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Gap Masters ? Anybody using these?
Does anybody have experience with Gap Masters? Product is shown here;http://Americantieandtimber.com/4.html
For those layouts that must be built "moveable" or a portion of the layout moved after you are done with the layout for the day this would seem to be a way to go. I'm curious to know from experienced users of the product what their opinion is.
Them's the brakes, Laying down the law on the BNML
I'd been considering a set of Instructions and "Rules" for operators on my layout previously and an operator at my most recent op session brought this topic back to mind.
As a result, I've made significant progress compiling a set of "rules" for the BNML. These "rules" are an add-on to my previous efforts regarding Car Control: Paperwork on the BNML.
My Model Bench
My first blog post ....so please bear with me.
Some pics of my model bench I built over the Christmas and New Years holiday weekends of 2014.
The first pic is of the old model workbench I had at the old house........at my new house it now holds the computer.
Now the pics of the new model bench.
TT Scale Disconnect Log Buggies
In my blog on building the Otter Creek Falls Coal & Lumber RR I mentioned I needed to build some disconnect log buggies. I'm going to use this blog for that purpose so the layout building can be kept separate from the discussion that may arise from this subject.
I'll keep this post short so it you don't have to scroll through a lengthy begining.
Bernd
Removing Bachman Trucks
How do you remove the trucks from Bachman cars. There are no screws and I am assuming that you pry them off but do not want to destroy one to find out. Thanks.
Help with Atlas C420 with QSI decoder
Just acquired an Atlas HO scale C420 with a QSI Titan Sound decoder. Not much information from the Atlas literature about the motor functions of the decoder.
I think I'm on the right track -- pun intended, of course -- with using the Titan ET programming guide to program the motor CVs of this locomotive.
Or am I completely off the rails, and with this QSI system, I may not even be able to adjust CV29?
(Probably should have just gotten the Silver Series version, and gone RailPro whole hog. Sorry, Bill B.)
Rethinking Power Yards
Over the past month I have been putting together my plans for rebuilding the old SASME T&SW layout into my own AT&SW layout. I started the transition with the main peninsula first, whereas this section features the engine facilities, the freight yard, and has code 83 track. Alas, I have found the arrangement wanting, and in going back and forth between the old plans and my new arrangements I find them completely them inadequate since before the section was ever built. In short, the overall plan lacks a power yard.
SMA20 Low Cost 17 Channel DCC Decoders Ver 6.01 with Sound,Triggered Sound,Stepper,Dual Motor,LED and Servo Control
This is the next evolution of the original $5 Mobile/Accessory/Multifunction 17 Channel Configurable DCC Decoder. This edition: 1.expands major functionality to drive a stepper motor, dual motor control with sound, and even triggered sounds (like a driver cam), servos, and LEDs with 17 function pins, 2.implements long DCC addresses for both mobile decoders and accessory decoders, and 3.and now uses the updated NmraDcc library compatible with the ATTiny84/85 and Teensy 3.x processors.
Interurban Herald Requests
To All: One of the MRH bloggers requested these two interurban Heralds. Have Fun! Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail group Layout
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