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frank s jottings friday 22 march 2019 penybontfawr layout for sale after giving things some serious thought i ve finally reached a decision to sell my current layout penybontfawr it s not been an easy decision to make but because of my health and the fact that i m 69 at the end of this year it means that i can t keep lugging such a large layout about anymore it s my own fault i suppose when i started to build it i was in a better state of health and it was smaller than my previous layout steam on the cambrian however i just can t physically hump stuff in and out of vans cars and exhibition halls anymore the other big mistake i made was building the baseboards from 9mm mdf it s too heavy and i should have used plywood as my previous efforts but you live and learn and i ve found out the hard way despite asking people i know for help with exhibiting at shows i m finding it very difficult to get anyone to help me with the setting up operating and dismantling the layout i still have a few exhibitions to attend with the layout so i can t let it go until after the 20th of may unless any prospective buyer will honour the bookings i already have for it the bottom line is if any of my readers of my ramblings are interested in owning penybontfawr then get in touch i m open to sensible offers but do have a reserve price in mind note no stock or locos included by the way the layout is being photographed next week for model rail magazine this will be my 3rd layout to appear in model rail i m not giving up railway modelling as i do have a micro layout on the drawing board to replace it anyone interested can see the layout running before you make an offer pm me for further details cheers frank posted by frank collins at 14 48 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 8 october 2018 illuminating took delivery yesterday of these working lamps sold as street gas lamps on wish you get 5 of them for 10 including shipping the only drawback is that they are led and need a power supply of 3 volts maximum all the rest of the working lights on my layout are filament bulb types wired to run off 16v ac so i set about making a really simple power supply to power these lamps from my 16v ac supply i wired 4 of the lamps in series so now needed a 12v dc supply i used a single diode to give half wave rectification a small smoothing capacitor to eliminate any flicker and a 1k ohm resistor in series with the lamps this gave me a measured 11 5v across the lamps just shy of the recommended working voltage they are seen on test in the picture i left them running for over an hour and the series resistor never got warm the current consumption is about 10ma if you follow this idea and use all 5 lamps in series you can dispense with the ik ohm resistor or replace it with a low value one of say 100 ohms all i have to do now is paint the lamp posts chocolate and cream and install them on the platform posted by frank collins at 18 49 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me frank collins retired electrical technician railway modeller and steam railway fanatic general mutterer malingerer and kettle watcher posting mostly about railways and models but you may be lucky to find a post about something else view my complete profile link to my web site http frankc76 wix com franks models pages home model of the month picture of the week my old model railway pen y bont gallery my new layout steam on the cambrian picture gallery exhibition diary popular posts 58xx a start is made starting to get brassed off exhibition essentials design considerations improving the breed seasons greetings or humbug george s progress north of the border sugar coated criticism more narrow gauge blog archive march 1 october 2 september 1 september 1 july 1 june 2 may 1 april 2 march 2 february 1 january 1 december 1 october 1 august 1 july 4 june 1 march 1 november 2 august 1 july 4 june 1 may 2 march 3 february 3 january 4 december 3 november 3 october 6 september 6 august 2 july 1 june 1 may 2 april 5 march 2 february 4 january 5 december 5 november 5 october 5 september 4 august 2 july 5 june 5 may 5 april 6 march 6 february 3 january 7 december 2 october 3 september 4 august 4 july 2 my blog list phil s workbench 12 hours ago bron hebog 3 days ago model railways of chris nevard 5 days ago heather k model maker 1 week ago albion yard 1 week ago paul s fantastic workbench 2 weeks ago the farthing layouts 3 months ago george dent model maker 1 year ago martin s railway ramblings 7 years ago rails to llangunllo 9 years ago iain robinson modelmaking 9 years ago total pageviews followers frank collins simple theme powered by blogger