The Parkside haul in the above post had now mostly reached the completed body stage and some are beginning to receive springing units.
Currently off my workbench and on to the set setup in the bedroom (Dynamis means I can run trains in bed
) is this MERG accessory decoder I mentioned in the DCC area. The two Tortoise in the foreground both work correctly now on address 3 & 4 via the Dynamis although I think i've knackered the 1st output on the decoder with a bit of short circuiting and some smoke. Hopefully its just me messing up the programming however! The second one was built up in about 30mins tonight and I will need to test setting this as the next 4 addresses.
Another photo showing the board with most of the components soldered down. Only the first output was useable at this stage (see the two wires on the board heading toward the connector block). There is the possibility of driving 8 LED's, memory wires or bulbs from this decoder if the diode and transistor are left out and a resistor used instead of the piece of wire. I will probably buy more boards for running my signals and leave these two for the points.
I have also been weathering some wooden mineral wagons, although like the majority of 16ton minerals from Bachmann these are the less common ones without an end door. The one with remnants of original livery needs a P number box adding. Apologies for the picture quality, energy saving lightbulb when daylight had run out
. The coal does need weathering though as it has too much of a shine.
Here is the BR grey wagon after only a basic wash of Games Workshop black ink that has been smeared down the wagon with my thumb. To reach the above state the wagons gained dirty ironwork done with a mix of Scorched Brown, Chaos Black, an orange mix and Red Gore to use the Games Workshop names! The underframes also get an off black mix to make them look less plasticky. I tend to drybrush the edges with a lighter mix then. Eventually they will get some brake dust sprayed on. P4 wheels were an easy enough fit and only required a little work with the snips to remove some plastic from the back of the w-irons. There both are square when placed on a mirror too which is a bonus.
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. As usual with my buying I didn't mean to get it but its 2nd hand and came with Ultrascales.
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