The burn in is a good idea to get rid of the ones that would die early. These tantal caps do actually blow up, and supposedly create little clouds...
digikey has these 220 microFarad 25V caps, but they are expensive ($4/piece):...
I think there are plenty of resources online for railroad bridges. For example, starting on page 478 of this 'google book' there is a bunch of...
Rick, phones these days shoot up to 4k. If you figure out a sturdy mount for the phone, and provide good lighting, the quality should be good...
60mm for N scale should be fine, shouldn't it? I measure 42mm from the base of Microengineering flex track to the top of a double stack of...
So what happened to crusader's project? He was building prototypes, wasn't he?
Here is a comparison of the two layouts, first with ME #6 and second with the (non-existent) NMRA #6 tournouts. I could of course also chop one...
Slight hiccup: ME #6 turnouts are significantly longer than the NMRA #6 turnouts in the XtrkCAD library! Back to the drawing board....
Different question: From what I found so far, it seems an NCE power cab can not be plugged into or be otherwise connected to a DR5000 (except...
Welcome aboard, Guenter. Nobody here will tell your wife, except for yourself. Depending on the scale this stuff might be hard to hide though....
So, I went through the same calculation as Xray (another 50 bucks just to hook up the NCE Power Cab to a computer???), and bought an arduino plus...
Ominrailrob, the Arduino running the DCC++EX command station is programmed when plugged in via USB to a computer; you do not need an SD card or...
Well, short mowed grass is maybe one inch tall, so divided by 160 gives 6mil or 0.15mm. That length probably doesn't exist. 2mm static grass...
It might have to do with fixed costs/overhead, and not enough margin and not enough volume. Just a guess. Slightly off-topic, but I just don't...
For my TTX 5-unit car with two containers on top I measure 42mm from the bottom of the track ties/sleepers to the top of the top container (some...
I think he can't change his track levels (rail height) above and below, and is looking for the thinnest bridge.
Do you (grande5771, BoxcabE50) mean BS as in non-sensical statements coming from the owner, or BS as in factual inaccuracies made up by the reporter?
Well, to me it didn't sound like a recommendation.
Interesting article. Apparently the owner is still hopeful. Calling your customer base 'foamers' might not be the best business move, though.
Clearance above the top of the rails for the Kato single track truss is 43mm, for the double track truss 46mm. Top of rail to underside of bridge...