Your signal box is looking excellent. I must have a go at Faller road system some time. That is an impressive bit of cutting and fitting and with a load in the back of your pickup looks great.
Love it Kevin, absolutely love what you've created with those vans and to make one just like what you use to have is amazing. I was looking at faller on eBay and they even do hot air balloons.... Have a great weekend.
I think you've hit on a cottage industry Kevin. A new line of Faller conversions. This one seemed to be a bit easier than the first one. Similar wheelbase helps. It's all coming along nicely. Regards, Solomon
Yes, I’ve seen this one where you added the magnet. I was basing my comments on what I saw at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley Colorado. I was invited by the guy that runs their Faller roads there, Edward Sargent, to see what they were doing. Their vehicles run 12 hours per day 7 days per week on some very long roads. That’s all. Thanks Kevin
I am becoming quite intrigued with the Faller system Kevin, I really like the look of of moving vehicles on a layout, I think I shall have to try and work something into Lakeside somehow. Very impressive to watch, great informative video too. ...........Graham
Graham Foulston hi Graham they are great fun search Canal Sidings on you tube he has done some bits as well but taking it to the next level !! They are good fun nice to see vehicles that move cheers Kevin
You got that Transit working good Kevin , sure adds to a layout having the Faler System ...the completed signal box looks very good .....think you are now having too much fun with the cars ...LOL..The Merc van work came out good ...Dave
You have been reading my mind Kevin! I am uploading a video of a Faller car system conversion as I type this! I also have a project in mind for a Faller Transit conversion but I still need to buy the Faller vehicle. It was not me who mentioned rare earth magnets for better following of the guide wire. I have tried it but was unsuccessful. I have found that the adjustment of the guide arm on the Faller steering is critical. My last vehicle would hardly move at all when it was first tried and it was down to the magnetic attraction to the wire being too great. I solved it simply by adjustment of the guide arm angle. The distance between the guide magnet and the wire is also critical and I have found it important to keep this distance as constant as possible. I love that vehicle that you are now running with the Transit drive. Very quirky!....John
Thanks John the extra magnet worked a treat I found the ones as fitted just did not seem to have the strength to stay attached ,I did play around with the arm but it did not seem to make a difference ,I am well pleased with the pickup I did not set out to do that one but had moved it to that side of the layout and just happened to notice it was a similar size cheers Kevin ps looking forward to your next update
Very nice work on the Signal Box Kevin. You skills with the Faller vehicles is amazing, will have to see if I can put enough money together, the wife does not know about, and buy a kit...Simon
I wish I could put the Faller system on my layout. Have to cut cost some where and I guess I can't have every thing, not sure why. lol Looks great running on your layout. Scott
I like the work Kev. I have always had a like for older Mercedes vehicles and that pickup is no exception :). Just as a thought, have you considered adding a Faller chassis into one of those Oxford Fire Engines and also add working flashing blue lights to it? I would thought something like a AEC Mercury, Thornycroft Nubian or a Dennis F106. Kytes Lights of Bognor Regis make the light kits if that helps which are the 3v DC LED's. Keep up the great work mate. Ash.
No problem Kevin. To be honest, this faller road system has given me some ideas when I build an Irish model railway once I move to Ireland as my model trains will be mostly Irish and Welsh model trains with the odd one or two Scotrail trains like the Dapol 68 for one I have my eye on as it looks a nice OO gauge modern locomotive from Dapol. Ash.
Typical transit driver - going too fast round country lanes! Fab layout and I Iove the road vehicles, although like is being discussed, they are a little quick at the moment. Keep up the good work and I'll follow the progress.
Hi Kevin! Great projects here! A question if I may; I’ve got a couple of Austin "Low loader" taxi in black From Oxford Diecast , 76AT001, do you think they would be converted to the car system at all!
Hi Mark not sure depends what the wheel base is , I had the Faller transit at the time and took the body off so I could put it next to the vehicle to see if wheels lined up with the arches
I forgot the decimal point young man, do as the man says, I made my own road system with bathplug chain (the sphere type) normal bath chain isnt magnetic , I sourced stainless steel from a mate in canada as im a projectionist in the uk and its used in 16mm projectors with the appropriate pulleys, it involves that n silicon tube n rare earth magnets, I can stick any model equipped with said magnet and free running wheels , some of them are an anal fit axles , a wee bit of fettlin sorts them, I put the front axles on a ball bearing each side and clip studs for clothes on the back of the wheels and they snap in place , dont come off and turn freely, the grandbairns love it it goes right round there bedroom on 4inch shelf, its been going for about 5yrs now....
