This is what happens when you forget to set the DC mode to off and disconnect power from the track: [MEDIA]
Quick test video [MEDIA]
Test ran it runs wonderfully
The new addition arrived. 4-4-0 American. Looking forward to get it running. [IMG] [IMG]
Just won this on eBay last night 4-4-0 DCC Bachmann Spectrum #28304 (Hope I didn't out bid anyone here) [IMG] By the number I'm guessing it's an...
I'm going to use Owen the Shay engineer. Also have a brass bell kit. Now if I could only come up with a small motor to make the bell move......
Run test before dress up. [MEDIA]
Testing the Forney before I tidy up the wires. Still undecided about the final look. [IMG]
Video test: [MEDIA]
Hookup to a DCC sound 0-4-2 is easier and here is on with my hi tech camera mount. [IMG]
Using Bachmann HO bobber cabooes as a platform for the keep alive circuits. [IMG] [IMG]
Of course it does, silly me duh.......Thinking that electrical engineering collage might have been wasted, course it was nearly half a century ago
I'm building some keep alive circuits for my critters. The circuit will be housed in a separate tender with pickups on the wheels. So I have a...
A little progress with the Forney bash. Tender is now a single truck. Trying to devise the linage to the tender (Any suggestions more than...
I get that. Bet you see the reel change ques too ;) LED lights arrived. Put up temporarily for a test. The camera picks them up very well as a...
Looking through some old boxes of my train stuff I found this just in case I run out of other projects..... Brand new Mechanical with DCC never...
Ordered a 20' strip of dimmable color changing LEDs with supply and remote. should be here later today. Lets see how these do.
Bought a dimmer and it made it worse. I think I need to rethink my lighting, maybe buy LED colored strips that are dimmable.
They are LED lights, not fluorescent, so hard to understand. My other cameras don't have this problem but they cost more than $18 ;)
Testing the curve and a new Micro camera. Not impressed with the way it is affected by the lighting. [MEDIA]