Continuation of the rebuild of “Pacer Set” from Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

 24/12/2021 Motor resembled into drive train and motor and pickup wires soldered to chassis.

25/12/2021 0.5mm pilot holes drilled in light mouldings and divider piece added to stop light bleed. Pilot holes opened to 1mm and top of light box covered. The chassis was test fitted into the body.

27/12/2021 resistors soldered to DCC socket and insulated with colour coded heat shrink micro LED’s threaded into light cluster aperture.

Rebuild of “Pacer Set” from Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

Today 22/12/2021 the decoder socket boards eventually arrived. Square bearers to support the decoder socket board were cut from 4.8mm square evergreen strip. Drilled in the centre for small a self tapping screw. 

Decoder socket board screwed in place and the whole assembly glued to the interior moulding.

Delivery of a “Pacer Set” from Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

Pix Valley is expecting a delivery of a “Pacer Set” 55554 and 55604 from Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive in the next few days. Unfortunately Storm Barra has delayed the departure of the convoy. More news when the set arrives at Pix valley. Eventually today 10/12/2021 55554 and 5560 arrived at Pix Valley, they will need stripped cleaned and tested before entering service. 

Overhaul commenced today 11/12/2021 stripped and measured for a decoder socket board 

A pair of a decoder socket boards ordered today 11/12/2021 from Illuminated Models.

Refurbishment of a Lima 305345 GWR Mk1 Full Brake Coach.

 

Today pix valley entered into service its newly restored Mk1 Full Brake Coach; this has been fitted out internally to accommodate our wheelchair bound visitors. Wheelchair tie-downs are fitted in 4 locations and comfortable setting is provided for the disabled visitor’s assistant. With effect from today disabled visitors can enjoy a 20% ticket discount and the visitor’s assistant travel free.

 

Hornby R2915-SD 28xx Class 2-8-0 2818 as preserved at NRM part 2

The YouChoos order arrived today tested the chip in my ESU 53900 sounds good

Back to fitting the speaker into the tender once again a lot to hacking and fettling abandoning the metal mount to the round speaker so I could fit the “baby boomer”. 

I will compensate the weight difference with some lead sheet under the coal load.

Hornby R2915-SD 28xx Class 2-8-0 2818 as preserved at NRM

 

I have recently chipped my Hornby R2915-SD 28xx Class 2-8-0 2818 As preserved at NRM its been sat on the shelve for a while and now found the loco runs in reverse, checking the wiring the black wire is connected to pin 8 and pin 4 is connected to the red wire I was hoping to order a sound chip but with this issue I am reluctant to do so until this is sorted 

Swapping the plug round didn't work it let the smoke out now the chip is dead Delving deeper the red wire from the tender pickup was poorly stripped leaving a stray strand, this was long enough to touch pin 7 it must have happened when I was swapping the plug around. Tided up the wires and fitted a cheap LAIS chip. I give it a running in then plunge for a sound chip.