Yes, the cost of the Faller car system is prohibitive. I have an idea to make a home made system. All you need is a cheap chinese worm drive motor, about £2.50 on eBay, a battery, resistor (if needed) and switch, again, cheap to buy. You can buy the Faller front steering axle as a spare part, about £15. You could mount all of this in a Base Toys lorry using the original chassis, and mount the steering as you did in your first conversion. The Faller guide wire is also expensive - - just use cheap thin gavlanised wire, about two quid a roll.
Yes iv'e seen it, looks quite good and has an adjustable wheelbase too. I still think i could build my own for about half that cost. The trouble is, more than half my ideas don't seem make it to the work bench!
kevintregunna Hi Kevin, if you measure the resistance across the motor e.g. 50 ohms (or whatever), then use a 20ohm resistor it’ll slow it. (If the motor’s resistance is 50 ohm, then using a 50ohm resister will stop it! ). Keep reducing the value of the resistor until you get a satisfactory speed. .25 (1/4watt) should be fine at that voltage.
great video, the older truck looks alot more real as its turning and moving slower.. faller is a great idea and concept but its lost in the way the trucks/cars move. as in very toy like
np Kevin your layout looks great .. I just think personally faller is ripping people off, I debated my self weather to put a few cars, vans on my layout but then looked into the cost... im amazed that there isn't an alternative yet to faller.. a cheaper one, or a way to do it DIY so to speak... I do think they add life to pedestrian parts of layouts where usually everything is static and lifeless.. but for the cost? hmmmm
reakingringpiece I have seen something recently where some one got a small motor and installed into a Oxford model for about £10 , I picked up the first one for £80
Your signal box is looking excellent. I must have a go at Faller road system some time. That is an impressive bit of cutting and fitting and with a load in the back of your pickup looks great.
John Mellor thanks John the load in the back is the batter covered with a tarpaulin!! Cheers Kevin
Love it Kevin, absolutely love what you've created with those vans and to make one just like what you use to have is amazing. I was looking at faller on eBay and they even do hot air balloons.... Have a great weekend.
Hi Mark they are very clever they also do a boat as well ,they are good fun well pleased cheers Kevin
Yea I bet you are Kevin, and you now have me thinking about very future projects as I build and progress this layout :0)
Western Centurion now is the time to start planning !!! Be rude no too cheers Kevin
I think you've hit on a cottage industry Kevin. A new line of Faller conversions. This one seemed to be a bit easier than the first one. Similar wheelbase helps. It's all coming along nicely. Regards, Solomon
Life After Work thanks Solomon I think it is down to having the nerve to butcher something to fit !! But yes getting easier cheers Kevin
Great signal box - enjoyed the build. Like what you're doing with the Faller stuff too......transit looks good
Mark thanks very much pleased how the signal box has turned out and the vehicles are great cheers Kevin
Yes, I’ve seen this one where you added the magnet. I was basing my comments on what I saw at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley Colorado. I was invited by the guy that runs their Faller roads there, Edward Sargent, to see what they were doing. Their vehicles run 12 hours per day 7 days per week on some very long roads. That’s all. Thanks Kevin
Rob McCrain your welcome Rob
I am becoming quite intrigued with the Faller system Kevin, I really like the look of of moving vehicles on a layout, I think I shall have to try and work something into Lakeside somehow. Very impressive to watch, great informative video too. ...........Graham
Graham Foulston i wondered wen u wa gonna get one Graham!
They are rather cool though, imagine all my favourite cars on Lakeside trundling around - fabulous! ;-)
Graham Foulston hi Graham they are great fun search Canal Sidings on you tube he has done some bits as well but taking it to the next level !! They are good fun nice to see vehicles that move cheers Kevin
Graham Foulston i shall look forward to u adding the system :)
Great work on those vehicles Kev! They look awesome! Cheers, Dan
Thanks very much Dan quite pleased with them cheers Kevin
Always something new and interesting for us to enjoy Kevin. Thanks.
You got that Transit working good Kevin , sure adds to a layout having the Faler System ...the completed signal box looks very good .....think you are now having too much fun with the cars ...LOL..The Merc van work came out good ...Dave
David Howarth thanks Dave that will be it on the vehicles apart from slowing them down back to the modelling now cheers Kevin
Great work all round, left over magnets work well with Kadee couplers too if you use them.
