We were back to a full complement and raring to progress the new boards. While Stephen and Geoff put the layout together, Laurence readied some rolling stock. When all was ready, Laurence's train advanced through Worton Court station, into the tunnel and onto the first adapter board. However, it immediately stopped when it crossed onto board 2. After some jiggling of the din plugs, these were found to be the culprits. After further investigation, the pins were found to be too small for the socket holes and so the contacts weren't always 'in contact'. Geoff produced some 7 pin din units where the pins were much thicker, although the socket holes were exactly the same size as the 'faulty' ones. Bad manufacture or mis-packaging - we'll never know. A team effort replaced the 5-pin units for much more solid 7-pin units. Laurence was finally able to progress to the end of Adapter board 4. A minor milestone. However, nothing more was possible in the remaining time, so, next week...
Strangely, Laurence's Bachmann 0-6-0 switcher conversion made an uncharacteristic racket. The two centre wheels/axle were found to be slightly out of alignment to the outer axles. An investigation will be undertaken.
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| Aligned on the front two axles, the rear Kadee is right out of alignment. |
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