Both sets of pre fabricated running lights
fitted to the cab front with rapid epoxy adhesive (well not so rapid) but never
the less attached the is some filling of
blemishes the plastic is rather soft and my macro lens to 1:1 ratio picks up
all the defects!
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| Underside of Cab front showing LED light board |
4 pin strip fixed to the chassis top pin red, lower
pin white LED. the centre pins + feed to the LEDs next job fixing dropper resistors
to the centre two pins and fixing to chassis. A bit of cleaning round the hook
and buffer before the whole frond section is encapsulated in epoxy, the fixing
of the hook and buffers are rather weak and will not take much handling.
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| 4 pin strip |
The area in the motor where the wires need modification for DCC operation, gotta get a suitable chip first!
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| Motor connection |
Not
a lot of progress this week but its something to give enjoyment and I’m finding
all my old skill that have not been used
for over 20 or more years
Looks good Alan and when it's done it should not require much handling..We never loose our modelling skills, we just learn new ones as we progress, Model Railways are never finished..It's just like Life, A learning curve!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan S.W.M.B.O said I had to wait until I retired before starting a new project, I was never good at following orders!
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