The J72 saga carries on

The J72 saga carries on; one of the new motors gave up after 20 minutes running on DC at only 6 Volts. I have resigned myself to the fact that the J72 is a pig and I will get one the new releases when they are out. To day I have a go at ultra low relief industrial type units to fill a void by Arelesworth Station. 5 units printed onto photo paper mounted onto 2mm card.

Pixvalley railway update

 A slight tweak with the layout at the side of the shed, and the installation of a coal staithe for the steam locos which seem to be in abundance on this line. I have finished the rough blanks for the terminus at Western Hill all 16 feet of platform  I have three stations on the Pixvalley railway left to right on the plan Western Hill next Rushmoor and finally Arelesworth

Q1 tender mod

Having checked EBay for a replacement X9221 Hornby Spare Tender Chassis Bottom I decided to cut mine to raise the height of the coupling bar. The photos are self explanatory the only thing to note is the fact I had to open up the fishtail so the NEM pocket fits. The result is the coupling is now about 1.5mm higher. 

While I was doing the tender mod I was pondering of making some magnetic coupling using 2mm neodymium magnets to make uncoupling easier. See sketch 

a bit of a downer

I thought I would chip Pug No2 brand new chip out of the box grey cable not connected ah rats more fiddly soldering!

And finally it’s all coming together

I actually got around to making an enclosure for the main DCC control box, while Stobart Rail attends to the river bank!

The end of the run.

Last two 4 foot boards constructed and the major building is finished. Just need to make the uprights and set all the levels. BTW the level is 1200 mm long!

And it grows

At long last my layout board fixing bolts and dowels arrived today. Two more boards attached to the layout another two 4 foot boards to construct then the major building is finished.