Impressive how you took it apart and managed to fix it making it good as new. Informative as always
@OOElectronicsАй бұрын
Oh, you like comments! Well, I thought that was good if a little rushed.... I'm just getting into 3D printing; getting issues with stuff not always coming off my raft (2 weeks ago I'd never have believed I would say that).
@OOElectronics2 ай бұрын
Good video, lots to see! The repair to the Princess is very good. There's a product in a tube called "Plasto" (made by Revell) which is particles of polystyrene mixed with poly cement; that works quite well also and can be filed or sanded when set. For the lining of the hand rails and the like, I use silver and copper sharpies; much easier than trying to paint. You can even pick out the little detailing there is in the cabs using that method. 400mA is not uncommon on old X04s albeit yours is fluctuating a little. I've just been given a 3D printer and getting to grips with it (although it might be the other way round so far...). Need to post soon but weather has been so good here, just not got the chance......
@shedhead002 ай бұрын
Great video, you're tree is better than anything I could make , 00 bills, trees are great
@vikingsmb2 ай бұрын
met the legend
@IanFerguson-y3h2 ай бұрын
Pretty cool bud not sure about the aliens in your attic😂they bear a remarkable resemblance to you.really good though 👍👍👍👍👍👍
@laingstrains35772 ай бұрын
Cheers dude,
@lynnrobertson68372 ай бұрын
Impressive set up 👏🚊🚉
@laingstrains35772 ай бұрын
Thanks, n , nice to meet you. 😊
@DaiElsan2 ай бұрын
Oh please, it looks like you are drinking rosé. 😂😂😂😂😂
@laingstrains35772 ай бұрын
If its got a%age ,I'll drink it!
@wideyxyz22712 ай бұрын
You could be brothers !
@laingstrains35772 ай бұрын
Lol!🤣🤣🤣
@AussiePom3 ай бұрын
I've cut through the extension cord for the hedge trimmer more times than I care to admit so I threw the corded hedge trimmer in rubbish (it was only a cheap one anyway) and bought a Ryobi battery operated one with a couple of 5ah batteries. Never looked back since. To make lithium ion batteries last for years charge them fully and use them unto the tool cuts out. My oldest Ryobi battery was made in 2013 and is still charging fully and holding that charge today. Nice to see you met OOBill and I hope he didn't think your camera work was a bit "jiggery faffery". Be careful round him though for he may want to give you a "good skoosh". Here's hoping if he bought a loco or two it wasn't suffering from "stoppy starty itus".
@AnnSmith-u9c3 ай бұрын
You’ve inspired me!
@OOElectronics3 ай бұрын
I am enlightened indeed. I use (for my modelling (that still doesn't possibly sound as I mean)) cheap matt black nail varnish to touch up stuff (there I go again...)😀; easier than using paint and no need to clean or discard the brush.
@laingstrains35773 ай бұрын
🤣
@RobertMcmullan-w5v3 ай бұрын
Mark you are a fruitcake 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@OOElectronics3 ай бұрын
How many times have you nearly fallen down the loft access hatch doing things like this? 😂
@JohnMann-x7b3 ай бұрын
Dancing capabilities leave a lot to be laughed at
@johngblake8523 ай бұрын
Your mental but funny 😂
@BelgianExpress3 ай бұрын
🤣🤣😂
@laingstrains35773 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, we do try to amuse😀
@OOElectronics3 ай бұрын
The coils, as you suggested, are for contacts for metal axles where one wheel side is live to the axle; that produces a very low rolling resistance; suitable wheels are available from Peters Spares or DCC Concepts who provide with the coil already fitted. Phosphor-bronze strips make better pickups for the wheels you have and will produce less rolling resistance. They are best placed to bear on the inside face of the metal tyre but can also bear on the rolling surface as well.
