We had to put the Plessey and other projects on hold for a while. My Dad had a major medical event and we flew to Winston-Salem, N.C. yesterday. Will probably be up here for a couple of weeks while he recovers.
Cheers! Keith
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:06 am
by mcha9797
Best wishes for your father to make a speedy recovery!!
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:43 pm
by somuchtoseeanddo
So sorry to hear that, and your dad is in my prayers. Safe travels to you as well.
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:03 pm
by khardy
Thanks Guys!
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:18 am
by LarryC39
LarryC39 wrote:Generally they should cycle at least 8 seconds red followed by fixed 2s red-amber overlap a green period of not less than seven seconds and finally a green-amber overlap of a fixed time of 3 seconds.
Joez Garage set me up with one a long time back.
NOTE there was an error in my post. I was when I wrote it. The amber is 3 seconds but has NO green overlap.
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:35 am
by khardy
Hi Larry,
Bought a couple of the TS Controls T-12 units and one of the kids said they have been delivered to the house. We have one unit in the CH 4-way and reading all the settings, it should do the proper sequence for the Plessey light. Will know in a couple of weeks after we are back home.
Cheers!
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:38 pm
by LarryC39
EdT. wrote:
khardy wrote:Hi Jerry,
During our photo search of these old British signals, we came across photos of yours. Did notice other lights we saw had the top and bottom ends painted white as you mentioned. As to the white on the center yellow section, is the underside of the visor suppose to be white as well?
Cheers!
Speaking unofficially, officially for Jerry... The underside of all the visors should be black.
Guess the one thing I forgot in my restore. And every. single. reference. I have says black.
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:48 pm
by khardy
Hiya Folks,
Since I was hammering on things today, figured I would do something with the Plessey cabinet. There were several big dings on the back sides.
Would figure the dings are located in between the openings for the lights making it more difficult to hammer out.
Took a while to get the worst hammered out and the cabinet aligned. Here they are now and I still need to feather with a wire wheel.
Plan to blast the end covers when we do the RR Crossing sign panels. Already have a sequencer for this unit which can cycle like mentioned by others with Green - Yellow - Red - Red & Yellow - Green. Hope to complete this light within the next couple of weeks.
Time is short for me at home.....
Cheers!
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:01 pm
by EdT.
Keith, nice job.
Have you considered blasting the body as well? I know it's already stripped, but IIRC most of the paint had already sloughed off so giving the base some texture might help give the paint some bite.
Re: Guess we are restoring a Plessey Tin Lantern
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:00 pm
by khardy
Hi Ed,
I have considered blasting the cabinet. Will see what it looks like after I use a steel wire wheel on it before primer painting.
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:54 am
when I wrote it. The amber is 3 seconds but has NO green overlap.
And every. single. reference. I have says black. 
