Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

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Looks good - video when wired up?
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All wired up - but no video yet. It is working perfectly with every throw of the points, except for one thing :cry: - the lantern is not working - it was when I ran a battery across the wires - but not now. I may/must have blown the bulb. Despite Dapol saying use a 12v supply, I have found that 6v DC works fine.
I need to look again at the wiring on the fiddle yard exit signal - I thought I'd wired it up correctly, but the signal only operates on every other throw of the point. It really is a pain working under the boards and having to solder "uphill" - nothing like molten solder running down your arm :evil:

PS: Touched the wiring on the fiddle yard point motor and the signal is now operating as it should - loose connection :oops:
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I can sympathize. My last layout had over 140 wires in just one area and I was having to solder many of them uphill having to quickly move my face out the way of dropping solder... My current layout project is portable so I can turn it on its side. Luxury!
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I have fitted the "Trespassers will be prosecuted" sign. Not as crisp as I would have liked. I did as WTD suggested, found a picture and downsized it. The pack of Tiny Signs arrived, but did not have the required sign - also they appear to be "mini-photographs" - so if there is shadow over the sign when the picture was taken originally, it is depicted on the sheet - in general they are fine, but not what I was really looking for. I have not seen them, but as you can buy etched nameplates for loco's, I'm surprised there is not a market for etched signs - perhaps there is?
Still disappointed about the signal lantern - it may be replaced?

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The painters have at last arrived :)

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Wonderful scene. What a great idea of painters at work. Blew me away, and that takes some doing! :D
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Brian wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:18 pm Wonderful scene. What a great idea of painters at work. Blew me away, and that takes some doing! :D
Thanks Brian - they have been "lounging" in the "people box" for sometime. They just happened to have green paint in their cans and on their brushes - not sure whether to paint some of the canopy facia with green paint - partially completed work? Barry
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Barry your little scenes are getting better and better.
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bulleidboy wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:22 pm
Brian wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:18 pm Wonderful scene. What a great idea of painters at work. Blew me away, and that takes some doing! :D
Thanks Brian - they have been "lounging" in the "people box" for sometime. They just happened to have green paint in their cans and on their brushes - not sure whether to paint some of the canopy facia with green paint - partially completed work? Barry
Yeah Go for it. :D Repainting in Southern green will set it off IMO.
Walkingthedog wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:26 pm Barry your little scenes are getting better and better.
They are! Outstanding in my view :o
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Walkingthedog wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:26 pm Barry your little scenes are getting better and better.
Thanks Brian - You get these packs of "people" doing something - you then have to think how you can incorporate them onto the layout. Barry
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