7mm 25ft Lower Quadrant Tapered Timber Post Signal Kit Now Available

Howdy gang

I have just release a updated 7mm lower quadrant signal kit, which are now available for sale.

The kit comprises, the following:

1.Etched Brass Parts.

2.Etched Brass Post.

3.Etch Ladder Stiles.

4.Pewter Cast Parts.

5.Timber Landing Parts.

6.Wire and Tube.

7.Timber Base

8.Red & Blue Coloured Lens

9.Golden White ,0.8mm LED with 6in Leads

10.Lace Pins

The kit also come with aCD , containing a 102 page comprehensive instruction package in PDF format.

This instruction PDF can also be found on the Keiran Ryan Models web site or follow the direct link below, and click on the pdf file to download it (6.1meg) and save it to a folder.

http://www.krmodels.com.au/krm_7mm_023_page.html

The kit is selling for $58.00 + postage, and even if you are not a 7mm modeller, it would be a great start point into 7mm , by developing a small diorama around this model. You never know, you might just get the bug

Other signal components will be available soon in 7mm, so keep an eye on this blog and the KRM web site.

Buy for now

What's new regarding the new home layout

Hi Gang

I just thought that I would provide a new story line .

This story started in 1989 when I designed our house at Picton (NSW). I had permission from "She who must be obeyed" that I could incorporate a train room into the house as long as she got her kitchen and bedrooms, and all the other stuff that women want in a house. 

As an owner builder, I decided to continue to excavate from where the garage side finished, and go just a little further, whilst not undermining the footings for the side of the house, so that the train room could be there from the start.  

I originally placed 5 x 200mm Universal Beams under the bedroom (Reinforcing) approx 4.6 metres long. I should have kept going with the steel beam idea, as they were relatively cheap then, compared to now, however I didn't and placed 12 brick piers in the middle section of the house. The end result is that I have a 8.8m by 4.6m open area which runs into an area of 5.6m x 7.2m with 12 double brick piers. 

I fully intend on removing 9 of the piers and replacing them with universal beams, leaving 3 piers to support the beams.

I have seriously restarted digging the sandstone to a level where a 100mm concrete slab can be laid, a 8mm bessa block wall built and a steel frame built on the bessa blocks, to be clad in villa board and a the whole thing air conditioned. This is a massive job, but so too was building the house, and it was finished. To add to the problem the clay has found a water table so I needed to place a concrete trough against the clay/sandstone wall and a draining system to divert all water from the bessa blocks. Check out the graphic below. The blue lines indicate the modelling area.

Tim--Having a good old go at rock breaking

At the moment all the rock in front of the hammer drill is at slab level

The pit will have a drain a water trap inside it to divert water 

Lots of work to be done, but I am looking forward to the challenge.

The dumpy is absolutely essential for the correct levels.

The blue lines indicate the modelling area. This is stage one, stage two will include pier removal and more excavation. I could probably hide a helix in the far left corner, but then I would have to explain that is there to allow the trains to migrate to the back yard, and --- that's how the fight started.

More to come, much more . PS this is for a 7mm layout.

O Scale Sleeper Laying Jigs

Hi Gang

I have released a group of new sleeper laying jigs to assist O Scale modellers to lay sleepers and also asist in lining up the first rail so as to build more accurate track.

The jigs are made from 1.5mm acrylic and come in the fiollowing configurations.

Mainline Straight Track 14mm Spacing

Branchline Straight Track 18.5mm Spacing

1500mm Radius Curved Track 14mm Spacing

1800mm Radius Curved Track 14mm Spacing

2100mm Radius Curved Track 14mm Spacing

2400mm Radius Curved Track 14mm Spacing

Branchline Cirved Track is drawnup,  but will only be produced on demand.

2700mm and 3000mm curved radius tjigs are also available on demand.

The Jigs come with 10 packing spacers to allow the sleepers to be glued to the base board eliminating the possibility of the Jig being glued to the board.

They also have 6  holes located around the outside of the jig for locating pins to be used, as well as holes for pins that assist in lining up one rail at the correct location so that the track can be located and centred.

The jigs accept the previously available sleepers produced by Mt Albert in Canada, and now being produced by Kappler and imported by Warren Herbert of Gwydir Valley Models.

Because of the sleeper variation through the production process, some sanding of timbers may be required.

If demand is there, similar products could become  available in HO

Regards Keiran