The extent of my activities were were still somewhat curtailed as the dreaded lurggie hit the family and we still have some family issues. However I did go with the boys on the Afghan Express Trip, worked on the control panel indication issue, reset after failed Ops Session, Train Masters TV Session, Ops Sessions, Trainspotting and sourced the new power suppply for the long awaited new booster.
Afghan Express Trip
Barry and I travelled to Pt Augusta to meet up with Don, Rosslyn, Grahan, Spacky, Spacky's Grandpa & Jock for a great trip.
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| Getting ready to depart Pt Augusta |
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| Don "educating" a german tourist |
We had lunch at "The Austral Hotel" in Quorn.
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| L-R Jock, Rosslyn, Grandpa, Barry, Me, Graham, Spacky & Don. |
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| Post Lunch Photo |
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| Ready to depart Quorn |
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| Back at Pt Augusts |
Afterwards we enjoyed a nice BBQ at Jock's place.
Reset after failed Ops Session
I have spent about five hours putting everything back to start positions for Session 4 following the aboandoned seesion back on 1 July this year. I just have to reprint some of the instructions which were "marked up" during the original session
Control Panel Indications
Last month I said I have had issues with the LED indication for the top level double crossover near Onka Valley. Well they are fixed. Turns out the Frog wires from the two turnouts were reversed....
Train Masters TV Session
With the layout out of action I hosted a Train Masters TV session whilst Spacky & Jock were down.
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| Spacky proudly wearing his Model Rail Radio Tee Shirt |
Looks like afew Decoder Buddies will be ordered!
I cooked a BBQ after the session and we carried on chatting before going back downstairs to watch some of Spacky's trainspotting videos during the evening.
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| The boys all watched on while I was cooking |
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| Jock with Little Jock |
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| Little Jock |
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| Some say the profile is very similar! |
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| Spacky |
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| Don |
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| Rosslyn |
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| Chris |
Ops Sessions at Wayne's
New Booster Power Supply
I have been looking for a reulated supply that deleivers a minimum of 6 Amps at 19V Regulated DC so the booster input voltages match. The HP laptop power supply I had, unfortunately was a three wire one which "looks for the right componets to be connected to it" so, it is now in the bin.
I managed to find a two wine 19V Regulated DC 9.5 Amp one in eBay!
New Booster
Still on back order...... I rang thge Canadian suppier and was informed that apparently the delivery from Lenz has missed the consolidated parcel despatch twice now and the unit is still in Germany.
I was informed it will beat least one month before I receive it!
There will now be no more ops sessions this year.....
That's it for now so untill next time.....
