Don't Hit the Buffers! (Pringleton Model Railway - Episode 6)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2024
- Welcome back to the Pringleton Model Railway, a 00 gauge layout in a double garage!
This time it's phase one of illuminating Pringleton Yard - we take a look at using red LEDs to bring the buffers stops to life and light.
Join us for another look around the wonderful little world of Pringleton Model Railway ... and please don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!
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Music: Alexsandr Karabanov from Pixabay
Closing Titles
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Brilliant and simple idea, I will use this on my layout build when the time comes to put buffers in. Video was very well made, no annoying music drowning out everything! Have subscribed to follow along. All the best from Melbourne, Australia.
Hi Simon. Thank you so much for your kind comment. Glad you like the buffer stops and the video. Warm greetings from here in the UK 👍🚂
Nice work. I like the progress.
Thank you so much for your kind comment 👍🚂
Great work.
They look great.
I have some Roco buffer stops that are made for lamps but I'll need to install something like this.
Happy Modelling
Mon from Monsville Railways .
Thanks for your kind comment, Mon. It's amazing how much difference small extras like this make to the overall effect. Thank you for stopping by and all good wishes 👍🚂
Brilliant as always cant wait for number 7, I'll need to get my son to help me adapt it to analogue though.
Thank you for your kind comment Andrew. Episode 7 is up on Monday 👍🚂
Locos and wagons be like...They hit the Bump bump they hit the bump bump. 🎶 🎵
Thanks for your comment Raymond. It sounds like we need to do a Pringleton musical episode soon 😂. All the best, and thanks for dropping by 👍🚂
Very good production. The layout is coming along nicely. Hi from NZ, regards Bernie
Thank you so much for your kind comment Bernie. All good wishes from here in the UK 🚂👍
Bloody brilliant little trick there, well done mate. Certainly will consider this for a future layout now! Thanks for the effort on this, as always, great stuff! Cheers, Hylt
Thanks for your kind comment Hylt. I can't quite remember where I saw this done originally, but it's one of those nice things that end up looking quite a bit better than I expected. Many thanks again for your support 🚂👍
Wow a fresh new railway with some friendly chat and tips I like 😎👌☕️ Fred
Thank you so much for your kind comment Fred. I'm delighted that you enjoyed this video and hope that you'll check out some of the others. Also, next episode will be up on Monday 10th June - phase 2 of the lighting in Pringleton yard 😊. Thank you again 👍🚂
They look very good indeed in the end shots and nice choice of music too ,
Cheers Kev
Thanks for your kind comment Kev. Yes, I was particularly pleased with the end shots on this one - it's amazing the atmosphere that a little light can create. I think you'll also like the switch of the yard and building lights in the next episode. Thank you again 👍🚂
great idea, looks good
Thank you for your kind comment 👍🚂
Looking good ,did mine with the shorter led and wired mine on a seperate lead. keep up the good work.
Thanks for your kind comment Michael. Yes indeed, this approach can be used in loads of different ways - really flexible, easy and inexpensive. All the very best and thanks again 👍🚂
Nice video. Must say I noticed for the first time the converted containers into an office that was in the back of a shot, what a great job you made of that.
Hi Laurence. Thank you for your kind comment. Yes, the containers in the yard are really nice. I can't take too much credit though, as they were built from a laser cut card kit. I did spray them though, with a metallic colour left over from a repair on my mum's car! Very satisfying and in the next episode (Monday 10th June) you'll see them lit up from inside. Thanks again 👍🚂
@@PringletonModelRailway well, card kit or not they look good
Use a Hairdryer for heat shrink
Excellent suggestion - many thanks 👍🚂
Only issue with direct track power is that the lights won't work if the track is off.
Thanks for your comment Hugh. You are of course spot on. My rationale was that wiring the buffer stop lights directly to the track was okay, as they can be always on. The building and yard lights, which get the "big switch on" in the next episode on Monday 10th June) are all wired separately, so they can be switched on when night time mode is needed in Pringleton 😊. But it's important to make this distinction - thank you again for flagging it up 👍🚂
@@PringletonModelRailway No worries. Was just thinking someone might wonder why their lights didn't work😁 Look forward to the next bit.
Exactly right, Hugh. Thank you again for flagging this up 👍🚂
Don't LEDs require Direct Current? How did you get them to work with a DCC feed, is there a bridge rectifier somewhere?
Thank you for your comment - this is a really important point. The short answer is that there is no bridge rectifier and they are working with just the LED and resistor, directly wired to the DCC track. I did a fair bit of research online before I had a go at these, and the consensus was that the LED and resistor would be fine. Whilst the DCC alternating current makes the LED flicker, it happens at such a high frequency that the human eye doesn't see it - and that is certainly my experience. There was also some other stuff about possible reverse voltage overload problems, with the consensus being that red LEDs aren't susceptible to this. That's all been echoed by my experience. I guess there's a possibility they may fail in years to come, but so far so good ... I shall post back here with any updates on future. Thanks again for stopping by and taking the time to comment 👍🚂
@@PringletonModelRailway That's good to know, I'm fairly light sensitive, when it comes to flicker, so this might not be the best solution for me. I do like this idea though, and I could opt to use a normal DC bus, which I'm planning to use for other layout lighting, or wire the tracks to a bridge rectifier below board, and run the LED feed from there.
Yes indeed - a DC bus will also work well. That is what I have used for other lights (in buildings, yard lamps, etc.) - you can see this in episode 7. I think I just went for the buffer stops onto the DCC track for ease and so that they were always on. Incidentally, there is definitely a difference between normal AC and DCC - I previously connected one of my buffer stop lights to an AC transformer and there was a very noticeable flicker, but connected to the DCC there is none (or, at least, none that I can see!). I'm afraid other, cleverer people will need to explain that though! 😂🚂👍
How do you know if 1K is the correct size?
Thanks for your important question. I settled on the 1K resistors having seen what was provided with some off the shelf yard lamps, recommend on line, and having done the sums. So far so good and working well. Thank you again for taking the time to comment 👍🚂