Nixnie - a minimum size 009 layout

[tedp]

Here are the final scenic photos of the layout - I feel enough has been written on its construction!

The boy scouts at the cabin, with an overnight growth of shrub at its base!



The battery loco shunting a short train of end board platform stock into the siding:



A better photo of the cat chasing the pigeons:



Scrap at the end of the brickworks siding. The wagon is a whitemetal casting on an Egger chassis:



A skip being pushed to the wagon turntable. It should really be loaded with clay:



The Jeanette shunting a coal wagon on to the brickworks siding:



Finally, a backlighted shot of the Minitrains Egger replica, with a Parkside Dundas DM61 carriage (still incomplete) and an Egger van, crossing the viaduct.

[gtmspyder]

That's nice Ted, very evocotive.

Well modelled and thank you for sharing it with us.

Kind regards,

BrianT.

[tat2drod]

Mien moo komp oet Hengel.

I've been here too long... I understood it even before I got to your translation  :)

[berryr99]

Thanks for the info on the supports Ted, I have a Workmate so might try using that, especially because the legs can be extended upwards by another 6 " or so.

Your latest batch of pictures are very good indeed and the detail on the layout is superb.....something to aspire to I think.

I actually live in the North East of England but can't class myself as a Geordie as I moved here from Manchester (god's own country !) some years ago. However some of the Geordie dialect is very difficult to understand but I do know a few bits

Yem = home

hoi = throw

divent = don't

gan = gone

ganzi = jersey (jumper)

toon = town

mackems = people from Sunderland

and so on....

Bob


...and so on - but

[tedp]

Thanks, all.

Rod: you have been disqualified for inside knowledge!  ;D

Bob: it's easy to find the phonetic connection between Yorkshire and Scots Lowland dialect, which I heard spoken as long ago as 45 years. Although I think some would deny that!  :o

[Tigger]

Agreed - looking very good indeed.

Hopefully we'll see more about this - or should that me much ado about nothing? ;D

[tedp]

Thanks, David - and here is the latest addition!

Just to complete the tale (for the moment) here are a few more photos. Over the weekend I completed an EAMES whitemetal 1934 Albion 2-ton flatbed lorry that now occupies the open space next to the brickworks. This is a 35 year old kit that I picked up at the 009 Society second hand sales stand a number of years ago. It needed a bit of fettling, but everything went together without too much of a fuss. It should really be loaded up with bricks, but do I still have time to do that...?

The Albion is a nice 1930s vehicle that might have been around still in post-war years. I like the flat cab and the radiator flanked by two headlights. There was a choice in the kit to build it like a box van, but that would have been inappropriate for the scene as well as far too big. If the battery electric seems to tower over it, that's perspective, as in fact it doesn't - it's only slightly taller.

Anyway I hope you like this latest development!

[tedp]

Nixnie on Youtube

Tonight I published a short video (12 minutes) of Nixnie, showing various trains running and a number of shunting moves. Right at the start you will see Reinier Hendriksen's Bagnall at work.

Note this video doesn't show any C&DR stock, some of which can and will run on the little layout. All that is shown is the stock that has featured in the engines and rolling stock for Nixnie thread.

Nixnie will be shown at the Expo Rijswijk model railway show next weekend (19/20 January).

Have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KiAyVVaNM

[PUASHP]

I love the detail and the slow running of the locomotives.

Can I ask what controller you are using please?  I am sorry if this is already mentioned in the thread.

Paul

[kebo66]

Ted

I loved your video, sat watching it all night. It's amazing how much can be achieved in such a small space.
It really is an inspiration to all of us. Many thanks!!

[tedp]

Thanks, both - although much of the impression is due to the low level camera position.

The slow running is due to the KPC controller I use. These are no longer available although there has been talk of a re-issue from time to time. I have two of them, both of the switchable feedback type. It is possible to adapt the amount of feedback control to the motor type in your loco. Some require a bigger kick to keep ticking over than others. Modern Japanese motors usually require less feedback than a Fleischmann 3-pole job.

Some tiny motors like the ones in the Caramel chassis won't even be quite happy with the reduced feedback setting which is evident in the stuttering stop of the Mack truck conversion which uses a Caramel.

[Tigger]

At the risk of being accused of thread drift and useless information, I use four ECM Compspeed F controllers which are well over 20 years old and have been out of production for many years.  The relevant bit is that these have variable feedback (albeit only three settings, off, 1 and 2) and variable feedback is definitely worth having.  (The Compspeed F also has a 'range expander' which, with the appropriate feedback, allows some incredibly slow running.)

I suggest if we're going to get involved in controllers, we move to a different Forum area... ;D

[berryr99]

Ted,

Excellent video, thank you for posting it

Bob