Michael Jago thanks Michael did wonder if I could use those for uncoupling some thing else to experiment with cheers Kevin
Brilliant stuff. I am thinking I might be able to add these to my railway. Thanks for the inspiration.
David Hyde thanks Very much cheers Kevin
You have been reading my mind Kevin! I am uploading a video of a Faller car system conversion as I type this! I also have a project in mind for a Faller Transit conversion but I still need to buy the Faller vehicle.
It was not me who mentioned rare earth magnets for better following of the guide wire. I have tried it but was unsuccessful. I have found that the adjustment of the guide arm on the Faller steering is critical. My last vehicle would hardly move at all when it was first tried and it was down to the magnetic attraction to the wire being too great. I solved it simply by adjustment of the guide arm angle. The distance between the guide magnet and the wire is also critical and I have found it important to keep this distance as constant as possible.
I love that vehicle that you are now running with the Transit drive. Very quirky!....John
Thanks John the extra magnet worked a treat I found the ones as fitted just did not seem to have the strength to stay attached ,I did play around with the arm but it did not seem to make a difference ,I am well pleased with the pickup I did not set out to do that one but had moved it to that side of the layout and just happened to notice it was a similar size cheers Kevin ps looking forward to your next update
Great work Kev... The transit van is really cool..
David Thanks very much cheers Kevin
Very nice work on the Signal Box Kevin. You skills with the Faller vehicles is amazing, will have to see if I can put enough money together, the wife does not know about, and buy a kit...Simon
Liverton -Simon hi
Hi Simon good bit of fun really pleased I managed to transfer it into the British vehicles cheers Kevin
Remember the pick up well! Good work on modelling it!
Thought it would be a good one to do brings back a few memories cheers Kevin
Great job Kevin you have helped me a lot in my own model thanks
Philip Thanks very much glad you have liked the videos cheers Kevin
Very nice Cars. grate work. I like the UK layout - top . greats from germany
An oges thanks very much
Brilliant work Kev, thats the best lookin moving vehicle nw by far!
Matthew Snowden Shunter Guy Thanks Matthew ''tis good fun cheers Kevin
I wish I could put the Faller system on my layout. Have to cut cost some where and I guess I can't have every thing, not sure why. lol Looks great running on your layout.
Scott
I like the work Kev. I have always had a like for older Mercedes vehicles and that pickup is no exception :). Just as a thought, have you considered adding a Faller chassis into one of those Oxford Fire Engines and also add working flashing blue lights to it? I would thought something like a AEC Mercury, Thornycroft Nubian or a Dennis F106. Kytes Lights of Bognor Regis make the light kits if that helps which are the 3v DC LED's.
Keep up the great work mate.
Ash.
BritishRail60062 hi thanks very much possibly will try something else in the future cheers Kevin
No problem Kevin. To be honest, this faller road system has given me some ideas when I build an Irish model railway once I move to Ireland as my model trains will be mostly Irish and Welsh model trains with the odd one or two Scotrail trains like the Dapol 68 for one I have my eye on as it looks a nice OO gauge modern locomotive from Dapol.
Ash.
Good looking pickup, some red sand in the back or bricks would look great
Steve thanks very much have got some bits to go in cheers Kevin
Fantastic looks very cool....nice work and vid...
Hovermotion thanks very much cheers Kevin
Neodymium magnets, probably. Good idea!
Hallands Menved thanks
Got hold of some and they worked really well
kevintregunna Sure, I just thought I'd supply the name of them, which you couldn't recall in the video, but those probably were neodymium magnets...
Hallands Menved thanks got a mind like a sieve !
kevintregunna It's such an awkward name. Only reason I remembered is I had to write it on the remember to buy board 😊
Typical transit driver - going too fast round country lanes! Fab layout and I Iove the road vehicles, although like is being discussed, they are a little quick at the moment. Keep up the good work and I'll follow the progress.
Great work fitting all that in. You can buy the faller components separately which might make things abit easier?
Cheers, Michael
Michael Henfrey hi Michael have seen the bits something for the future cheers Kevin
Hi Kevin! Great projects here! A question if I may; I’ve got a couple of Austin "Low loader" taxi in black From Oxford Diecast , 76AT001, do you think they would be converted to the car system at all!
