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posted: 27 Jul 2013 11:05 from: Martin Wynne
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http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/river-tyne-200-year-old-5325105 |
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posted: 27 Jul 2013 18:02 from: Brian Nicholls
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Hi Martin, Many thanks for this pointer, it’s a great find for the railway history books. Lets hope they manage to preserve most of it for the museum. As to modelling such a track, no problems with gluing it down, being wood. Also no need for soldering, but might have a problem with the electrics, perhaps it would mean going back to clockwork again. All the best. Brian Nicholls. |
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posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:28 from: Les Golledge
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Hi Brian, Electrics is no problem if you use Radio Control there are some very small combined Receivers/Speed Controllers available here:- http://www.deltang.co.uk/ Scroll down to Surface receivers 3-16V. Lipo batteries here:- http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__582__85__Batteries_Accessories-Lipoly_Round_Cells.html If you click on the batteries there is a new page with more info and dimensions. A fully charged Lipo cell gives 4.2V compared to NiMh at 1.2V. This is a thread on building a 7mm scale RC road vehicle using small components:- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/18108-radio-controlled-road-vehicle-and-powered-gantry-crane/ Radio Control is my intended path, the small size & high voltage of Lipo batteries coupled with the small size of the Rx are the main reasons with lack of wiring a layout very close behind. Regards, Les. |
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Last edited on 28 Jul 2013 12:31 by Les Golledge |
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posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:30 from: Les Golledge
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Deleted by Les as I found the edit button. Regards, Les. |
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Last edited on 28 Jul 2013 12:33 by Les Golledge |
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posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:44 from: R C Lake click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Yeah, but these lines were powered by horses, men, oxen etc. All you need to operate the layout is a carrot, a long stick and a piece of string.;) | ||
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