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The Bridge to Somewhere....
Let's face it- we all like bridges. I would guess that most of us have at least one on our layouts.
I am not immune to this phenomenon, as I added a bridge to my layout last night: http://joshuadewolfe.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/the-bridge-to-somewhere/
Flat Irons Revisited
Putting in scenery and completing a scene. What it looks like in the beginning and how over years comes to completion.
Kynar Wire
This product may be old news to some, but I came across Kynar wire a short while ago and figured that it may have considerable potential for model railroading. The stuff I have is 30 AWG and as you can see from the photo it sits neatly between the 38 AWG magnet wire from Ngineeering and decoder wire.
To me the advantage over magnet wire is that it has very good insulation while still very thin and relatively flexible. Anyhoo thought I would share another tool in the arsenal for those tricky wiring jobs.
12v 5 pin latching relay for led point indication
Hi all,
I have hit a wall trying to figure out what to do. I am using twin solenoid surface mounted point motors, wired up to the control panel location, and also have SPDT momentary on-off-on toggles ready to flip my points. But I want a red/green led to indicate which way the point is thrown. I believe a latchjng relay is used to make sure power continues to the led after the toggle itself bounces back to off. I have a 5 pin relay, I have the toggles, I even have the points wired up to the panel, and I think I will need twin color led.
The Tiltable Book by Ray Mathews
Has anyone heard of or read THE TILTABLE BOOK by Ray Mathews? It seems to be popular in MRR Clubs. Any ideas on why that is? Is the idea of a tilting table of use to lots of modelers? I'm really curious. I see it's been adapted to N-TRAK tables -- could that be a reason? Appreciate any thoughts you might have.
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