There are many things to be said about relocation, you have a fair idea what to keep and what to discard, you also have a similar opinion about other stuff, and then you have to prove once again that you are not a hoarder.
It is the eternal dispute of what needs to stay, and what has to go.
At the moment, I feel like those certain blokes who attempted to impose their ideals across Western Europe. That is, if you take on more than one onerous task at one time, more than likely it's going to end in tears.
The layout does reside indoors, while the workshop space is out the shed.
I have relocated the layout, but!!!
It has seems that storage and time has been somewhat unkind to reliable running. Also at the same time, the rollingstock has somehow suffered the same issue.
I have cleaned the tracks, cleaned the wheels on rollingstock, and still, have encountered some serious issues with reliability.
For some reason.....
The lights on the racecourse module will not work when connected to the rest of the layout, yet will work independently in test mode.
The 'up' track from the racecourse terminus is as dead as a door nail, yet works again when tested independently.
Rollingstock, such as all of my W class have become so unreliable, that it seems all will have to be overhauled in regards to pick ups, lights and cv adjustments.
I'm so despondent at the moment, I'm at the stage of completely dismantling and refurbishing the layout and the rollingstock in the newly created shed space so not to upset the domestic authorities.
But enough of the negatives...
My first win is the display case that is mounted above the layout in the inside room. Made from repurposed Bestä cabinets that originally held our kids DVDs, a few doors and a few more shelves, this has turned out a winner.
Behold the wonder....
An elegant dust free environment.
My Melbourne and regional Victorian collection.
In the spare room shared with the brides sewing machines
Next win, 'The shed'/modelling space has come up a treat, with some of my family and colleagues commenting that I should have had this place about twenty years ago.
A place to tinker and think, and watch footy/races on the TV.
Plus plenty of natural light.
To complete the trifecta, now with two play/work spaces, it has come to pass that I need to have another means of programming DCC rollingstock, enter the modifications to the 'Glenno Go-Box®', now featuring a NCE-PCP (Powercab control panel), this will now allow me a chance to tinker out in the shed with JMRI and gut rollingstock in attempt to make them run better.
All fitted with a DPDT switch so I can feed the programming rails/rollers from either DC or DCC.
This is the state of play so far, why is it that when one has moved from one place, there is now a need to make the new place resemble the previous place?
One of life's enduring mysteries.
Back under the wires, from the other side of town.
Glenn.
