Weekend Update 2019/09/08

[up1950s]

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=myimages;u=53 UNCROPPED SHOTS HERE

http://www.lbfoster.com/en/market-segments/rail-technologies

http://www.lbfoster.com/en/market-segments/rail-technologies/solutions/rail-monitoring/lidar

http://www.lbfoster.com/perch/resources/railminicatalogweb2018.pdf

http://www.lbfoster.com/perch/resources/transit-products-catalog2018.pdf

[rickb773]

"find out why a main Pavonia Yard lead no longer gets power"
If you're using DC, I don't envy you. I've been through that....

I am using DC and it took me the good part of the week to track this down.
As best as I can guess, one of the miniature power toggles on the control panel either shorted out itself or shorted to the toggle next to it (separated by 2 layers of electrical tape).

Naturally it was the short (barely bracketing the 2 Baldwin switchers in the picture) yard lead that controlled 6 of the 9 yard tracks. I replaced the 2 toggles and separated them with electrical tape and a strip of styrene.

I have also “tuned” 57 of the 63 switches in preparation for the next op session (I still have at least 2 switches that will probably need to be replaced). Now there will be a short work delay as I prepare for a colonoscopy. 

[davefoxx]

Here it is!  One curved, skewed trestle:



More on the Seaboard Central 3.0 thread in the Layout Engineering Forum.

DFF

[johnb]

Let's see...N Scale catenary and a T.A.R.D.I.S...

[bnsfdash8]

My scale test car from last weekend, but painted and decaled.

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[carlso]

Finished my diorama project. It is now mounted on the club layout. The lights will be turned down a tad............

[C855B]

I've been a Photoning phool this week. Test run of a signal project:



Pile o' windows fresh out of the printer, batch #2:



And their intended project, with first batch installed:

[cbroughton67]

So, this should look familiar to @gary60s since it's his design (found here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=37619.0) I scratch-built his "General Purpose Factory" as an auto body shop named after a buddy of mine (and fellow Mustang enthusiast) from high school. I added gutters using 0.060" channel, and made downspouts using 0.025" wire. The windows and doors are Tichy, and the overhead doors are just the cutouts rotated 90-degrees with some trim added. The paint booth is made from edited photos I found online of a cross-draft paint booth, complete with a '65 Mustang being prepped for paint. The plans are nice - only had to make one or two tweaks, and it went together easily. Thanks, @gary60s !


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[MichaelWinicki]

[Chris333]

little bit of scenery on the HOn30 layout

[peteski]

I've been a Photoning phool this week. Test run of a signal project:

Looking good.  I think that if you printed these using black resin, it would make easier to block the LED light from shining through the resin.

[C855B]

Looking good.  I think that if you printed these using black resin, it would make easier to block the LED light from shining through the resin.

That's the intent, I had white in the machine and was running mostly for test fits. It has been mentioned the available black resin might be translucent, a sort of dark smoked clear, so gray may be the end game for something opaque.

[peteski]

That's the intent, I had white in the machine and was running mostly for test fits. It has been mentioned the available black resin might be translucent, a sort of dark smoked clear, so gray may be the end game for something opaque.

I see. Yeah, translucent black would not be optimal.

[wm3798]

It's true.  I've lost my mind.

[johnb]

It's true.  I've lost my mind.

let's compare notes...I am starting to string N Scale catenary...my biggest source of happiness this week is a little blue box....you're taking cabeese that no one really want, slapping them on a crappy Con Cor passenger car truck and making money....