G Paine wrote: NZRMac wrote: DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the resultsKen.KenHow are you working the track alignment? IS there some kind of switch or just 20-20 eyeball? It looks great, how many tracks do you plan?
NZRMac wrote: DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the resultsKen.
DCC staging update, IT WORKS!! laid some track and have been testing loco's over the gap, really pleased with the resultsKen.
Ken
How are you working the track alignment? IS there some kind of switch or just 20-20 eyeball? It looks great, how many tracks do you plan?
not quite 20-20 but yeah just eyeballing it. 9 tracks 74" each, plus I could put some fixed tracks off each side too. someone suggested infrared leds and computers for alignment, but I think a limit switch at each end and eyeballs for track alignment will do me.
Ken.
Almost too late for WPF, but my Internet connection has been playing up all weekend. Anyway, just catching up now and as usual there is some excellent work. Sue the video is excellent, some fine modelling on display there.
My little Ice-cream parlor has moved on a little, but there has not been much modelling time as of late.
Exterior details and fire-escapes have been added.
Lighting has been installed on all 4 floors to show off the interior details.
I used these really neat small LED's and was able to get one into the lamp on the office desk. I had to drill out the shade and was able to fit it in so my office manager is able to see his work. My wife thinks I am mad by the way!
With 4 separate circuits inside I needed to get the wiring below the layout and to be able to disconnect the thing for maintenance in the future. I used and old broken Ethernet cable (4 twisted pairs of wires) and an RJ45 jack to allow disconnect. There is a ton of usable wire in a broken network cable so don't throw them away!
When installed on the layout it will come out the bottom of the structure.
I am almost done with this now, just the roof to go and the structure can go onto the layout. I have documented a good portion of the build at http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=16755888&uid=3608462
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
railroadyoshi wrote:Everything is looking great! Electro, I can smell the sawdust.Guilford Guy added some sounds to one of the videos I posted earlier. I think it made quite a difference.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVV9801zps
Everything is looking great! Electro, I can smell the sawdust.
Guilford Guy added some sounds to one of the videos I posted earlier. I think it made quite a difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVV9801zps
Yea Guilford/Pan Am, makes funny noises sometimes
what not pics of my awesome ballasting?
Alex