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Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:27 am

Steve M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:04 pm That sounds fantastic Brian.
Wing-walking next year?

I can’t imagine how they do that.

Carefully

Must have been quite an experience Brian - how old was the aircraft?

Warm water will soften PVA - let it soak in and then you should be able to remove the ballast - hot (not boiling) water is better, but be careful.

Brilliant work - looks great. B

A belated welcome Charles - as you have probably surmised, this is a friendly forum, with lots of help, information and fun. BB

That looks a lot better Steve. I thought in the original picture of the shed on the layout, that the tracks were not central to the entrance doors.

Very good Steve - you could convince many you had bought a new loco.

Great picture - I was watching a live stream of Grosmont this morning - I looked out for you. I hope you get your eye sorted out - the Mrs. will have to do the driving

Thanks Brian and Steve - there was a sigh of relief when it all worked. One difficulty was that the plugged wires from switch/push-button/panel top to the circuit boards inside the control box are about 150mm long, and as more got connected up, it was not possible to lift the top very high to ...

After some months of grovelling around under the boards removing miles of wiring, the point control panel is finally fully operational. All twenty five Cobalt point motors work as they should - and with only two wires from my Hornby Elite to the track.

It has taken some time, as when I created the ...

Nice loco David. I hope the home alterations make life a lot easier for your wife. Barry/BB