I use a Model Power pad drag type car that does goes but need a loco with good traction or 2 to pull it. I also have a Tomix wet/dry/vac car that...
seems ever time I post on this forum it gets moved some place else, then I can never find my posts again... So with that I'm deleting the body of...
Thanks for the ideas. I'll sit down and think about them and see what I come up with. Kind of distracted today with painters from the apartment...
Working on the small loop town at the end of my layout, trying to make the most of this small bit of layout. To the left are two sidings that go...
You NEED a resistor in series with a LED. LED's are polarity sensitive, so the only light when power flows the right way, but will not harm them...
As I am almost finished putting in the blue LED strip lighting for "night time" on my layout, I have yet to finalize exactly what I'm going to use...
So your workbench is the same as mine..
I use Kaina 63/37 tin/lead, 0.8mm, work great, yes I said lead, I buy it mail order from overseas since stores don't sell lead solder anymore.....
The part I replaced is called a polyswitch fuse. Looks like an epoxy covered ceramic disc capacitor. it's rated for 250mA. The photo is of the...
I've seen a number of videos of that layout, going back to Tracks Ahead on PBS. It's an amazing layout for sure, but I see it more as a...
I finally got around to working on the Tomix car again today, by chance, I had a left over 250ma PolyFuse left over from an unrelated project some...
OK, trying to figure out how to add a few photos of my mess, lets see if it works.. Some how the photos don't look as bad as it seems when I'm...
That's TOO neat for this thread! Lynch him! :)
The concept is good, but I see every terminal junction as a source of power loss. However I could see them being using on a semi permanent layout...
Well it is good to know I'm not alone.. After seeing so my photos and videos of layout (been watching Tracks Ahead shows I recorded years ago)...
ok, I finally decided to work on my layout wiring to get things back in shape. I had made changes to accommodate the NCE system I use to have and...
Just finished reassembling the Tomix cleaning car.. As I suspected, it has a full wave bridge rectifier in it which is allowing it to run on DCC...
Sorry to hear that.. At this point I think I'm going to open mine up and see what it has for electronics, if any, inside, and maybe add a voltage...
Nope, but I should try that. I don't have a train DC power supply, but I could do something with one of my ham radio power supplies. The more I...
I'm working on getting back to my trains (again) and decided to start with cleaning the rails, So I got the Tomix cleaning car I bought about a...
