What I did (plywood baseboards topped with softboard): [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Red and Black are the DCC bus, Light Violet and Yellow are...
Lots of things you can get away with for a while - like overtaking on blind bends! But eventually ....
The 1s and 0s in the binary of a CV are literally on/off switches. They simply select/deselect things that the decoder manufacturer has built into...
For a number of reasons I have decided to give up modelling trains. I still have an interest and will attend the odd show to see what is going on...
Re your original post - look at the prototype. I don't mean the thing you are building a scale model of (unless you are) but similar locations....
Sounds like you (SOUPAC) have two separate issues, which you linked in the original post thus causing some confusion. Signals can be operated by...
Ask him to gift them to you - he can afford it :)
Minor nitpick: Strictly speaking (and the diagram in the Wikipedia link does show it) what we are talking about above are the crosshead guides. I...
The only other type (aside from single and dual guide) is the cylindrical, but I've never seen that on a loco, only stationary or marine engines....
That's going the way of the old lady who swallowed a fly ...
And give the layout owner a heart attack most days too :) There's really no 'cure' for cats. You just have to love them or not have them.
Sounds like there is some slack in the system so in one direction friction causes a truck and/or wheelset to move back so the wheel touches a...
If you don't like the plexi look maybe a net just below the layout edge would be worth considering. I've never seen it done for a model RR but...
'Rule' 1 (in the OP) isn't a rule, it's a mission statement :) Rule 1, for life, the universe and modelling is of course Murphy's Law. Ignore...
Now I know you fellas only play with half a real voltage on your mains :) but if you are slightly suspicious of the integrity of any of your mains...
Kinda like the Emperor's new clothes. Radio or deli? :)
Summer's nearly here; I think you should get out more :)
Are you sure this was bought? The modeller may have made/bought rubber molds and cast these him/herself. (AFAIK Hydrocal is the casting compound,...
I pity future generations - with what they are going to be left with they'll probably wish the world had ended in 2009.
Unless there is an actual prototype like that I think it is a bit rubbish. I actually thought it was roof shingles when I first saw the picture. I...