@laingstrains35773 ай бұрын
Okay, but what are those wheel sets called? I know what they are but how do you describe them when searching
@OOElectronics3 ай бұрын
Peters Spares: PS82 12.6mm 3 hole or PS84 14.1mm disc. DCC concepts: pickups DCF-WP12; springs 2mm DCF-PS2.0 (also do 1.5mm & 3mm); DCW-W14S-OO 14mm (also do 10.5mm & 12mm) wheels with spring contact fitted. Hope this helps. 😃
@mysticrailroad3 ай бұрын
nice work on the coaches! :)
@laingstrains35773 ай бұрын
Thanks!😀
@OOElectronics4 ай бұрын
I'd not be concerned that you can't make a video without a disaster. Disasters really make the video!😂
@laingstrains35774 ай бұрын
That's true for me! Did you see my previous video? I met GOD.
@OOElectronics4 ай бұрын
@@laingstrains3577 Yes, indeed I did. A cunning bit of tracking on your part!
@johngblake8524 ай бұрын
Dude love the content your absolutely bonkers nice one haha need to join you in a video at some point
@laingstrains35774 ай бұрын
Totally!
@TheJumper23074 ай бұрын
If you need a hand getting stuff sorted one evening, give your local scrapyard a call, I'm more than happy to come lend a hand buddy ❤️
@kylerelitegames84245 ай бұрын
GrimRapper 😂😂😂
@PaulinesPastimes5 ай бұрын
Whatever you are on, I think I took it in the 80s 😄 Keep motivated, it's the key to it all.
@Theostrainstyt20245 ай бұрын
When i double Header it shorts out
@laingstrains35775 ай бұрын
I replaced the transformer with a higher ampage one from amazon. I'll have to rewatch the video though, that long ago I can't remember😀
@OOElectronics5 ай бұрын
Very entertaining! Didn't even notice you referring to your planned movement list during the whole session 😁
@DarrenJMould-g4h6 ай бұрын
Darrenbury Central Hi i think the layout has got potential. Its coming along. Perhaps a photographic backscene. 😊
@laingstrains35776 ай бұрын
Hi! Thanks for the comment, I've been thinking about that but they're quite dear.
@DarrenJMould-g4h6 ай бұрын
@laingstrains3577 Hi well worth saving for. They highlight the layout. You could do a countryside area and an industrial area and a housing area. Also build a scrapyard would look good. 👌
@OOElectronics6 ай бұрын
Is that really the same locomotive?? 😜 I'd have tried the skoosh with contact cleaner first. I also do not like removing wheels. It can be fatal and it doesn't do the loco much good either...
@laingstrains35776 ай бұрын
Sure is😂! Can't succumb to the fear maaan. Oobill would be proud of me😂
@OOElectronics6 ай бұрын
Maybe so but he'd definitely have skooshed it. Have you ever known him not to skoosh? 😁
@PaulinesPastimes6 ай бұрын
How can you live with yourself for running HO wagons with OO wagons! The shame! 😄. I completely agree with you about just having fun. I run all sorts of things and I don't care really. I am always on the lookout for bargains. I don't know how people afford the new things and they are too fragile anyway. By the way. When Mainline went bust, I believe a lot of their tooling ended up with Hornby and Dapol. That's why those hopper wagons are so similar. Mainline wagons are really nice if you can find them, way ahead of the competition at the time. There are still some Hornby locomotives based on Airfix/Mainline tooling. The cute little 14XX tank loco is a perfect example. 😊
@stephencameron40327 ай бұрын
Just liked and subbed, thanks for sharing, take care, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.
@laingstrains35776 ай бұрын
Thanks for your subscription, from Scotland too!
@railway1877 ай бұрын
What a grand layout, cool 🤩👍 New subscriber 🙋♂️ Erik
@laingstrains35777 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! It does my head though sometimes.
@OOElectronics7 ай бұрын
It's coming along. I find to retrofit a below board motor, it is as well to drill a small hole down through the hole in the drawbar whilst holding the drawbar in the central position with tape or whatever before removing the point. Then take the motor below (having soldered wires) and mark or drill the fixing holes making sure the motor is centred. Remove the point and drill a hole using the pilot hole as the centre making sure the diameter is slightly bigger than the through distance. (Then use a vacuum cleaner, I use a cheap USB rechargeable which is easy to use and does not have a dragging cable which catches on stuff). Fit the motor, fit the point. I agree it would be easier with two people but this method works. A good head torch is also a great thing to have for such an event!
