Make up a second Gaugemaster controller for the Bachman loco's.
Add some more foliage.
At the last running session, it was noted that Chris's Bachmann Hunslet's were not performing very well. As Geoff also has one of these superb loco's, a solution was urgently required. One of layout's standard AMR controllers was swapped for the 'spare' Gaugemaster controller, which worked perfectly. Geoff had a second Gaugemaster controller, but it did not have a suitable connector for the control panels, so this weeks task was to rectify this.
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| Geoff's Bachmann Hunslet |
L - R: The existing 'spare' Gaugemaster controller, the new modified Gaugemaster controller and one of the AMR controllers.
We normally hold the controllers with the cable coming out of the top, so to prevent any ambiguity, arrow stickers were applied over the Fwd/Rev lettering. (Why didn't we do the spare?)
The rest of the session was spent touching up some repaired ballast and augmenting the foliage in various places around the layout. We also found the collection of animals Geoff had recently 3D printed and painted. Hopefully, homes for them will be found next week.
