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Four cars, two lanes. No digital boxes in sight.
Obviously then, no scope for an actual passing manoeuvre.
Obviously.
Tried it out last night.
Initial excitement at seeing independently controlled cars on the same lane faded as the incidence of deslots caused by the guy behind grew.
All good fun and games really but the K.I.S.S. principle won over and we reverted to the simple one lane, one car equation.
Perhaps it would have been different had we had a changeover piece but I suspect not.
Oh, how was it done, you ask?
Well it was a cunning conversion of four Hornby Subarus and two Hornby Track Buster transformers, apparently. The guy also mentioned diodes, positive and negative current(?) in the same rail and some other stuff but to be honest it all went over my head (which is mostly filled with fluff anyhow).
So I've tried an analogue simulation of digital, kinda. And the conclusion? You change lanes if you want to, this bloke's not for change.
Obviously then, no scope for an actual passing manoeuvre.
Obviously.
Tried it out last night.
Initial excitement at seeing independently controlled cars on the same lane faded as the incidence of deslots caused by the guy behind grew.
All good fun and games really but the K.I.S.S. principle won over and we reverted to the simple one lane, one car equation.
Perhaps it would have been different had we had a changeover piece but I suspect not.
Oh, how was it done, you ask?
Well it was a cunning conversion of four Hornby Subarus and two Hornby Track Buster transformers, apparently. The guy also mentioned diodes, positive and negative current(?) in the same rail and some other stuff but to be honest it all went over my head (which is mostly filled with fluff anyhow).
So I've tried an analogue simulation of digital, kinda. And the conclusion? You change lanes if you want to, this bloke's not for change.