Sunday 29 April 2012

More Civil Engineering

Another month, another meeting and yet more holes appearing in the base-boards!

This month we continued to fit the lifting magnets for operating the Kadee couplers.  Allen has produced a new etch for this, which he was fitting into the existing holes.

Meanwhile Dave and Ken were excavating more holes for the remaining magnets.

Here is a short video showing the magnet at work.  Look out also for the three-way stub point at the end.



Dave brought along his Bachmann Rail-bus, which is very impressive, with tremendous details. The fairly long, 4-wheel chassis did show up some unevenness in the track-work, but it looks superb.  The rail-bus only has a driving cab at one end, but luckily it fits onto the turntable.