Hi Mark not sure depends what the wheel base is , I had the Faller transit at the time and took the body off so I could put it next to the vehicle to see if wheels lined up with the arches
kevintregunna yesh I think that’s gonna be the best starting place! Thank you :)
Very good video mate.
Thanks very much cheers Kevin
Nice vehicle .
Thanks very much
Amazing. Is there any kind of speed adjustment for Faller vehicles? Loved the video.
Cheers,
Matt
hi Matt yes if you install a larger resistor it will slow them down so I have been told not tried it yet but will do in the future cheers Kevin
Nice to have old memories incorporated into the layout. now if you can figure out how to put it into a 1/76 Hillman Imp...............? David.
David Thanks Very much now there is a challenge !!cheers Kevin
Hi there. A huge follower here on mini objects and cities. Are you still updating vids my friend. Let's have a chat
Dominica King LG LIVE thanks very much yes a video coming in the next week
More great work here👍
n moughton thanks very much
I forgot the decimal point young man, do as the man says, I made my own road system with bathplug chain (the sphere type) normal bath chain isnt magnetic , I sourced stainless steel from a mate in canada as im a projectionist in the uk and its used in 16mm projectors with the appropriate pulleys, it involves that n silicon tube n rare earth magnets, I can stick any model equipped with said magnet and free running wheels , some of them are an anal fit axles , a wee bit of fettlin sorts them, I put the front axles on a ball bearing each side and clip studs for clothes on the back of the wheels and they snap in place , dont come off and turn freely, the grandbairns love it it goes right round there bedroom on 4inch shelf, its been going for about 5yrs now....
jim wilson hi Jim that sounds really good nice idea, bit cheaper than the Faller system thanks for sharing cheers Kevin
Yes, the cost of the Faller car system is prohibitive. I have an idea to make a home made system. All you need is a cheap chinese worm drive motor, about £2.50 on eBay, a battery, resistor (if needed) and switch, again, cheap to buy. You can buy the Faller front steering axle as a spare part, about £15. You could mount all of this in a Base Toys lorry using the original chassis, and mount the steering as you did in your first conversion. The Faller guide wire is also expensive - - just use cheap thin gavlanised wire, about two quid a roll.
Hi Andy faller do a chassis version only for about £60 now a slightly cheaper alternative
Yes iv'e seen it, looks quite good and has an adjustable wheelbase too. I still think i could build my own for about half that cost. The trouble is, more than half my ideas don't seem make it to the work bench!
where did you get the magnets (esp that small)
Got them on eBay they do different sizes known as rare earth magnets cheers Kevin
Maybe you could put a radio controlled switch to stop it where you want. You are becoming the faller System go to guy.
Rob McCrain thanks Rob I might do but just happy seeing vehicle move !! Cheers Kevin
if you install a 300k to 800k resistor inline with + it will slow them down and use less battery ,
jim thanks very much that will be one of my next moves cheers Kevin
I think 300k to 800k Ohms might be a bit high. I would recommend somewhere between 10 and 30 Ohms....John
Canal Sidings Model Railway Thanks will give it a try some time
kevintregunna Hi Kevin, if you measure the resistance across the motor e.g. 50 ohms (or whatever), then use a 20ohm resistor it’ll slow it. (If the motor’s resistance is 50 ohm, then using a 50ohm resister will stop it! ). Keep reducing the value of the resistor until you get a satisfactory speed. .25 (1/4watt) should be fine at that voltage.
great video, the older truck looks alot more real as its turning and moving slower.. faller is a great idea and concept but its lost in the way the trucks/cars move. as in very toy like
reakingringpiece thanks very much hopefully one day I will fit capacitors to slow them down a bit cheers Kevin
np Kevin your layout looks great .. I just think personally faller is ripping people off, I debated my self weather to put a few cars, vans on my layout but then looked into the cost... im amazed that there isn't an alternative yet to faller.. a cheaper one, or a way to do it DIY so to speak... I do think they add life to pedestrian parts of layouts where usually everything is static and lifeless.. but for the cost? hmmmm
reakingringpiece I have seen something recently where some one got a small motor and installed into a Oxford model for about £10 , I picked up the first one for £80
thanks kevin that woudl be very interesting to look at..
Very Good
Thank you
nice signal box looks the business, I forgot to mention, its my age...lol
jim wilson hi Jim no problem I know the feeling cheers kevin