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It's very nice, I wish I could lay my own track sometimes... Was there any particular reason you opted for a manual turnout switch as opposed to a mechanical under the baseboard one?

I usually use a coping saw & P80 Wet 'n' dry paper used dry (It might be called something else in the States, it's used for rubbing down automobiles), and of course the Dyson..

That's a lovely compact control panel Mark.

Hi Wayne, can you give us a little more info on that last car? I haven't seen one like that before? What's it used for? Is it only a US thing?

I use the hot glue gun. As Eze says, it has to be right first time using this method or you'll have a hell of a job getting it off, unless your happy with craters all over the place. :D

Have you tried doing a search from the top menu?

If you do, or you have had one in the past, what materials, if any, did you use to cross the tracks? I'm looking for techniques that are used for when I start on my HO layout Coyote Plains. I have built a crossing before in 'N' & I used plasticard to go between the rails, but I wasn't very...

Actually Ron, from a Brit, I agree with you! :D British rolling stock IMO is boring, thats why I model US...

There's an old modeling saying, & this applies across the board no matter what your modeling or in what scale. 'If it looks right, it is right'. So if you've built it & you think it looks right, then that's fine for me! I love the camaraderie on this forum & have no time whatsoever for rivet...

Hehe, I love to tinker with small engineering projects like the one your doing.:D You could always try a variable resistor in-line with the + on the power to slow the motor slightly?? Also, how are you going to hold the cars on the track? are you going to make some sort of cage?

Looks OK to me, the only thing I would say & this might just be the picture, but the tracks look awfully close together?

Tim, you'll probably find it was the file size. JPEG are better quality than a GIF, but Gif's are a much smaller file size.

TBH Ross, that's a bit far to go, I'm right up near Croydon. Thanks for the offer though.

Cheers David, I have seen the one in the US although I haven't ordered anything from them yet, but not the one in the UK. Ross, where in Surrey (town) is your club?

Shaygetz, this is the problem I thought you might have. If the two bars were fixed together strait, with a swivel joint at the top then it would act just like a piston. See the attached image, sorry it's a bit crude :) So if you lengthen the bar from the motor and shorten right down the top...

Interesting design, I can't wait to see what you do with the scenery.

Hmmm... In that case, are the two rods fixed together permanently (rigid)? Obviously the one one the disc rotates, but I must be missing something otherwise the two arms if not fixed rigid will it not just rotate without a lift?

I can't answer that George. I did a UK Google search and all I could find available in the UK other that Peco track was Roco track which I believe is Austrian.

I take it you will use power one way to lift & then reverse the power to lower?? When I first saw the disk, I would have thought you would have made it similar to a loco wheel with just one rod. Using a micro switch to cut the power when the bed returns. That means that you would only need to...

Yes George it's for my On30 switchback layout, so it will be underpass in to overpass. Thanks for clearing that up ezdays. :thumb: