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My Son's School Project
My son had a school project on world religions to complete. You could pretty much do anything on any religion, just be creative and make it applicable to some aspect of some religion. He chose Shinto but didn't know what to do for it. I suggested he do a diorama related to something in Shinto, possibly a shrine. However, he didn't have enough time to build a significant structure (with the complex roofs and such of typical Japanese architecture), so he built a simple, natural shrine.
Big Layout Update
Big Layout Update Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...04chlzogunrtj445nk0k
Big Layout Update Part 2
Animate the (scratchbuild) watertower
A short video of the animated watertower on Spiderfield, my scenic'd Timevaver layout. Here you can see how I build the watertower.
Water Texture
Working on water texture for my next video here are some sample. Let me know what you think. I did over 10 test, this is the best four of the test. Two are rivers, one is a pond, and the last is harbor or ocean. All are on test blocks 4x4 inch the ocean is on a 5.5x5.5 inch
Mike
River two photo 1
Cornhill & Atherton - Arc Welding with the Arduino finite state machine
Enthused with the recent Arduino control of the staging yard, I decided to strike while the iron was hot and try another Arduino project. I'm not very good at learning stuff for the sake of learning (like C programming) without an end goal, so I needed an idea and an arc welding simulator fits the bill.
Welding simulators are common, but I after a quick study of 'prototype' arc welding, I realized there was more to the project than first appeared.
SPSF Meadow Sub: Custom Fast Clock Alternative Using Computer and Monitors
When I converted my DCC system from Digitrax to NCE in September, I decided to completely do away with the LocoNet system, which included my Logic Rail LocoNet fast clock. I don't have any signals or anything else connected to LocoNet, so that was an easy decision. My idea for the fast clock replacement was to use something else that wasn't dependent on or linked to my DCC system. At first, I was planning to use the JMRI fast clock on my computer and eventually purchase the Iowa Scaled Engineering fast clocks.
Minimaids and Minivacs
Does anyone know of a company that makes/sells a mini vac for cleaning the layout buildings etc.? So far the only thing I've found are attachment tool(s) for a Eureka or other full size vacuum. I'm looking for a small, hand-held, rechargeable tool to get dust and cobwebs (some of the spiders have taken over the brewery on my layout) off buildings and trackwork without sucking up people etc.
I know that Radio Shack sold one many years ago, but they are out of business her in Carlisle, PA. If you know of a vac or a good alternative, let me know.
HO Scale Filler Ties from PDC.CA - Another product born right here in the MRH Forum!
The MRH Community asked for it...
In the course of my Track Painting Experiment, I discovered that trimming ties to fit under rail joiners got old really fast. So, I created thinner ties for filling in the gaps before painting.
There was a lot of interested in these ties and I received numerous requests to release them as new product.
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