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Post by greenpark on Aug 10, 2019 20:11:21 GMT
For better or for worse I use rattle cans and the colours I am using are: Traffic red RAL 3020 Ultramarine blue RAL 5002 Very light grey ..... the nearest I have found is NCS S1502-Y 50R but it still isn't quite grey enough. A problem I have discovered is that only a few UK paint mixing machines have this colour, so results vary. The roof colour changes: I use Halfords grey primer as a compromise. Taking samples to Colorite in Hanwell and explaining that you are painting plastic models is the best solution I have found. I hope that helps.
Update: the official colour confirmed by TfL is NCS S1502-Y not NCS S1502-Y 50R
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Post by greenpark on Jun 16, 2019 16:51:00 GMT
Did I see an automatic train on test travelling between Chiswick Park and Turnham Green on the slow?
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Post by greenpark on Oct 20, 2014 18:17:37 GMT
I believe that Absolute Aspects have taken over the OO gauge London Underground signals that Roger Murray used to do. www.absoluteaspects.com/
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Post by greenpark on Apr 29, 2014 18:54:02 GMT
While we are at it, here is the train describer at St James's Park (Westbound) on 17th April 1963
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Post by greenpark on Apr 29, 2014 18:49:09 GMT
Having sat on a rail replacement bus Hammersmith-Acton Town for an hour that weekend I would add that the problem seemed to me that the Chiswick Roundabout got gummed up by traffic being slow to leave southbound. I would have thought that the traffic lights' system would spot that and give longer greens at the Kew Bridge junction, but it doesn't. A bit of traffic control from a copper would also have been helpful. TfL obviously need some better block signalling!
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Post by greenpark on Apr 29, 2014 13:17:35 GMT
Thanks Arun, that is most helpful.
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Post by greenpark on Apr 26, 2014 18:54:36 GMT
The tube stock looks good. Has anyone managed to find a supplier of nice O gauge motor bogies and bogies for tube stock?
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Post by greenpark on Feb 13, 2013 13:17:57 GMT
My one ENDO bogie has much the same pulling power as a Spud but runs a little smoother. Maybe that is because the pickups are better. I cut slots in the ENDO's protrusions so a Metromodels collar fits nicely. The baseplate that holds the axles in place is like an upturned table with the ends of the legs clipping into the frame. I was slow to realise this and on the way one of the legs broke off. Gluing it back together every time I lubricate the bogie is a bit of a show stopper.
I found that converting the ENDO bogie to DCC was straightforward: one wire wrapped round the protrusion and the other soldered to the top of the motor tab. I separated this tab from the frame with a slip of paper. I then repeated the wiring for the other side.
Moving on to wiring between the cars: I too am looking for the perfect solution. As I have up to nine wires to connect I am using ugly ribbon cable which renders the cars permanently coupled and can work loose to catch on a conductor rail. Roco do a four pole conductive coupler (two in a pack 40345) that clips into NEM pockets but it isn't easy to uncouple and could occasionally clip the centre fourth rail. Are there any other suggestions?
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Post by greenpark on Jan 28, 2013 21:19:18 GMT
I and Dan Floyd have been working on this problem...
The simple answer is I think we have just about got EFE trains round 14 inch radius curves....
Our suggestions are:
For John Polley's Metromodels 92+95 stock 1. Chop off all the shoes. 2. (With finescale track) Lower the third and fourth rails using oversize holes for the pots 3. File the bottom off the Tenshodo Spuds 4. Add a second Spud to the DM car as this aids traction and pickup, or if not possible, just adding pickups to the bogie does help.
And additionally for EFE 38 stock: 5. Replace the EFE bogies with John Polley's Metromodels bogies. 6. Use longer coupling bars (as the car ends otherwise collide on 14 inch curves) though these look a bit ugly. 7. Hack out the EFE chassis underneath the seats so the John Polley Metromodel bogies will turn a bit further. Ditto for the second Spud. 8. Add weights to all cars.
Hope that helps
If I may, here's a video of my fully automatic Redstone Town layout with Metromodels 92+95 stock (sorry, no 38 stock shown)
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Post by greenpark on Nov 5, 2012 11:22:59 GMT
Has anyone else not received a ballot confirmation? Has the museum's email system packed up?
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