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Rusty Track
Leave some old steel track outside for a few weeks, when well rusty use on your
layout for disused siding or cut into small pieces and drill for fence
pssts
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Weights for rolling stock
Visit your local roofing contractor they may sell you some off cuts of
lead flashing. this can be easily cut into lengths for weighting trucks and
coaches
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DO NOT USE IF YOUNG CHILDREN USE YOUR LAYOUT .WASH
YOUR HANDS AFTER HANDLING LEAD
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Fibre optic Lantern A simple way to illuminate those little
lanterns on the outside of Skaledale buildings is to use
some fibre optic cable or strands from a old Christmas tree. Twist the
lantern up out of the way. Drill a small hole to take the fibre optic
then twist the lantern back down to cover the fibre optic. Make a small
box a bout 2cm square with 1 hole at the back to take a white LED
and one at the front for the fibre optic. position the fibre optic to
give best light transfer by moving it back and forth then hold in place
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New Look Hornby Turntable
After converting my turntable to dcc I
decided It would look better if fitted flush , no more annoying
ramps to get on to the bridge Then I covered The
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FOR DCC LAYOUTS ONLY
A very simple way to power LED's for a mimic board or 2
aspect signalling is to use the switch blades of the point
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Mimic panel with LED's powered from the points there's no need to
fit switches. The accessory decoder Powers 8 relays 2 per port
the normally open contacts are wired in parallel with the push
buttons giving the option of computer or manual control of the
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I have a goods yard separate from the main layout with a
shuttle service running. This also acts as a DC test track. The
track is powered from a decoder connect a suitable pre addressed
decoder to the dcc bus connect the output to your dc test track or
if a shuttle track to the two NO contacts then cross
wire to the NC contacts of a suitable relay. Output to the track
is taken from the common contacts . I know most decoders have
overload protection but I prefer to feed the track via a ballast
lamp then if there is a short on the track the lamp illuminates
protecting the decoder A small timer circuit is powered from one of the
decoders function outputs.
