Nelevation - an automatic smart fiddle yard

[georgehgv]

Prefer to see a traditional fiddle yard with a fan of points and long tracks full of trains, more akin to a proper train yard, not something that (to me) resembles a chicken rotisserie


Paul

Blimey Paul must be very long thin chickens up your way? 

Do they do home delivery thro the letter box?

They only just fit through the letterbox George, and on occasion they get stuck in which case I have to 'pullet' (badoom-tish - I thang you)


Paul

Paul are you standing in for NN? Or just his warm up act? Suspect he will have something to add, he usually does! 

[MikeDunn]

Paul are you standing in for NN? Or just his warm up act? Suspect he will have something to add, he usually does! 

Might well be Paxo 

Yeah, I know ... these jokes are just fowl ...

[georgehgv]

Paul are you standing in for NN? Or just his warm up act? Suspect he will have something to add, he usually does! 

Might well be Paxo 

Yeah, I know ... these jokes are just fowl ...

So we won't start on plucking jokes then? 

[georgehgv]

Lets steer this ship back on course Gentlemen...

Oh dear. 

Someone had a bad day?

[georgehgv]

Not at all George, just filtering out the useless cr*p  so other people dont have to waste their lives reading it, after all if i wanted a spit roast chicken there are other sites for that lol

Will have to make a note for future reference, off topic and anything light hearted is a no no.

[Ditape]

Lets steer this ship back on course Gentlemen...

How none PC we are not all gentlemen

[georgehgv]

Lets steer this ship back on course Gentlemen...

How none PC we are not all gentlemen

Obviously anyone not a gentleman is excused then

[Nelevation]

I'm trying hard to finalise the specifications for the Nelevator which I'll publish this weekend. It was mentioned to me at the show about constructing the storage lengths around standard peco track lengths so no track cutting. This seems very sensible (until peco go metric) so the Nelevator storage tracks will be 914mm and 1828mm (3ft and 6ft) maybe even 9ft but i need to confirm that. The motors may not be up to it. The system is counterbalanced for an empty stacker to ensure that backlash is only ever in one direction. So i have to load up the prototype with extra weight to simulate a 9ft version. Anyway how does 3ft and 6ft sound to the NGF. I'll circulate the full spec via e mail to all those that have given me e mail addresses. Bye!

[SD35]

A 6ft one would be very welcome indeed. 

[georgehgv]

I look forward to your findings, personally I cannot see a need for 9 foot length, if that is a full rake for Exhibitions I would imagine a suitable siding could be constructed to build that length from two shorter ones and couple together on the siding track. Bigger is not always better and possibly problematical.

[Thorpe Parva]

The original size of approx 1.4M was perfect for me. I don't have space for the 6ft version and 3ft is too small as I need to run 8 coach + loco formations.

So unless it's the original dimension then I'm afraid "I'm out".

David

[Nelevation]

I agree George. Anyone that has room for that has room for a conventional fiddler

[Nelevation]

Very interesting David. I haven't had much feedback to say I guessed the right length first time! Either too long or too short. Leave it with me.

[georgehgv]

I agree George. Anyone that has room for that has room for a conventional fiddler

You also create a logistics problem at that size, no Estate Car will be any good so something the size of a Sprinter would be needed. Where would you store it and I would imagine that size would be pretty fragile as well.

[georgehgv]

The original size of approx 1.4M was perfect for me. I don't have space for the 6ft version and 3ft is too small as I need to run 8 coach + loco formations.

So unless it's the original dimension then I'm afraid "I'm out".

David

I thoroughly agree David. I think it was right first time, not often that gets said!