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tsunami tsu-1000 digital sound decoder lighting
Hey All,
I have a tsunami tsu-1000 digital sound decoder that I will be installing and I don't know enough about this to figure out what raiting LEDs and resistors I need.
Here are the decoder raitings:
Motor Stall Current: 1 Amp Max
Function Current: 100mA
Track Voltage: 27 Volts Max
Thanks in advance.
LARGE SCALE : 50ft Railbox
Does anyone make a proper 50ft plug door box car in large scale? I see offerings of Railbox examples but aren't accurate to me (they have roof walks for starters).
It seems pretty hard to represent a modern standard guage shortline in large scale (1:24) these days without resorting to dodgy era combinations.
Is anyone aware of new offerings that I may have missed?
Modern day FP9 Units Passenger train (PanAm RR)
Here is a prototype running its business train with "Classic" Engines.
53´ Evans plug door boxcar
Dear all,
I have an H0 53´ Evans plug door boxcar featuring Ralston Purina advertising (I attached a photo). Since I have not found information revealing its true existence I decided to change it. I want it to represent a real prototype. I found an excellent prototype in Rail Pictures, very good for weathering: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=10813.
N-scale Santa Fe Blue Goose Upgraded to DCC Sound
This short video shows my N-scale Con-Cor (~1986 vintage) Santa Fe Blue Goose (4-6-4) running with DCC sound during its final installation test before being shipped back to me. I had the same professional installer (reasonably priced) that had converted a Walther’s DL109 for me last year. This installation used a Digitrax SDN136PS which is also very reasonably priced. This is the same engine that can be seen in a couple of previous videos testing out my spline helix while running in DC prior to being converted to DCC.
Model Railroad Club of Toronto... a year into the rebuilding process
The Model Railroad Club of Toronto has been rebuilding its O scale 2 rail Central Ontario Railway.
Having lost its long term lease in the now ultra trendy Liberty Village (old downtown factory district) in mid 2013, efforts have been underway to build a new version of the Central Ontario Railway.
Workable fixative for track laying
I’m getting close to starting track laying on my layout and will be using Central Valley tie strips and turnouts. With the CV ties it seems to work best to have the ability to fine-tune the position of the ties and thus it would be nice to have an adhesive with a slower dry time.
I’ve used caulk in the past with good success for laying flex track, but it gets tacky too quickly. I’d like to know what other adhesives modelers are using that may give me the added dry time. I’ll be laying the ties on homasote.
Scenery Construction and detailing
A question of how you construct scenes on your layouts. At my age, 73, stranding for long periods is a pain, in many places. Pardon the pun. Even when I was younger and physically (reasonably) fit, I built structures and in fact whole scenes, including track, on a base while sitting at a bench, table or other comfortable place.
One step forward, how many more steps back?
Well, I haven't done much this summer in terms of trains. Too many things to do around the house and trying to make the best of my daughter's last summer before she prepares for university. But I digress.
Coloring and Weathering Wood Loads for Sawmill
Anyone have any tips or recommendations for painting resin or plastic wood loads so that the wood actually looks like lumber? I'm building an N scale saw mill and need lots of lumber in various size stacks. While I have created molds of the lumber stacks, I can't seem to find the correct color. Started with a base layer of tan, and then added some white wash to areas. But as I look at photos, it seems like some deeper reds and oranges are needed to get the variability within lumber loads.
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