Layout design
Eastern California V2.0 Update #3
A much bigger update is in the works but for now just looking for some quick feedback on this panel. It crams a lot in a little space mainly due to a better fit at the panel location versus a larger panel.
Siskiyou Line lessons learned
Joe Fugate and Backshop host Rick Green discuss the lessons Joe learned on his first Siskiyou Line layout, now being dismantled. Joe wraps up with a sneak peek at how Siskiyou Line 2 will be different.
Part 3 & Part 4 - The 3D Printed N-Scale Stockyard/Feed Lot is Tested & Completely Assembled
This update includes the final two parts of the design and building of the Morris Stockyard/Feed Lot with 3D printed parts. The video below (Part 3) shows some of the final testing that was done to ensure that the spacing between the siding and the cattle ramps was sufficient to permit a train to pass by all of the 18 ramps. During the testing, I found one ramp that had to be moved back. The train in the video is pulled/pushed by an Intermountain FT A/B with a few stock cars prior to beginning the next step of assembly.
Tweaking and tweaking some more
No, not twerking. Tweaking..looking at the design of the new layout and changing things up as something doesn't look right. I started out with a plan that I thought would encompass everything I like, or almost everything, but it was a bit too much. Started with 7 industries. Got that down to 4, plus a depot. Had 2 mainlines and a long passing siding. And a shorter passing siding.
SCARM Track Planning software v.0.9.35 is ready
The new SCARM v. 0.9.35 is ready and published! It comes with many new and updated track libraries, many bugfixes and more powerful Model Trains Simulator extension. See more about the new version here:
SCARM Track Planning Software 0.9.35 Released
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Part 2 - 3D Printing & Preliminary Assembly of Parts for the Morris Stockyard/Feed Lot
This is the 2nd part of the story of the revision & building of the N-Scale stockyard/feed lot using a 3D printer for the parts. First here is a video of the 3D printer in action printing a section of fencing and gates.
Looking for Sources for Animation Projects
I'm in the final design stage of version 4.0 of the Fungus and Mungus Railroad. It's set in 1916 in the Colorado mountains.
I'm looking to animate a logging site, a lumber mill, the switch yard, etc.
Can anyone recommend a projects book or website of any type with some animation suggestions or projects?
I purchased the one that Kalmbach publishes, but the articles are as old as 1996. It didn't mention LEDs or microcontrollers.
No-Rail layout
A few photo's of a small No-Rail layout I`m building.
A frame made of 1/2" birch plywood and 2" pink foam.
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Getting a rough idea as to what goes where.
Cut the first layer of foam by using a template that I made out of masking paper.
WMRY Tidewater Division ca.1945-1955 Layout design
Folks here is Version 1 of my Baltimore yard terminus for the WMRY 1944 HO scale. There will be 6 tracks on the docks, a car float operation, plus yard switching. Traffic will originate from the west (Hagerstown and west) and arrive at Baltimore. Eastbound trains will have 2 options when entering Baltimore, stay on main and use hidden loop under Baltimore Harbor for continuous running, or take the switch and enter the yard.
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