I am in the process of making up some bus cables using the Northern Virginia specs. I found a source for some Molex plugs that mate with the Kato wiring plugs. They are not exact but do work. A whole lot cheaper that buying all the hookup wires from Kato yet compatible.
It's just a mini with a couple of tracks. A three footer or "triple". Will give me a place to store a couple of cars. Do a tiny amount of switching.
Someone brought an impressive yard to the Houston show. It was two four foot modules. Kind of awkward in the T-Trak world but quite appreciated. This is one end of it. Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
Theiu, Your modules look really great, excellent work! In fact, they rank among the best I have seen in any scale, not just T-Trak. I wish my own modules looked half as good as yours. Please be sure to list your modules and post photos of them on the T-Trak Wikidot site, to provide inspiration for other T-Trakkers. Bill in FtL
From the radio control section of your hobby shop, look for MPI Maxx stock #2913, Plug kit for Mini Tamiya/Mini Kyosho (1 each M/F, $1.50/pkg). They should be available through either Horizon Hobby or Great Planes hobby distributors. Bill in FtL
I went by my local RC Hobby shop. They had only one female plug in the Mini Tamiya series, that had banana plugs at the end of short leads. It cost more than the Kato equivalent. Will keep looking for the plug kit. Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
Hi Thieu, The site address is: http://ttrak.wikidot.com/ I find the site a little awkward to use, but then I'm pretty clumsy with most things having to do with a computer. Still, it is a good resource to see what others are doing (and where they are doing it). Bill in FtL
Well, in that case, when I haul all my T-Trak modules down to Australia, I'll just have to make some adapter cables.
Those corner modules are rather small. There is not much room for scenery. I find it therefore hard to come up with something interesting. I have two corners that are still without any scenery. I tried a little factory on one of them but it looked ridiculous. So I decided that one of the modules should contain nothing more than a pasture, a small forest and a road. And the reason for that road is simple: the adjoining module has also a road and to prevent it from running dead on the edge, I had to lengthen it onto the other module. Maybe a little silly, but I think that the results are not that bad at all.
I had the same delema with the two corners I decorated for my club. I ended up making a tunnel on one and an open rock cut on the other that matched the tunnel approach. Most of the time they are used together when the layout is set up. I also had to scratch build the tunnel portals because there are none that match the 33mm track spacing + provide clearance on the curves.
I agree. We tend to fill in every spot on our layouts with buildings. It looks more natural however to have some green space between the towns and villages.
I had a blank spot on a module so I made a real estate sign that said BUILDING LOT FOR SALE CALL 845-555-1234.
