Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

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John Donnelly
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Re: Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

Postby John Donnelly » Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:35 pm

Thanks again Dave, all food for thought.

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Re: Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

Postby John Donnelly » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:26 am

My first attempts at ground signals from an MSE kit. Not 100% happy with the red stripe (despite spraying at a very low pressure I still got some bleed) but they look fine unless you get really close up, just got to get them to work now...

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Re: Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

Postby Mark Tatlow » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:19 pm

John a little trick with these small ground signals is to use two operating rods; one that operates the signal disk and the other that operates the balance lever. Trying to get the linkage from the former to the later as per the prototype is otherwise too challenging (for me anyway!)
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Re: Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

Postby John Donnelly » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:21 pm

Cheers Mark, hadn't thought of that...

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Re: Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

Postby JFS » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:11 pm

John Donnelly wrote:... Not 100% happy with the red stripe (despite spraying at a very low pressure I still got some bleed) ...


I find it best to spray the red first, then mask with a single strip of tape, then spray the white.

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Re: Signalling for South Pelaw Junction

Postby John Donnelly » Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:28 pm

JFS wrote:I find it best to spray the red first, then mask with a single strip of tape, then spray the white.

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Thanks Howard,

Oddly, that's what I do with semaphore arms, spray the stripe then mask it but if never occurred to me for the disks!


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