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Colouring/tinting Envirotex Lite "water"
Hi all,
I have started experimenting with pouring "water" using Envirotex Lite.
I have seen some people colour the Envirotex using pigments, but I was wondering if it's possible to use paint, either oil or water based to apply a colour during mixing.
To buy the pigment is quite expensive, and you end up using just the smallest amount.
Has anyone used paint to colour the Envirotex?
Cheers.
Inspiration fosters a plan – using a conductor in operation
I was recently inspired by a video that Tom Klimoski posted on his YouTube channel showing operation on his Georgia Northeastern RR. In the video, Tom had a conductor figure placed where appropriate for the train moves.
My small branch line is still far from full operations, but Tom’s video got me excited about the possibility of incorporating an actual conductor into my eventual operation. How could I use a figure in a way that was realistic yet not cumbersome for my operators? I decided I would figure out a way to make it work.
Passenger car lighting
I am lighting a 1910 style observation car. For the main interior lights, I am using the Minitronics modlel # 100-ICL-01 HO Scale Interior car lighting. The capasitor makes the LEDs have consistent light with no flickering. So far so good. But now add a drum light, side marker lights, and a porch light on the rear deck - all LEDs, all with their own resistors pre-wired in, but no capacitor
Does anyone know where I can find what capacitor I need (I don't even know capacitor nomenclature), where to find/buy it and how to wire it?
Operating Session on a Great-britN modular layout from a friend
I and some friends stayed at Haeckmaens flat for an operting session on his Great-britN modules. We operated the modular layout from Saturday to Monday morning. We started with era 6 and 7 on Saturday and continued with era 8 and 9 on Sunday and Monday morning.
Here are the pictures.
Build a simple block occupancy detector
There are a lot of reasons why we would want to electronically detect the presence of a train. This series of posts will cover a simple method of doing that using a classic circuit published by Richard Schumacher in the NMRA Gateway division website. There will be at least three sections, covering
Railroads Hauling of Rock Salt
I have spent some time planning a switching layout based on the Troy NY industrial layout that was in RMC a couple of years ago. CSX and CP switch three customers, a feed mill, a logistics warehouse in the old NYC freighthouse and stored road salt. I want to back date to about 1984 and substitute DH and Conrail locomotives, already acquired. I think currently a lot of salt comes off the Genessee and Wyoming in 2 bay ACF cars. But I don't know where the salt came from and how it was hauled back in 1984. Would old PS 2 bay hoppers be a good guess?
Body mounted metal airhoses
There are lots of ways to simulate air hoses on freight cars. Kadee coupler trip pins are the most common and work fine in N scale ,especially if one trims them a bit shorter and bends them to look connected when coupled in a train. Lots of HO operators use the Kadee "air hoses" too but others will cut the trip pins off and install body mounted air hoses.
Shorty Cars
I was wondering if anyone had every thought of creating (shorty freight cars) either for specialty uses or just for the fun. I'm thinking about maybe making one and wanted to know if anyone has made some and what is required to do so.
Track Occupancy
Hi gang. I'm looking for simple and economical occupancy detection circuit to follow a train from staging through a helix. I'm thinking an infrared detection circuit to turn on a series of LED's as the trains pass to and from staging and through a long multiple loop helix would be the way to go. This is for a friend that has a limited budget. I'm willing to build them for him. I just don't have a circuit diagram.
Any ideas or product recommendations?
DCC mobile train car lighting decoder (part 2)
Thank you for your interest. Here is details for the DCC mobile decoder.
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