• What can be done with a 189.99 USD (MSRP) 3D Printer?

• DIY - Wi-FI - Engine Control Project

• Test Track ++ (O scale Switching Layout instead of a Test Track)

• Yesterdays Timesaver, Todays Timesaver Module, Tomorrows…

• Project - Fertilizer Distributor Scratch Build

Thought I might share this experiment using a 3D printer with a 100 micron resolution and a print volume of a 4.7 inch cube.

This BLOG contains the development of software and testing of electronics for a DIY Wi-FI engine controller. Initially a ESP8266 will be used for testing followed by the ESP32.

A blog of the construction progress.

Instead of an O scale test track, why not make a small switching layout above my work surface!

Keywords: O Scale, Switching Layout, Small Vertical Space, Hand Laid Track, Scratch Built Structures

The original TOMA?

I needed a project and why not start on this small town rail served distributor for fertilizer.

I have never tried scratch building a complex structure and thought I would post my progress as a beginner over the next few months.

The plans are 1:1 scale and the model will be built in 1:48 scale. (It easier to let the software change the scale)

So let's see how it goes and if I finish it.

BLOG started July 2015, as a planning and building BLOG for an O scale short-line.

Oregon Pacific Railroad

One Module at a time.

I will post to this construction blog as the modules are completed. Currently I do not have a layout room, but expect to have one completed spring 2015.

Eugene

My 4 year old nephew proudly gave me some twigs he found in the grass on the way to the playground.

Those three twigs became this O scale tree.

Eugene

While searching for a railroad to model, I found this in Burley ID on an Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) branch.

The image is from Google Earth of an ethanol plant. 

The oval is over 4000' with the largest diameter being over 1175'. The run-around track is approximately 1744'.

Thought I would share.

Eugene