No, i was another dj: (www.djvad.pdj.ru) Now i cannot work at nights, because i have weak health. I dont spin vinyl about one year. ----------- Vadim
By the way, this is my second try. First try had the same track allighment and was 70 instead 80 cm wide and 2.0M instead 2.4M, and consisted of one physically-solid module instead 2 . There You can see another video with my old layout and then compare it with new one(in first message): [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxSNfOfybfs"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia] (This new module consist of 2 parts, shortest of them has removable head (turn at 180 degrees after station)) First try was workable, but with heavy turnouts, radiuses (R=8') and slopes (2 deg instead 2 %) Also, plywood track plates has no stabilisation webbings along way under the table(bumps was occured). Also acetone-based glue for tracks lead to plastic destorsion and additional bumps. Hot gun Cork to plywood glueing also adds some bumps. These drawbacks lead to occasional derailments (1 per 100 runs) and ploblems at turns for long base passenger cars at curved slopes. I decided that this work is undependable and reconstructed it usig new principals and other technology: NOW: Dimensions: 2.4M X 0.8M (94' X 31') Minimum Radius = 12' Maximum slope = 2 % Plywood(6mm thick) with stabilisation webbings along ways (under plywood). Distance betwen crossway webbings reduced to 15cm(8') Caoutchouc glue used for Cork Latex glue used for Track PVA used for ballasting. Epoxy glue used for strengthening track near layout joints. AirBrush used for paintig For painting used Reveal mate paints at this sequence: 1) 8-dark deluted by 2 - for common darking rails and sleepers. 2) Ballasting with PVA (white ballast) 3) 85-rust (nondeluted)- rail side rust (painted by insuline syrringe) 4) 85-rust deluted by 10 slight common approach for whole ballast 5) 84-brown deluted by 10 - near rails 6) 83-dark brown deluted by 10 - sleepers middle 7) 8-dark - deluted by 2 - middle at shedd way(oil emulation) 9) 78-grey dust- deluted by 10 - final mate stage which make more reality for dusted track emulation. Module insulation: One rail - is common, another - insulated (for further automation, dispatcher control and anticollision system) Principle of insulation: Main block sections has length more than the longest train+ error in locodecoder stoppage Main block modules are at station ways and at station-to-station blocs short blocks also included between them for additional control passing at red. So that: Long blocks - for smooth bracking, short blocks for rough emergency braking if previous bracking fails. The scheme of upper ways insulation is: As dispatcher panel and trottle i plan to use Viessmann Commander 5300 Thanks to all who help me. ----------- Vadim.
Vadimav, I wanted to thank you. Great modeling and courage to post here in english. I have been watching your modeling and this thread, and as you say, the barriers are coming down right in front of our eyes. So I wasn't entirely shocked when I got my very first kit order from Russia! I've sent him a link to join Trainboard and showed him this thread so he wouldn't feel like we don't welcome everybody, and N scale, like music, seems to be a universal language.
