Blueplastictracks temp

thehsvdude

Hi Welcome to Blueplastictracks temporary site. We have the same rules as we have on Blueplastictracks.webs.com,

Super

Hi Josh

You must have been very busy the lasy few days. When you say this is a temporary site does that mean that all out Posts from the other Forums and anything here will not migrate to the final site?

Ucwepn

Super wrote
Hi Josh

You must have been very busy the lasy few days. When you say this is a temporary site does that mean that all out Posts from the other Forums and anything here will not migrate to the final site?

Hi super we are in the process of trying to recover all the lost data from the original site. They just up and closed it down on us. We do not know if it will be possible at this stage. We will keep you guys updated.

Super

Hi Ucwepn

So will all the posts and pictures and stuff on this Temp board be on the new site or will everything have to be resubmitted?

thehsvdude

Super wrote
Hi Ucwepn

So will all the posts and pictures and stuff on this Temp board be on the new site or will everything have to be resubmitted?

It will all Be transfered, Both the database and The Files For the borad will be transfered so basicly the whole thing will be transfered

Super

Thehsvdude wrote
Super wrote
Hi Ucwepn

So will all the posts and pictures and stuff on this Temp board be on the new site or will everything have to be resubmitted?

It will all Be transfered, Both the database and The Files For the borad will be transfered so basicly the whole thing will be transfered

Good to know Josh...thanks, What about the Members, will we all have to re register?

thehsvdude

Nope

Super

Well done

Tramp

Hello, I've made it back here from the old forum, I've still not moved house yet so no new updates

Super

Hi Chrome

So thats where you have been. How do youi like your new place?

I haven't been around much as for the last couple weeks I have been busy listing & selling all the extra train pieces we have accumulated over the last several months. Been making lots of money but turning around and buying more stuff. 😃 We have lots of neat new things added to our layout that we want to post. Will have to work on that. Plus we have everything we need to do some videos too.

Tramp

Great looking forward to seeing some videos, you already had a brilliant layout so it will be fantastic to see how you have improved it! I've got a few ideas in the pipeline, I was thinking of a some sort of led lighting that doesn't require extra cells, a wagon on bogies and possibly a radio controlled train using some a higher voltage and some sort of analogue speed controller. The new site looks fantastic and I'm looking forward to populating it!

Super

Some great ideas Chrome...er....Tramp. It will be nice to see some of your detailed, how to photos. I have found a place on Ebay that actually isn't far from me that sells no fuss and what I call plug and play lights. They already have the resistors neatly attached with long leads for different voltages. I have picked up a few 9 volt red flashers to replace a not so bright water tower beacon and some soft white and police type red/blue 9 volt flashers. My Grandson loves them. LED's on Ebay

This site is nice but it is only Temporary I hear so they can migrate everything to the new and improved final site. I already like this site better than the last. The final one should be great.

Tramp

Haha sorry, I use tramp as a user name on some forums, and chrome vanadium on others! I couldn't remember which name I used! This is what I was thinking of using.....
http://m.ebay.com/itm/271308401258

You could use this instead of the button cell battery and it should power white LEDs from the standard AA battery,

I don't know when I will move house yet but when I've moved I'll defiantly be buying some of these and experimenting!

Super

Wow...I keep learning new things from you. They do say a lot about that converter board but I didn't see the measurements. Does it drain a AA faster?

Tramp

I imagine it will, but the amount if power an led takes will make it hardly noticeable, I'm not entirely sure on size but I imagine it will be about the size of the button cell battery maybe a little bigger but thinner? I'll see, it is a pain changing button cells and they are consumable whereas I recharge AA's and use them again! I'm glad LEDs are working out for you, the 9v led pack looks good, how heavy is it? Are you planning on using a pack like that for carriage/train lighting? I bet they last a long time running off a pp3 battery, yeah I like this forum too, it is closer to the type of forums I already post on,

Super

These 9volt LEDs I purchased are for building/scenery lighting. Like for the blinking tower lights and the white ones for illuminating the inside of buildings like our switch house and control tower. I thought using a covered 9 volt battery holder with an on/off switch could be used and easily extended to a convenient location on the layout to operate. I have never used or worked with LEDs before and all the small soldering and shrink tubing along with figuring out which resistor to use was turning me off until I saw these neatly made prewired ones.