KATO N PA-1 /PB-1 Improvements

vadimav Jul 6, 2018

  1. Hytec

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    Vadimav, if I understand your situation correctly, you have a one-room apartment. That means in addition to your layout, there is furniture, bedding, and clothing, all of which creates excessive dust, more than most experience. Most layouts are in separate rooms, basements, attics, or garages where dust levels are lower than what you describe.
     
  2. vadimav

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    Yes! You re right.
     
  3. vadimav

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    Can You show a trackpan of Your layout there? May be, links, videos?
     
  4. DCESharkman

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    I do not shoot video, I am very terrible at it. If you google the ATSF-BNSF track plans from Barstow CA to Winslow AZ, I copied that for my layout. It is still under construction but all the trackwork is done. It just needs the scenery and some tweaks to the occupancy detection and Signalling which I will tackle the next time I am there. This was all planned for my retirement in another 6 years or so.
     
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  5. vadimav

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    Thankd, DCESharkman. As to me , i have my own trackplan. But this trackplan is generated as a ditrict statio standart , embeded into my room size. It has about 100 turnouts and fully automated according route oriented control.
     
  6. vadimav

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    The aim of my work - to modell shunting and train work. To model really existing station - is not my aim.
     
  7. vadimav

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    Let us cosider the dust problem. If dusts are generated outside the room, it would be effective to remove it by filter in the window, cancelling any other air acces. On the contrary, if the dust is generated inside room, in multiple places, it's difficult to remove it using air filters of any nature. It would require to organize air transport flow to filters which will embrace all corners of room. During this flow sensible percent of the dust will fall onto track and will attach to it. Also, there are no dust generating clothes and linens exist. Also, i can not buy another room in aim to separate living process and layout.(due to my low paid profession) So, it's difficult to reach absolutely clear track. CONCLUSION: To diminish troubles it's worth to do both, as to close gears of trucks and as well as make rare track cleaning by automatical cleaning train, which will eat not so much time.





     
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  8. MK

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    That's heavy duty cleaning equipment! Nice!
     
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  9. vadimav

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    I heared about CMX cans. So, I have a question: Are there CMX with moving cleaning pad exist?
     
  10. MK

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    I don't think the CMX car has any moving parts. It's heavy and puts pressure on the cleaning pad.
     
  11. vadimav

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    Hello again. Also KATO RSD4/5 also allow to make antidust covers for crank cases with opened gears on motorized trucks.
     

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