11-01-2010, 08:40 PM
My project is to replace the turnouts/switches/pointwork at St Mary Ax with Peco finescale (code 75) electrofrog. The current turnouts are code 100 insulfrog of varying ages -- probably back to or before the 70s -- and varying coarse frog standards.
Right now the status is: I bought most of the replacement bits. I also bought a bag of microswitches and a pair of Caboose Industries ground throws with electrical contacts.
No photos yet.
I have begun: weathering rails on the turnouts.
I tried assembling the ground throws. I got up to the bit that holds the contacts in place and lost the first one (CI supplies a spare).
The project may include ballasting.
Right now the status is: I bought most of the replacement bits. I also bought a bag of microswitches and a pair of Caboose Industries ground throws with electrical contacts.
No photos yet.
I have begun: weathering rails on the turnouts.
I tried assembling the ground throws. I got up to the bit that holds the contacts in place and lost the first one (CI supplies a spare).
The project may include ballasting.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.