
Ed
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Great video Ed, looking foward to seeing more of your clips. :thumbs
Cheers, Gary.
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Might be something to do with their age, as when they were made OO was 1:76 and not necessarily 4mm.
Ed
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Cheers, Gary.
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Marty
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But your right Marty, it does run extremely well so I'm a happy bunny (again).
Probably worth replacing with on any Hachette coach anybody wants to run.
Could be I'm not the only person who's find that out though, as the Hattons price for Mk1 bogies has gone up to £6.76 a pair, where as Thompson, Collett, Commonwealth bogies etc. are still around £5.00 a pair :hmm
(When I bought these 2 years ago, they were £4.00 a pair)
Ed
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Those coaches are running very smoothly.
I tried going down the Linux route ,but this computer ( laptop ) won`t play. I`ve tried 4 distros now and no luck so I`m stuck with Windows.
Your editing has worked out well, and proves as you say, you don`t need expensive software to do the job.
:cheers Gormo
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Managed to cut another hole for a slide switch and then ran out of time, but you'll be pleased to know the 4:15pm departure from Latton Fields calling at all stations to Liverpool Street left on time. As did the 4:30pm straight through via Tottenham Hale hauled by J11 no 5317.
Class 105 DMU arrived a few minutes late from Basildon at 4:44pm on platform 2 and then ………………………………………………….
I had to go and start preparing the evening meal

All done using JMRI throttles on the laptop, didn't touch the Digitax Zephyr once.
Ed
PS: No animals were hurt in the production of this (short) running session, although I did find a dead spider in the goods yard.
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A great read on the coaches. Unfortunately I haven't got the video link

Good stuff none the less.
Cheers
Toto
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~Darius
- Darius
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The video is very good Ed. It runs as smooth as your coaches. Excellent result all round I think.
Cheers
Toto.
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Yes I tried downloads and even tried earlier versions and using Wubi to run it inside Windows, but there is some fundamental issue down within the bowels of this machine that doesn`t like Linux.
So…..bite the bullet and stay with W7 otherwise if I play around with it too much I`ll stuff it up.
:cheers Gormo
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Gormo
From what I've read, Wubi is not really properly supported.
If you can download to the PC you intend to use, then the Windows DVD burning software should create a bootable DVD that is compatible with that DVD drive on that PC.
Have you tried downloading Ubuntu 14.04 (.3) from Servers Australia, preferably '64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image'.
http://ubuntu.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au/ubuntu-releases/trusty/
The file is about 1GB which sounds big, but I've downloaded from a University in Kent and took about 20 Minutes.
If Severs Australia is too slow there are other mirror sites.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+cdmirrors
If the PC is running Windows 7 you should be ok for the AMD64 version. If it's an older Windows XP PC it will still run but the i386 32 Bit version will run faster.
Don't give up, it will work.
Ed
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I have tried Ubuntu 14.0.2, Linux Mint, Zorin…..these are all 64bit to suit AMD 64…..all have ISO images burnt on this pc. When they start to boot, error messages come up and then they stall…..end of story.
So after trying to get it to work for about three days and trying various methods and combinations, I came to the inevitable conclusion that there is a compatability problem with this pc and therefore it`s not worth wasting any more time and effort on it…….Windows 7 remains.
:cheers Gormo
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That's a shame Gormo.I doubt that it will Ed,
I have tried Ubuntu 14.0.2, Linux Mint, Zorin…..these are all 64bit to suit AMD 64…..all have ISO images burnt on this pc. When they start to boot, error messages come up and then they stall…..end of story.
So after trying to get it to work for about three days and trying various methods and combinations, I came to the inevitable conclusion that there is a compatability problem with this pc and therefore it`s not worth wasting any more time and effort on it…….Windows 7 remains.
:cheers Gormo
Still if it runs ok on Windows 7 it's probably a case of 'better the devil you know', on this particular PC.
Ed
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