SimonME46

I enjoyed making my C&L points, but the plain track was all peco. That and the option of doing ballast while the sleepers are down before adding the track..too late now though probably.

Looks good. Making me think about my use of peco streamline..and lack of fishplates and cosmetic joints.

Gas those coaches are stunning. What bogies are you using? And did you make the roof out of card as well?

I need to do this for Dad's 5" gauge Mk.1. I've so far failed to find any drawings of the partitions/sliding doors - may I ask where you found your drawings?

brilliant work Gaz!. I think card + laser cutter = a winning combination. I'm not a fan of styrene, even painted and out of the son, it becomes brittle over time. I don't expect the same from card, but its issue is likely to be sealing against moisture.

Hi Jason Can I go back to the start of this thread? I'm trying to create a column and following your chimney instructions. For the life of me, I can't find the mesh tools, let alone the spin and add tools. I've created a profile for a column in Inkscape, imported that into Blender, rotated it so that it is aligned on the z-axis (I think). But at that point, I have hit a road block. Grateful for any assistance on this. And for extra fun, I can't upload the file.

This is great Mike, really appreciate your efforts. I'm using Inkscape to create files for a full spectrum laser, so this is right on topic for me. This weekend I had a problem specific to this laser where the 'retina engrave' software wouldn't show all vectors. Turned out it didn't handle layers at all well...

That was me being selfish with O gauge, sorry. If it was on terra-firma, you'd still need a 3pin plug Etc rather than just a raw dc feed, so it just becomes a very cheap charging station, and a valid alternative to a step up board. I've ordered 10 just for the fun of it. They seem quite common.

Going back to the 2.5mm Jack idea, a board such as this would take care of multicell balance problems. Cheap as chips too.. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2S-Li-ion-Lithium-Battery-18650-Charger-Protection-Board-Module-3A-7-4V-8-4V-New-/291666522316?hash=item43e8adf0cc:g:buMAAOSw5dNWof~f Tramcar Trev on free rails used these I believe.

Snap. I'm headed down a very, very similar path. Deltang gear in 7mm FS, I want under layout sound (no more expensive and tinny sounding Dcc speakers or wiring thx). And I've done a Modratec interlocked signal box. My current thinking is receiver under the coal. And I'm thinking about where to hide a charging jack..I'm looking at small boards on each loco which will handle the balance charging. They can be had for cheap, so all I need to do is provide a 2 pin charging jack. This could be a 2.5mm or 3.5mm stereo Jack? Worst case down the chimney, otherwise hidden in the coal space?

Re angled cuts, understood. Thx for the update on the glue.

May I ask how you did the angled bricks? I need to do this for my signal box.. And may I ask what glue/s are you using?

Excellent!

Pics are good!

Looks great David, your write up will be very useful when I do mine!

Please don't tell me you hand cut those. You must have the hands and eyes of a machine! Stunning work!

Nice work David, thanks for sharing!

+1 for a West Riding Derby Lightweight twin. Any idea on price/eta?

I will be following this with interest, I have one of these kits in the cupboard..

Black 5 looks great. Sorry to be a pest, but it might be worth a quick look at the front step, looks odd in the photo.

Thanks Robin. I had a prompt and helpful reply from DavidT. Seems there is a way to go before an integrated solution is available?

Just revisiting this after a break from modelling. Looks like things are really coming along. With the Deltang system, BPR/C looks to be readily achieved, even for O gauge. Time to purchase a test setup and then look to sell all the DCC stuff! Having spent a bit of my time with computers, I would prefer to play trains, not computer games, so I want hand held controllers with regulators/cutoff/brake handles etc. I don't want a computer controlled layout/touchscreens/phones/tablets etc. I love the experience of sound and don't intend to exhibit (tho I have and could do so again). I've fired a bunch of questions at David from Deltang, mostly about customising the tx box to have more use specific buttons, and also about sound. Following on from Robin2's posts, I'm pondering options including; *onboard sound (likely to be a long wait for a modest result. You can't get past the physics of small speakers) *under layout sound using Deltang tx and the rx transmits engine speed and load, and we have something such as a raspberry pi listening to both transmission and then generating load and speed dependant sounds. Taking this further would be detection (rfid?) so that the sound can be faded appropriately around the layout. Could also have other triggers for rail joints/points etc *drop the Deltang tx and just use the Deltang RX as deltino as Robin2 has done, talking to a Rasberry Pi, which does all the smarts including sound per above

Looking good! What's the bus kit?

What Mick said....

That is simply amazing. Well done Ron!