Saturday, 4 February 2012
Eldar Board Base coated
Managed to get the board painted black last night ready for detail. Sprayed the plaster with some cheap black spray and used black house paint on the wood as i find spray paint on wood don't look very black. On to detail tomorrow had a long sleep last night to recover on the sleepless nights over the past few months so all energized and ready to do some painting.
Eldar Board Finished ready to paint
Some how i managed to get most of Saturday to finish this, don't know how my wife was being nice and let me do it. I think she wanted to get the house clean and rid of all the plaster crap around the house. After about 6 hours of plastering and cutting and chopping i got it finished. Yay more time to paint it now.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Eldar Display Board update
I have two week left to complete this. I still have a bit to go, this is about two weeks work of casting. This also needs to be painted so my goal is to get it all made within the next week.
Class 60 EWS DCC sound Conversion N scale
This is my Class 60 that i have completed and like the Class 37 i will be doing some videos soon. Also weathered, ask any questions if you are looking at converting one of these the Class 60 was a very hard convert.
Class 37 EWS with DCC sound Conversion N scale
Hello All
This is my Class 37 i have not done a step by step on this one but here are the pix of the completed version. Any questions please ask. Also this has been weathered and is complete. I will be uploading some videos of this shortly so you can hear the complete item. Converting takes alot of time but the end when the loco is running with sound on a layout is ace and why i do it.
This is my Class 37 i have not done a step by step on this one but here are the pix of the completed version. Any questions please ask. Also this has been weathered and is complete. I will be uploading some videos of this shortly so you can hear the complete item. Converting takes alot of time but the end when the loco is running with sound on a layout is ace and why i do it.
Class 31 EWS DCC sound conversion N Scale
Hello all.
This post is going to show you how to convert a DC graham farish calls 31 to DCC sound. If you have any questions please just comment or email me.
First pull the whole model apart and just get the main chassis mark out the size of the decoder as we are going to need to do some cutting. Also note i use digitraxx SDN144PS these cost about $40US.
This is how it will look complete with the two sides together with the bit cut out of it. try and cut as deep as you can so when the decoder is placed there it is almost level with the rest of the chassis. Also at the same time solder on the wires to the motors and put the body back together when you are happy with how the decoder fit.
Next we need to grind out the inside of the windows to allow the speaker box to fit all the way to the roof. Also the same needs to be done on the other end so the decoder can fit in Next the side windows on the side where the box is going be needs to be removed and a piece of clear tape put in there place. Later we will use PVA glue to make new windows. This needs to be done due to the width of the speaker box. You need to use a speaker box so you can get good sound out of the 10mm speaker if you dont you wont be able to hear anything when running.
Next we need to put the speaker in the speaker box drill a small hole in the back for the wires to come out and sand down two side of the speaker till they fit nicely into the loco body.
Now we can fit the decoder onto the chassis and wire up the motor and tape the decoder down so it does not move. Also the Capacitor for the speaker needs to be glued under the decoder as shown, make sure you check the clearance on the bogies for free movement but you should have plenty of room.
Next we wire up the speaker give yourself a ok length of wire so the shell can be removed from the chassis if needed. And now wire up the main track power wires to the chassis, i drill wholes and use small screw to solder to i find this the easiest way than trying to cram wires between the body screws and they wont come lose and fall off.And then glue the speaker into the body.
Last but not least put the body on and make sure if fits nice. This loco is not complete still need to weather but i have given the model its matt base coat. Also i have PVA the windows so there is no hole there.
This post is going to show you how to convert a DC graham farish calls 31 to DCC sound. If you have any questions please just comment or email me.
First pull the whole model apart and just get the main chassis mark out the size of the decoder as we are going to need to do some cutting. Also note i use digitraxx SDN144PS these cost about $40US.
This is how it will look complete with the two sides together with the bit cut out of it. try and cut as deep as you can so when the decoder is placed there it is almost level with the rest of the chassis. Also at the same time solder on the wires to the motors and put the body back together when you are happy with how the decoder fit.
Next we need to grind out the inside of the windows to allow the speaker box to fit all the way to the roof. Also the same needs to be done on the other end so the decoder can fit in Next the side windows on the side where the box is going be needs to be removed and a piece of clear tape put in there place. Later we will use PVA glue to make new windows. This needs to be done due to the width of the speaker box. You need to use a speaker box so you can get good sound out of the 10mm speaker if you dont you wont be able to hear anything when running.
Next we need to put the speaker in the speaker box drill a small hole in the back for the wires to come out and sand down two side of the speaker till they fit nicely into the loco body.
Now we can fit the decoder onto the chassis and wire up the motor and tape the decoder down so it does not move. Also the Capacitor for the speaker needs to be glued under the decoder as shown, make sure you check the clearance on the bogies for free movement but you should have plenty of room.
Next we wire up the speaker give yourself a ok length of wire so the shell can be removed from the chassis if needed. And now wire up the main track power wires to the chassis, i drill wholes and use small screw to solder to i find this the easiest way than trying to cram wires between the body screws and they wont come lose and fall off.And then glue the speaker into the body.
Last but not least put the body on and make sure if fits nice. This loco is not complete still need to weather but i have given the model its matt base coat. Also i have PVA the windows so there is no hole there.
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