In the home straight
Work has started on the second last module – Port Dinllaen station (the throat will be the very last). After one hour’s work it looked like this – not too impressive – but lots of opening out and adjusting the…
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Here we go round the ….
Modules 11, 12 and 13 are complete! This leaves just two to go (all be it 2 of the most involved). I started assembling the ones that are complete – all around the walls.
Mind The Gap
The Nantlle module has completed wiring and so now it can be placed into position. Because it is over some shelves, it had to adapted to fit with a single leg on the front. This revealed that the brackets were about…
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Helicopter view of RHS modules
We have now got the two modules on the right-hand side complete – and so this is what they look-like when assembled. Both turntables work – powered by simple two function DCC decoders and Locomotech motors and gears.
Cobalt En Passant
Under Nantlle there is one point motor position where the hidden tracks are too high for a cobalt to fit “normally”. At this point I have used a 90 degree adaptor to allow the motor to be placed horizontally and…
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The Golden Spike
At 5pm today, the last section of track for Port Dinllaen lines was laid – at Trefor Junction. The “spike” was a screw and it was brass and not gold, but it still reprints a milestone after 4 years of…
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Wiring Complete on the biggest module
The module where the peninsula meets the outside circuit is the most complex I have – and after 3 weeks I have completed wiring it up.
Power Zones
As I wire up, I have been dividing the track into DCC zones. Each zone has a circuit breaker and the basic design is twofold – to isolate areas under human and computer control so that a short circuit in…
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Signalbox – now with added height!
So after building the LCUT large signalbox as the maker intended, I was dissatisfied with the height – it did not look imposing enough. So I ordered some extra parts and added a scale 5′ “lift” to get it so…
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