More Gardens

I've not done much scenic work recently because I've been concentrating on wiring up Hannerton New Street.  However, with the first phase of the wiring complete, I've now turned my attention back to a few scenic issues.  One area I do want to address is Essington Village.  There are 2 areas that haven't had any scenic treatment:

1. The back gardens of the 2 houses on the left side of the High Street (number 9 and 11).
2. The area behind the chip shop including the rear section of the river.

First to be addressed was the back gardens.  The fences were made in the same way as described before (see here), but - for a bit of variety - the owners of number 11 have painted their fence green.  The owners of number 9 have gone for the more traditional brown.

A rather bare garden has been laid behind the one house, but the residents of number 11 are still waiting for the landscapers to arrive.  Rumour has it, they will be having a pond.

Cardboard Gardening

In preparations for finishing the gardens in the village, I've printed off some more fencing and two more sheds. The more observant amongst you may have noticed the error with the previous sheds (see this blog entry) - the planks on the door run left to right, not up and down. This error has been corrected for the two new sheds!

Plastic Surgery

A couple of plastic kits occupied a couple of hours this afternoon.  First up is a conservatory from a Wills kit.

Assembled conservatory ready for waiting and glazing

The completed kit attached to No. 6 High Street.  It looks like a old couple  live there.  George is sitting out in the garden taking in the sunshine

The second kit was for coal staithes.  This one is from a Peco kit.

Assembled kit ready for painting

Painted coal stathies in the goods yard at Essington.  The coal is 'real' coal crushed.

Electrics Update

No photos this time, but a short update on the electrics.  All points are now wired up and working (one of the point motors is sticking and will need some adjustment).  The next task with the electrics will be the signal control.  I'll prototype this at work before building the final circuit on the board that fits inside the control panel.

IR Detectors - Update

All three IR detectors are now in place and working.  There are two sections in the tunnel at the east end of the station.  These illuminate yellow LEDs on the control panel that indicate the section of track is occupied.  In the first photo both LEDs are illuminated.

The third detector is at the west end of the station and is intended only to detect when a train passes a certain point (rather than a section of track).  This will be used for setting the signal back to red after the train has left the station.  For this detector there is no LED transmitter. The detector pokes up between the sleepers.

IR Detection Circuit

'Tract Circuit' indicators showing the presence of a train in the tunnel

IR Detector poking between sleepers