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Great Peaks Junction is just around the corner...

dalespeak wrote 1 day ago: First module for ‘Great Peaks Junction’ temporarily supported The remainder of the pile … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Great Peaks Junction, dales peak, Loft, Model Railway, modern-image, OO gauge

More modest module progress...

dalespeak wrote 1 week ago: In modest progress, I’ve started to convert the pile of recycled layout wood into more real es … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Overdale Quarry, dales peak, Loft, Model Railway, modern-image, OO gauge

Very miniature lighting...2 comments

dalespeak wrote 4 weeks ago: In a bid to create some scale model lighting for the exterior of the quarry buildings I’ve bee … more →

Tags: Building & scenic lighting, On my workbench, building lighting, dales peak, Loft, Model Railway, modern-image, OO gauge, soldering

Conveyor considered!

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: Following on from my last post I’ve dummied up a section of conveyor to decide the how to posi … more →

Tags: Landscaping, Overdale Quarry, Scale drawings, Scratch building, Conversion, OO gauge, Adobe Illustrator, modern-image, Model Railway

Conveyor consideration...

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: I need to leave a hole in the load out building to take the conveyor from the final screening buildi … more →

Tags: Overdale Quarry, Scale drawings, Scratch building, Conversion, OO gauge, Kit Bashing, Adobe Illustrator, dales peak, modern-image

More on wiring the Lenz DCC programming track...

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: I’ve had a question from one of my regular followers about the wiring plan I did for the … more →

Tags: Track, DCC, Lenz LZV100 Command Station, wiring, OO gauge, 4pdt switch, programming track, track 2, dales peak

The dreaded lurgy strikes...4 comments

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: Working on the top half of the ‘Overdale Quarry’ load out building Not got much done sin … more →

Tags: Conversion, On my workbench, Overdale Quarry, OO gauge, dales peak, modern-image, Model Railway, Loft, modelmaking

A new tail-chaser track plan takes shape...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: It’s been that cold in the loft recently that I’ve not been inclined to go up there, eve … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Dales Peak, Dales Peak Cement Works, Great Peaks Junction, Overdale Quarry, OO gauge, Adobe Illustrator, track plan, dales peak

More material... more modules

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: More recycled MDF marked up for cutting After rummaging through the MDF left over from Dales Peak Mk … more →

Tags: Baseboards, OO gauge, dales peak, modern-image, Model Railway, Loft

The track plan turns a corner...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: With the track plan for the corner worked out, I printed out the sections as tiles and quickly laid … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Overdale Quarry, OO gauge, track 2, track plan, dales peak, modern-image, Model Railway, Loft

Up, up and away...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Lenz LI-USB Computer Interface Another quick job done whilst I was in the loft was to reconnect the … more →

Tags: Baseboards, DCC, Overdale Quarry, Lenz LI-USB interface, Apple Macintosh PowerMac G4 AGP, wiring, OO gauge, dales peak, Model Railway

Deadline extended for next DCC Workshop

dcceditor wrote 4 months ago: Digital Culture: Promises and Discomforts The ongoing mediatisation process is subject to social tra … more →

Tags: Themes, Communication, digital culture, Perception, DCC, Call for Papers, Workshop, activism, interaction

Happy Birthday to me... Dales Peak gets some new traction

dalespeak wrote 8 months ago: Well, today was my birthday (Err Hum years old!) and I was lucky enough to receive two new additions … more →

Tags: Engines, sound, Hornby, OO gauge, Class 56, Lima, Class 47, Sound, engine

Improving the programming track 4PDT switch… installation

dalespeak wrote 11 months ago: The terminal block awaits the return of the 4PDT switch for the programming track I’ve used th … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Track, DCC, Overdale Quarry, wiring, OO gauge, LED, 4pdt switch, programming track

Improving the programming track 4PDT switch

dalespeak wrote 11 months ago: Improving the programming track 4PDT switch Earlier in the year, before things ground to a halt, I h … more →

Tags: DCC, Overdale Quarry, On my workbench, wiring, soldering, 4pdt switch, programming track

Affirmative, Dave... DCC Programming Track is working

dalespeak wrote 1 year ago: Couldn’t resist one more reference to the ‘HAL 9000 computer’, especially now the … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Track, DCC, Overdale Quarry, JMRI, Class 60, EWS, OO gauge, DecoderPro

Minding my P's and Q's... wiring for the DCC programming track6 comments

dalespeak wrote 1 year ago: The 4pdt switch for the DCC programming track with all its wires soldered in place and an LED holder … more →

Tags: DCC, Overdale Quarry, Lenz LZV100 Command Station, wiring, OO gauge, soldering, LED, 4pdt switch, programming track

More on the DCC programming track... the switch housing

dalespeak wrote 1 year ago: I’m nearly ready to start wiring up the 4pdt switch for the DCC programming track, but before … more →

Tags: Baseboards, DCC, Overdale Quarry, OO gauge, 4pdt switch, programming track

A switch in an instant... installing the DCC programming track

dalespeak wrote 1 year ago: When I install the switch for the programming track I want to recess it into the baseboard module to … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Track, DCC, Overdale Quarry, wiring, OO gauge, 4pdt switch, programming track


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