First Train to Run on Hadarford

 

Keith

Layout Reassembly Part 2

 This morning I connected the inter-board wiring ready for track testing this afternoon. I do have some inline connectors on order so disassembly/assembly will be easier in the future 😊

Right-hand baseboard

Right-hand end of the central baseboard

Left-hand end of the central baseboard

Left-hand baseboard

Keith

Layout Reassembled

 Having completed all the wiring of the layout yesterday that I started at the beginning of the year, this afternoon it took me, with some help from my wife Jo, about 2 hours of struggle to reassemble the layout, but it is back up, I will leave it till tomorrow to start running test trains as I now feel pooped! 😕

Keith

Wiring for Point Operation Part 4

 This morning I finished the wiring of the Smartswitch, 4 Smartfrogs and the track, this now completes all the wiring of the whole layout. 😁

2 of the Smartfrogs, servos and track with completed wiring

The other 2 Smartfrogs, servos and track with wiring completed

The Smartswitch wiring now completed

Keith

Buillding Repairs and Programming the SmartSwitch

 This morning I fitted a new post to this house as the original had snapped off, Jo came up with the idea of using one of her long matchsticks which are wider than standard ones. I also repainted other wood pieces on the house to match the post

The new post fitted and painted

Other timber supports painted to match the new post

Another timber support painted to match the new post

This afternoon I programmed the Smartswitch to operate the 4 points, the video is just one of them. It took a while to do all the adjustments, but all 4 work nicely

Keith

Wiring for Point Operation Part 3

 This afternoon I attached the remote control to the Smartswitch, then connected all 4 frog wires to the Smartfrogs and wired up the 4 new point switches. I haven't soldered the track wires which feed the Smartfrogs as, until I test the setup, I cannot guarantee the correct polarity until I power it all up

Remote control fitted to the Smartswitch

2 point frogs wires (green wires) from the Smartfrogs on the central baseboard soldered onto panel pins

The other 2 point frogs wires (green wires) from the Smartfrogs on the left-hand baseboard soldered onto panel pins

1 pair of new point switches fitted Monday with wires now soldered to them

The other pair of new point switches with wires soldered to them

Tomorrow I should be able to power up the Smartswitch and Smartfrogs and program the Smartswitch accordingly 🤞.

Keith

Various Bits and Pieces

 This morning I cut out and glued card backs to 3 half-relief buildings.

Now the trains running behind won't be seen.

After lunch I took out the 2 faulty point operating double pole switches I installed yesterday 😠 and replaced them with 4 hopefully working single pole ones. For whatever reason having installed the 2 double pole switches and wired them up I discovered that both switches had one pole which didn't work. Not having any double pole switches spare I have replaced them with 4 single pole switches 😊

Keith

Wiring for Point Operation Part 2

 With the much needed wire arriving yesterday, this afternoon I have been busy doing more wiring. 4 Smartfrogs now connected to the Smartswitch, see captions for details. 😊

All wires now connected to 2 Smartfrogs on the central baseboard, still need the track wires and frog wires connecting to the track

All wires now connected to the other 2 Smartfrogs on the left-hand baseboard, still need the track wires and frog wires connecting to the track

New terminal block screwed to the Left-hand baseboard for the inter board jumper wires

New inter baseboard jumper wires made and connected to the terminal block

Wiring for the 2 Smartfrogs on the left-hand baseboard running through the central baseboard to the new inter board terminal block

Wiring from the 4 Smartfrogs now connected to the Smartswitch

Keith

Soldering Station and Completion of Half-Relief Buildings

 A soldering fume extractor arrived this morning, it sits nicely behind my soldering station.

I glued white card to the rear of the terrace this afternoon, this now completes the terrace.

Keith

Curtains Part 2

 Today I finished fitting the final curtains to the windows of the terrace.

Each pair of curtains is cut from the sheet and using a pair of tweezers folds are put into the curtain

Strips of card are glued to each curtain tab so the curtain stands away from the window

Righthand cottage finished

First pair of cottages finished

Second pair of cottages finished

Third pair of cottages finished

Fourth pair of cottages finished

Model Shop and adjoining cottage finished

Post Office and adjoining cottage finished

Keith

 Not much done today, I have gone as far as I can by adding a pair of wires (1 red 1 black) to each Smartfrog ready to wire to the track, which I will do when all wires are connected to the Smartfrogs. I have ordered more different coloured wire (blue, green & yellow) to be able to proceed further.

Each pair of red and black wires connected to this pair of Smartfrogs

The other pair of red and black wires connected to the other pair of Smartfrogs

Keith

Wiring for Point Operation

 Some much needed wire arrived this morning, hooray!

I have had to change the 4 way connection blocks to 6 way between the central baseboard and the lefthand one to accommodate the 12vDC supply for the Smartfrogs

The original 4 way block one baseboard

Replaced by a 6 way block, repeated on the adjacent baseboard

Ribbon cables from these 2 servos clipped down onto the underside of the baseboard

All 4 ribbon cables connected to the Smartswitch and clipped down

Wiring from the Smartfrogs to the Smartswitch for the 2 closest servos

Ribbon cables for the other 2 servos running through the central baseboard

12vDC wires connected to 2 of the Smartfrogs

The 12vDC power distributed from the connection block

Ribbon cables passing through the baseboard joint and 12vDC to the inter-board connection block

The 12vDC wired from the inter-board connection block on the left-hand baseboard to the remaining 2 Smartfrogs

I made a discovery today. Just one of the 3 fishplates I have had to replace because one end of the fishplate was not on the rail but underneath it, I have had to cut each sleeper each side, cut the webbing in between, slid them out of the way to be able to slide the fishplate back and then onto the other rail, the cut sleepers then glued back in place

Keith