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In these days of electronics and DCC, etc.,some of us oldies hanker for the days when a large paint tin, rotating on a spindle and driven slowly by a small low voltage electric motor, could be made to switch signs and lights off and on, by using strips of non-conductive adhesive tape to make and break the conections. Unbelievable ? Try it for fun one day.
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· Why Model Railways? (dreams, schemes and a fascination for moving objects.)
· Getting Started (let there be light... let there be sound.. let there be.. um.. drums..)
· The Basics (scale & gauge, pros & cons.)
· Developing An Idea (where to model, what to model..)
· What To Model? (steam, diesel, mainline, branchline...)
· Starting To Design (thinking it all through..)
· Getting It All Down On Paper (from dreams to reality)
· Building Baseboards (chop, saw, hammer, glue...)
· Building The Trackbed (getting messy with cork and glue...)
· Laying The Track (getting close to running your first train...)
· Weathering and Ballasting the Track (turning that nice shiny new trackwork a nice shade of rust..)
· Wiring The Layout (take two wires..)
· Wiring The Layout Part 2 (Isolating Sections and Reverse Loops...)
· Wiring The Layout Part 3 (Wiring Point Motors)
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