@JohnMann-x7b7 ай бұрын
Looking impressive after x years of confusion but most impressed
@ukoutdoors30227 ай бұрын
You could put a small wooded area between the retail park and the fields, just to break it up a bit. Thats a good idea with the ballast to secure the fencing, by the way. Ill probably try that myself.
@laingstrains35777 ай бұрын
That's a good idea, thanks.
@daviemaclean617 ай бұрын
If you're in a hurry, tap a little bicarb of soda onto the superglue. Don't know the chemistry of it, but it makes the glue set rock hard immediately. Cheers
@laingstrains35777 ай бұрын
Cheers for that, I'll give it a go! 👍
@laingstrains35777 ай бұрын
And there's cows on the other side, moOoo!
@PaulinesPastimes7 ай бұрын
Yes, fencing. It definitely looks better with it than without and I am pleased about the sheepies. I haven't put any down yet but it is sitting there in a bag just waiting for me to make up my mind. 😄
@timedwards70447 ай бұрын
It was known as a “Type 5” in Hornby Dublo days (which was made by Meccano). Class numbers such as Class 55 didn’t come until 1973 and TOPS.
@OOElectronics7 ай бұрын
Good to see track is complete. Model Rail Scotland this week-end? Can't make up my mind; it's an age thing I think.
@mysticrailroad8 ай бұрын
love it!!
@laingstrains35778 ай бұрын
Thanks very much!😀
@OOElectronics10 ай бұрын
I was given a Dock Shunter in 1963. It seemed fast at the time but with just a circle of track and a DMU to compare it with, it wasn't conclusive. Years later, and yes, it was fast and today it still is on original parts just well looked after. Headlight replaced with LED as bulb blew. 😁
@laingstrains357710 ай бұрын
Yup,that's a led in mine too
@PaulinesPastimes10 ай бұрын
Assembly is the reverse of dis-assembly 😄 First time the lightning speed of the dock shunter has been shown in such an exciting race. Excellent.
@PaulinesPastimes10 ай бұрын
Love it 😊 Not sure I made much sense out of the pantograph bit, but I think it was something to do with repairing it with a track pin? I aspire to having catenary one day.
@banksroadmodernimage735810 ай бұрын
Like this video🔧👍👌
@TheGarlicMan10 ай бұрын
Maybe so but it looks shite
@laingstrains357710 ай бұрын
Yeah ... shite, it's all shite, I fuckin hate this shit
@PaulinesPastimes10 ай бұрын
Even though they weren't finely designed, Tri-ang went to all the trouble of producing pantographs that worked, and years later they were re-designed into something that doesn't work very well at all, even on Hornby catenary. Progress I suppose. Glad you got it going. 😊👍
@laingstrains357710 ай бұрын
Those old triangle ones are really expensive
@PaulinesPastimes10 ай бұрын
@@laingstrains3577 Yes, I've seen the prices too. The new one you installed looks great.
@OOElectronics10 ай бұрын
is the catenary too low?
@laingstrains357710 ай бұрын
Well,,,, no! If I had made it higher then I don't think there'd be enough contact force on the other pantograph trains.
@PaulinesPastimes10 ай бұрын
That was informative. It's good to know which direction the poles go in case I need to do something similar. Sanding the lumps off the gears is worth the effort I have found. I hope you manage to get it all sorted and running well. 👍
@laingstrains357710 ай бұрын
Thanks, I'm still learning myself so really nice to hear my discoveries are useful. What didn't mention was how picking it up with a screwdriver showed the poles at first.
@PaulinesPastimes10 ай бұрын
@@laingstrains3577 I learn new things all the time too. It's such a great hobby.
@bigdov198910 ай бұрын
So cool
@OOElectronics10 ай бұрын
A positive side effect when running the catenary fed locomotive is that when the track power is left on, you get coach lighting even when the train is stopped.🙂