Not on the workbench anymore, but thought I would share someplace other than FB. The truck and trailer are Showcase Miniatures kits, highly recommended. The equipment loads are Stonebridge Designs.
Nice work on that truck Kez. I got a couple of showcase trucks delivered I’ll be working on. They are pretty good. the loads are pretty cool as well!
Ok another randy brown kit. This time the maintenance building. so I got it together but what are these two pieces? Nothing in pictures match and in directions for N scale kit they mention ac. So is it an AC unit and electric box?
Another angle on the new rig. The local law enforcement agency caught me without the correct placards, so all legal now! (WIDE LOAD)
I found a bunch of those things in a bag of goodies from Karin Snyder, so i assumed they were from Stonebridge Models, however there was a lot of Stony Smith and David K Smith items in the box too, and none were in original packaging. I never knew their true origin. I have used some of them as roof AC units after painting silver, because of the protrusion that looks like an air duct turning downwards. If you sanded that duct off and painted it olive green, it would make a convincing ground electrical box. So, to be sure, get silver and olive paints. close your eyes, and reach for a bottle, the paint color you grab determines what the part will be used for!
AC roof top unit: https://trainsbyrandybrown.com/n-sc...oof-Top-1-undec-4/p/49999469/category=6691559 The other one is a outdoors power meter. Matt
Joe, Nice work on the maintenance building! Bryan, Excellent paint work on the vehicles! Do you mask at all? Scott
Thank you, Scott. I have not masked at all so far. It's all been freehand, 90% without magnification. Maybe that's why I'm so dissatisfied with my work in these pictures. It's motivation to get better.....or don't post pictures, one or the other.
Byran, Maybe you are dissatisfied, but I am a perfectionist, and they look great, even thru the camera lens. What type of brush do you use? Scott
Whatever the smallest brush was I could find in my stuff. Don't know what it's made of or what size! I suppose I should educate myself on such things, huh? Thank you for the compliment. I'm going to keep trying, as I have 20+ more of these Showcase kits to finish.
I got to thinking I might like to try putting ceiling fans in a railroad hotel structure I am building, and that I might be able to make them visible if I place ceiling lights just above the fan blades, then the moving shadows might be perceived as motion while looking in the windows. To pull this off, I need some slow speed micro motors. So I decided to use 6mm micro stepper motors. Then I got the idea that I might be able to run 2 motor coils in series, and use the Digispark to drive them, so I made a test video: I used this wiring: And this code: /* Attiny85 Stepper Motor Control Ceiling Fan Control You can wire in two micro stepper motors in series for 2 fans */ #include <Stepper.h> const int stepsPerRevolution = 20; // change this to fit the number of steps per revolution for your motor // // initialize the stepper library on pins P0 through P3: Stepper myStepper(stepsPerRevolution, 0, 1, 2, 3); void setup() { // set the speed at 60 rpm: myStepper.setSpeed(60); // initialize the serial port: Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { // step one one direction: Serial.println("clockwise"); myStepper.step(stepsPerRevolution); }
Definitely next level Robert! I on the other hand went low tech and decided to make the showcase truck look like a jeepers creepers truck. (I know it’s a few years off butt it’s close) So I made it look rusty and of course had to paint a figure to look like creeper. Hardest part was making a hat. I superglued a small plastic disc. And trimmed. Not to shabby
Wow rray, I've been looking for something to open the swinging doors on a couple of my buildings, those micro steppers (or similar) may just be the answer. Anyway, I've got all the track pieces, I've soldered wires to all the track that will need it, and hooked up the track feeders to those who can use it. So, my next step will be to drill wire holes through the top and start connecting the BXP88s.
