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Lyn - pickups

Allan Dare All Messages By This Member #7848 Has anyone worked out a satisfactory arrangement for the electrical pickups on a Slaters “Lyn”? The spidery bar frames and cross-members mean that the usual pcb busbar between the wheels isn’t suitable, but space for anything else is very limited. I’ve managed to fit a rough-and-ready setup on the original David Nicholson kit, but I’m hoping someone has devised a more elegant solution!
Jeremy Reed All Messages By This Member #7849 开云体育 Hi - I too would be interested in any suggestions…..when I spoke with David White at Slaters about the forthcoming re-release of Lyn a couple of years ago, ?he said one of the reasons for the delay was coming up with a solution for the pickups. I’d hoped he had sorted this, but perhaps not! TIA Jeremy Jeremy Reed 07766442516 reed.jeremy48@... toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 4 Jan 2022, at 19:55, Allan Dare <allan.dare@...> wrote: ?Has anyone worked out a satisfactory arrangement for the electrical pickups on a Slaters “Lyn”? The spidery bar frames and cross-members mean that the usual pcb busbar between the wheels isn’t suitable, but space for anything else is very limited. I’ve managed to fit a rough-and-ready setup on the original David Nicholson kit, but I’m hoping someone has devised a more elegant solution!
Paul Holmes All Messages By This Member #7850 Not quite hot there yet. I will report back in a day or two. If you’re on NGRM then I’m reporting there.? cheers Paul
Jeremy Reed All Messages By This Member #7851 开云体育 Thanks Paul - really helpful and looking forward to your further thoughts in due course….. BW Jeremy Jeremy Reed 07766442516 reed.jeremy48@... toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 4 Jan 2022, at 20:57, Paul Holmes <heatonwood@...> wrote: ? Not quite hot there yet. I will report back in a day or two. If you’re on NGRM then I’m reporting there.? cheers Paul
Allan Dare All Messages By This Member #7853 开云体育 Paul - thanks for the NGRM link, I’ll follow with interest! You mentioned your Slaters Lyn kit was missing the side tank weights. These ?as supplied in the L&B Models original kit weighed 54g each; I know David Nicholson went to some lengths to get the loco’s balance right, so this weight might be a useful guide. For the pickups on my Lyn I super-glued gapped pcb to the inwards sides of the forward and rear crossmembers, with phosphor-bronze wires soldered these and bearing on the upper tread of the driving wheels - photo attached. It’s not particularly pretty nor robust, but c’est brutal et c’est marché! toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 5 Jan 2022, at 10:05, Paul Holmes <heatonwood@...> wrote: ? Not quite hot there yet. I will report back in a day or two. If you’re on NGRM then I’m reporting there.? cheers Paul
Paul Holmes All Messages By This Member #7854 That’s a useful method. Thanks. I am going to paint the chassis before looking at the pickups, so I can do a final fix on the wheels and motor etc first. Cheers Paul?

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