You wouldn't think that a 2005-era modeler would be all that excited about 1950s and 60s rolling stock, but some recent research into the IAIS's MOW roster made me realize what a huge favor ExactRail did for me when they introduced their GSC 42' flat car and 53'6" bulkhead flat .  Two examples of each arrived at my door a couple mo

Came across this IC while poking around the web and thought I'd give it a try. It's an NSI50010YT1G and comes in an SOD123-2 package, so it's something of a bear to solder. What's neat about it is that is provides a near-constant current of 10ma, and can handle an input as high as 50V. This makes it pretty useful for constant-intensity lighting. The only other component you'd need is a diode in the 1n400x series to protect it from reverse voltage. Here's one that I wired up for testing purposes:

Hey guys, just wanted to give you a quick FYI, WE FOUND THE HOUSE!!!!!! Already measured the space and the layout will fit with a bit of room to spare. Waiting on the closing process to finish up so it's looking like move-in will be November and then hopefully January to start construction. Side note, been making some progress on the workbench projects. Will have an update out soon and a room/track plan reveal after that. Thanks for following guys and stay tuned.

Maybe I'm just not searching with the right terms but I'm having some difficulty finding modeled examples of this and/or how to. I'm not talking about torrents of water, I could use waterfall modeling techniques for that, but more just a trickle of water emanating from pipes coming from a retaining wall. The old method from years ago is to use a piece of cellophane tape or wire coming from the pipe down to the ground and then flowing Duco cement over it.