DaveyH

The results in this thread are amazing - I ended up with a Silhouette having watched that skill develop online, I bet I'll end up with one of these as well!

Wondering out loud (so to speak), is the speed of the cut a factor in the likelihood to burn? Logic seems to suggest that the quicker a successful cut can be made, the less risk there is of collateral damage?

Dave

 

Very curious to hear how you are getting on!

 

All the best,

Ed

Well, this afternoon I have discovered that the track layout is "hard coded" into the Controller program that runs on the Processing IDE and have downloaded an excellent commented example from GitHub to learn from. Couple of long days in real work ahead, but should have cracked it by the weekend hopefully.

Good fun - electronics and trains!

I gave dcc++ a try last evening, successfully running up and down on the dining room table. This was using a UNO and a genuine Arduino motor shield that I already had. Brilliant - and took about five minutes to get up and running.

Only issue I have is with the Controller software running on the PC, can't work out yet how to configure the layout diagram and define routes...not bad for day one though :-)

I know I can use JMRI, but fancied something different - will keep trying later today when finished work......

Chances of coming across it outside Germany and Switzerland are slim, and even then most likely in N-scale models

 

HTH

Except in our house!!

:-)

Great Henry Street on a very dark night.

You have to do something with the Lima 4F, though fitted with DCC chip, stay alive and additional tender pickups, she runs okay.

Having read through this topic from start to finish, I bought a Silhouette Portrait, having been inspired by the creativity displayed here :-)

With apologies to JCL, the first real thing I had a go at was a level crossing gate...

This is the result - I'm pleased with it for day one! The layers are simply on top of each other, not yet glued or anything.

One question though. How are you guys finishing the card models ready for painting? Do you use shellac or is there a more modern equivalent?

Waiting for styrene to arrive now - hurry up postie.

Weathered Lenz V36 on a photo board (built to try out ballasting and grass "clumping"

And me :-)

"I saw Ronnie Moore score !" a one time Cardiff City fanzine, and where he is still spoken of fondly.

I saw him head butt a goalkeeper (Bury?) at Prenton Park about 100 years ago.............what a sad day yesterday for us Birkenhead boys.

I already had several Nimh rechargeables before I discovered Lipos and the need to balance multi-cell batteries, so I bought one of these, with which I can do all sorts (short of boiling an egg or two   )

http://www.emodels.co.uk/etronix-powerpal-80w-ac-dc-pro-charger-discharger-et0200-8.html

For the Western I use a very small, (but beautifully formed) Hubsan 1s 240 mah lipo.

http://www.emodels.co.uk/hubsan-x4-mini-quadcopter-lipo-battery-h107-a05.html

Happy with both solutions............

Over the last few weeks I have installed a Deltang receiver, battery, switch and charging circuit in an old Lima Western. I decided to replace the Lima 12v pancake motor with a 5v susomotor and power the loco with just a 1s Lipo at 3.7v. Works beautifully and, after finding the shoehorn, all fits in nicely!

Next project is to fit out a Lima HST power car. This one will be powered with a 7.4v 2s Lipo and the voltage uprated through a Pololu voltage regulator to 12v. Might possibly use the Tgs as a host for the electronics in this one as they run as a fixed set.....we'll see when I open the power car up?

I think just plain old walking round naked would be good

Like the "naked rambler"!

From hedgerows to rooftops.......

Many thanks for posting this.

Having been inspired by both this thread and the "Automated Motorised Traverser" thread started by Deev, I have just bought an Arduino Uno and have started to study.........

I intend to use the Arduino to drive a Herkat N gauge traverser under DCC as there isn't (as far as I can find) a suitable off the shelf decoder.   Then I will attempt full automatic control with Railroad & Co.  

Contibutions like yours, Deev's and Tender's all help, and the timing is perfect.   Just waiting for the postman to deliver some diodes and an optoisolator for the DCC circuit and we'll be off.....

Thanks to you all.

I haven't got the pictures you are referring to, but using them, try this site and see what they advise as the closest match?

http://scalemodeldb.com/paint

Find this a very helpful resource.

I would like to add one of my photos of the enlarged Glen Gillie taken at Peak Model Rail 2013 in Bakewell

66199 on the up slow line at Cranberry, Staffordshire on the WCML.

EWS 66057 at Stone station, Staffordshire.

Looking a little "tatty"?

Absolutely gorgeous morning - sunny and still, with the early morning frost just steaming off the garden.

Squirrel in the hanging basket and birds singing - almost a shame to just be having a "cleaning day"

Power!

As close as the fence would allow............

Visitors on Avonmouth Road 7mm

Here's a picture from the St John's Exhibition, Newcastle under Lyme in July 2012.

In the valley of the wolf

Jubilee