Buildings

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The station is an old Pola kit,  although the style may look odd at first but Bavarian railways favoured a rather plain style of station called an Agenturgebäude.

The building was part of previous version of the layout which appeared at Warley and later at Intermodellbau exhibitions. 

  

This is the replacement goods shed also from Pola, again suitably plain.

The only other major railway structure is the old loco shed and its watercrane, also Pola

The locoshed awaits a repair, it was used by the DFS for their KOF and KLV12.

State power

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This was the first attempt at depicting rural power supplies on Grafenwalde in 2004, the image caused apoplexy on RMweb forum.

 

There were a few mistakes but it is a start, whilst currently on Pottendorf, a smaller, there is a less ornate Trafohaus which will supply the cottage and farm.

 

It is important to show the correct details, from the front the overhead line at the tower station would first go to the upper insulators and then be braced with the lower insulators. In between (soldered) it goes into the house. Low voltage as an overhead line then on the left (nx four conductors). There should be a yellow warning sign on the door and below it on a white background the name of the supplier.

 

 

Spare

A Fleischmann model was bought due to this image

1 May 1961, the last passenger train ran between Eschenau and Neunkirchen am Brand. 

Flm 5060K DB PwPosti 

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The Klv 12

Workshop

 

This is an ongoing narrative about a Fleischmann BR64 that was purchased on eBay

 DSO Modellbahn Forum 

As received

 

The mechanism 

After soaking for 48hrs in Dettol

 

 

Spare body 

 

Unfortunately the seller's description did not mention that the decoder was completely dead, Brian at BLW Technical Services has sent a mini-decoder.

The awful body of the 2-6-2t spent the weekend soaking in Dettol. The result was far better than feared, I need to remove the residual layers but whoever spent €400+ on details spoilt a really neat model by a shitty paint job. I have a compressor powered abrasive airbrush sold as to nail artists, it should do the trick.

 

Hopefully I can remove everything then repair and replace the broke/missing bits before leaving it alone to completely dry and use rattle cans as it is just a black model.

The chassis should be fixable, the wonky rear buffer beam needs help, it is overwidth which is one of the many problems that a carefully wielded file might fix. Need to check the motor, does it still function?

I may well be out of my depth but I see the potential.

More to follow

 

The body was left on the radiator overnight, it has received a good rub with a brush to remove the worst of the paint. Only now can the extent of the upgrade by the original owner be seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Just a few minutes later

 

Pre-wash

 

Post-wash

 

Test fitting using the spare body

 

From DSO
 

 

The Trix 98.4-5

 

 

 

 

Using a Zimo MX617N NEM651 6-pin inline decoder

Micromotor EU HTR011C arriving soon, Peters Spares

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Timber traffic

The goods traffic is largely logs that were loaded in the yard, 50 years ago loading was achieved with ingenuity and man power as the only methods. 

The unloading area is large hardstanding for local timber and general traffic. There is a raised level platform for the passengers and a small wooden lockup for luggage, parcels etc. 

 The rules

• Only one locomotive in use at any time
• Only four trains
• Magnetic auto-couplings 
• Electric turnouts

Hands free (mostly - although I find the free running rolling stock has magnetic axles - which I must address) operation should mean this isn't a problem. In addition, a tiny 'off stage' area is sufficient to swap out vehicles and store two wagons 'off the track' when not in use. 

Other details - The ladies