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railnerd: Building the 3-way turnout
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. February 7, 2015. Building the 3-way turnout. A productive modeler once told me: "Try to work on your railroad every day, even if it is only for a few minutes.". Taking that to heart, I decided to embark on the something I had been putting off for a few months: building the 3-way switch for the China Basin ferry dock. I started with a set of paper FastTracks templates ( http:/ www.handlaidtrack.com/Fast-Tracks-Printable-Track-Templates-s/11.htm. Bay Area PCR/SIG...
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railnerd: September 2014
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. September 28, 2014. Added a quick coat of paint over the black primer to Robert's SLA phone booths:. Look forward to installing these line side next Friday. September 27, 2014. Got a chance to add a few more layers of weathering, touched up some of the metallic details, and took a couple of shots before packing it in for the night. I'm really happy with the way this is looking— next step will be detailing and adding the pilot house. September 15, 2014. The final...
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railnerd: More painting progress
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. August 2, 2015. Was away from home for a bit, then came back to a very busy work week. Taking some "time off" from a project is often a good thing— it makes you appreciate hobby time even more. Today, I had a chance to test all those painting experiments from a few weeks ago on the apron:. I'm pretty happy so far, but have a LOT more to paint. Bay Area PCR/SIGs Meet Jan. 27-29. Electrical wars. Part 12: new turnout parts. Robert's Vasona Branch Blog.
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railnerd: Weekend Update
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. June 29, 2015. Had some time over the weekend to continue working on the ferry dock. With all the turnouts built, it was now time to focus on the "easy" track. I've become quite fond of the FastTracks "plain old track" jig for making straight track— so it was time to try using it to make the straight section of the pier. I started by making a simple section, then adding my longer PCB ties to the newly constructed rigid track:. Robert's Vasona Branch Blog.
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Brownian Motion on Rails: 3D Printing
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Brownian Motion on Rails. My meanderings about model railroading and electronics. Thursday, November 21, 2013. Wow, I haven't written anything for a long time. Well, I have 'laid my money down' on the QU-BD campaign on Kickstarter: One-Up/Two-Up. Per chance, I came across John's blog. About rebuilding his PrintrBot Simple into a. Derivative of RichRap's 3DR Delta printer, by printing out new parts. This is a great example of bootstrapping into an improved 3D printer. Recommended. David P. Harris.
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railnerd: August 2015
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. August 2, 2015. Was away from home for a bit, then came back to a very busy work week. Taking some "time off" from a project is often a good thing— it makes you appreciate hobby time even more. Today, I had a chance to test all those painting experiments from a few weeks ago on the apron:. I'm pretty happy so far, but have a LOT more to paint. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bay Area PCR/SIGs Meet Jan. 27-29. Electrical wars. Part 12: new turnout parts.
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Brownian Motion on Rails: LEDuino Announced
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Brownian Motion on Rails. My meanderings about model railroading and electronics. Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Well, Silicon Railway. Has announced their Arduino clone, which is called the. In its basic form it is totally compatible but has a smaller USB port connector, and has a power switch. However, it can also be configured with a DCC interface for railroad buffs, a I2C interface, and/or a CAN interface. Its a well-connected board. You can read more about it here. Or go to their website.
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railnerd: January 2015
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. January 5, 2015. The next phase of the ferry dock was building the piling walls along the inside edges of the dock. In a departure from the plastic construction I had been using to build the trestle sections, I decided to try my hand with using real wood to represent wood. First, I stained 3/16" hardwood dowels using thinned Vallejo Model Color 70-822 German Black Brown:. Here's a better look at the progress so far (with the barge for a reference):. Well we had ...
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railnerd: February 2015
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Ramblings about model railroad technology. February 7, 2015. Building the 3-way turnout. A productive modeler once told me: "Try to work on your railroad every day, even if it is only for a few minutes.". Taking that to heart, I decided to embark on the something I had been putting off for a few months: building the 3-way switch for the China Basin ferry dock. I started with a set of paper FastTracks templates ( http:/ www.handlaidtrack.com/Fast-Tracks-Printable-Track-Templates-s/11.htm. Subscribe to: Po...