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Philip H

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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #45 on: July 20, 2015, 06:14:53 AM »
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Quote from: mu26aeh on July 19, 2015, 07:30:10 PM
and built 6 DigCom Designs trailers.

20150719_190238 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

What's your build method on those trailers? Aren't they digital prints for card models?
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #46 on: July 20, 2015, 07:14:51 AM »
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Quote from: Wutter on July 17, 2015, 10:58:55 PM
Correct, the bottom of the PCB actually looks like this:

With enough 603 sized pads for wiring up to a triple target signal with resistors and thru-holes for transitioning to 24/26 gauge wire.

Are you going to do a base to plug them in?  And hand holes at the base?  Looking good so far!

I was just installing a couple fresh signals outside Franksville this weekend:

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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #47 on: July 20, 2015, 08:38:46 AM »
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Pete, don't know if it's much of savings. 21.00 in styrene and wood from Hobby Town USA. I could've
just bought the 150' for 35.00 from Rix.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #48 on: July 20, 2015, 08:58:40 AM »
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Quote from: wazzou on July 20, 2015, 12:12:58 AM

Is it cast or welded?   :trollface:

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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #49 on: July 20, 2015, 11:02:44 AM »
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Quote from: Philip H on July 20, 2015, 06:14:53 AM
What's your build method on those trailers? Aren't they digital prints for card models?

Yes, $5.95 gets you a PDF file. In N scale, 3 trailers are on a 8.5x11" sheet.  You can print as many as you want.  They suggest photo paper but these are just on card stock.  There are directions on the sheet for what gets scored for folds and what is cut thru. Glued with CA.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #50 on: July 20, 2015, 11:18:18 AM »
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Quote from: chuck geiger on July 20, 2015, 08:38:46 AM
Pete, don't know if it's much of savings. 21.00 in styrene and wood from Hobby Town USA. I could've
just bought the 150' for 35.00 from Rix.

@chuck geiger,

Except that you can now build a lot more bridges (or even other structures) with the parts you have left over.  The 150' Rix bridge doesn't go far (about 150 scale feet ;)).

I was hoping that I would have had the time this weekend to get some styrene I-beams, so I could build the next highway bridge on my layout.  I have plenty of square and round tubing left over from a previous project to build the piers.  But, I will need to scratchbuild the railings, because my last bridge project used up the requisite Rix parts.  However, I've been wanting to build railings like these (see below), which were seen all over North Carolina in the 1980s.  I just need to figure out the size of the parts.



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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #51 on: July 20, 2015, 11:21:43 AM »
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Quote from: mu26aeh on July 20, 2015, 11:02:44 AM
Yes, $5.95 gets you a PDF file. In N scale, 3 trailers are on a 8.5x11" sheet.  You can print as many as you want.  They suggest photo paper but these are just on card stock.  There are directions on the sheet for what gets scored for folds and what is cut thru. Glued with CA.
What are you using for a frame and wheels?
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2015, 11:33:50 AM »
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Quote from: Philip H on July 20, 2015, 11:21:43 AM
What are you using for a frame and wheels?

I just remembered I forgot to post that part.  Printout includes a trailer bottom.   You order wheels and land in gear from deluxe innovations.   They have a specific pack for digcom trailers. Has enough parts to do three trailers.   You can go to digcom facebook pay and find catalog and a sample trailer if you wish to download that to try before buying a file.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #53 on: July 20, 2015, 12:43:59 PM »
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With that all you need is some economy coaches...

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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #54 on: July 20, 2015, 01:05:50 PM »
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Quote from: jmlaboda on July 20, 2015, 12:43:59 PM


With that all you need is some economy coaches...



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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #55 on: July 20, 2015, 02:59:24 PM »
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Quote from: Sokramiketes on July 20, 2015, 07:14:51 AM
Are you going to do a base to plug them in?  And hand holes at the base?  Looking good so far!

I'm thinking of printing a bunch of base holders in WSF from Shapeways as I don't have the means of casting any. But for some installations I won't be needing a holder as it'll just be used as a breakout board for signal bridges with multiple heads.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2015, 07:29:34 PM »
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DFF - Good point. I am using handrails from Plastruct. I bought all they
had and not enough for this overpass section. I have no LHS, cept in
Dallas South or OKC North, just Hobby Town USA in Norman which
is the closes.t
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #57 on: July 20, 2015, 07:36:40 PM »
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Quote from: Wutter on July 20, 2015, 02:59:24 PM
I'm thinking of printing a bunch of base holders in WSF from Shapeways as I don't have the means of casting any. But for some installations I won't be needing a holder as it'll just be used as a breakout board for signal bridges with multiple heads.

We've got our first signal bridge coming up on the lead into the Lakefront Depot. I'm thinking about building one leg on a PCB base and plugging into the layout the same way as a regular signal.
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #58 on: July 20, 2015, 08:10:06 PM »
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More competition coming into town tonight.  Trailers for Old Dominion, ABF, and CR England Mexico

20150720_195658 by Adam Henry, on Flickr
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Re: Weekend Update 7/19/15
« Reply #59 on: July 25, 2015, 05:20:48 AM »
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Quote from: Sokramiketes on July 20, 2015, 07:36:40 PM
We've got our first signal bridge coming up on the lead into the Lakefront Depot. I'm thinking about building one leg on a PCB base and plugging into the layout the same way as a regular signal.

What signal bridge are you guys going to be using for a CNW(?) prototype?

It seems like options are very limited right now to the two BLMA bridges, 2 Alkem bridges and the unavailable Traincat ones.
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