Life in the Bus Lane

2006 Updates

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27/11/06: Slow News Day

Not much visible progress to report. Read more....

26/10/06: Oops

Progress has been slow, not to mention in the wrong direction! Read more....

10/10/06: Tanks A Lot

By way of a bonus I have come across a photo of Midland Red‘s AEC Mammoth Major tanker. I have added this to the page on the EFE model.

28/09/06: Below Decks

Progress has been mostly ‘below decks’ on the roundabout board... Read more....

28/08/06: Tweaking Time

In the last month I have added the railway tracks to the first two baseboards, wired the tracks and road junctions and extensively tested and tweaked the roadway. Read more....

28/07/06: Round and Round

Over the last month the guide wire has been laid on the first two boards... Read more....

28/06/06 Bottom‘s Up!

Construction has at last started on the baseboards for Redhill. Read more....

12/06/06 First Steps...

Having got the plywood that will form the roadways I started marking out the course of the guide wire according to the plan. Read more....

26/05/06 Inside the machine...

A number of people have asked for details of the circuit inside the Faller vehicles, so here it is.

11/04/06 I Have A Cunning Plan...

...well, I have had more of them than I care to contemplate. More...

20/03/06 Unreasonable Expectations

I have a crisis with my DMU...

06/03/06 New Readers Begin Here...

What is the Faller Car System?

21/02/06 Deck The Halls...

What can Hall Effect Switches do for you?

01/02/06 Albert Wright’s Faller Layout

A few pictures of this layout....

17/01/06 The Brummie Routemaster...

But so much better! The wonderful D9....

08/01/06 Here‘s one I prepared earlier...

Back in 2000 I prepared an article for Model Buses on converting a Faller bus to fit under an EFE body. It is still valid today so, here it is....