My brass tubing made it in for my light stanchions. I bought a variety not being sure what size would work best but I found the .5mm OD .3mm ID worked perfect for the magnet wired lights. I used a pair of c clip pliers as a mandrel to make the bends. My big concern was going to be if the pipe crimped to the point of shorting out the leads on those bends but no issues so I'm on my way.
Windows for the backshop are done... whew! Everything else mocked up getting ready for paint. This building wound up being a bit larger than I anticipated.
My track plans are for 3 bays so likely I'll keep it as is. I'm used to working with much smaller buildings so this one is to the other extreme. I have the paper mill and elevator to do yet so maybe then I'll have some larger structures to balance this one out. Curious though if and when convenient if you could post some pics of the rails running through the building?
I am running Unitrack witch is C80, Whatever rail code you use...the webs will slide right down the grooves in the floor. . .
Thank you! Now I have another modeling expense I didn't consider... workshop tools and the such. Gah!
printing an more printing. busted my ender 3 pro so waiting on print to fix that . going to start removing the pi4 from that one and redo the whole thing. but got a bunch done. 45 foot containers an some pipe loads, a few dumpster's , some tents ,barrels, oil drums.
For a second or two I thought we had a whole new language going. Then I realized, we do. Aiiyiiyii !!
Time for me to get back to installing decoders and programming them and testing the programming, by that I mean speed matching new locomotives to run with the existing locomotives. I have a list of the scale speeds that I use for multiple classes of locomotives. Like Kato SD70's, SD80's and SD90's are matched to run together, but not to the GE Locomotives, they have a different speed curve and matching with other GE equipment. They are also grouped by function like mainline passenger, or fast freight etc. In my world only locomotives with the same manufacturer run in consists. GM and GE locomotives do not mix.
Outstanding modeling! May I ask where you got the brass tubing? I've been having a hard time finding what I want.
Thank you kindly. I got mine off of ebay. Search "albion brass tubing". They have a range starting from .4mm. I'm going to get a few more lengths of the .5mm as it's perfect for the magnet wire 0403 LEDs I've been using. The .4mm is just a tad too small with the .2mm ID but stand off one would have to have supernatural eyesight to tell the difference. I've been using the woodland scenics wall mount lamps but the goose necks look pretty crusty when doing close up pics as they run the wire on the outside then paint over everything. With these tubes I can now make my own which will look better and can do it for a fraction of the cost.
The back shop is close to done. Just needs some weathering and rails but the latter won't happen till it goes on the layout which will be sometime in the future. The interior lighting I've added is leftovers from ESU passenger car lighting I've done in the past. ESU DCC lighting comes in about 1 foot sticks for both N and HO where when you install you cut down to length to fit in specific cars. These pieces in the pic were the lengths I cut away that I kept for occasions just like this. The only thing is once you separate them you have to add jumpers on the negative legs between each two lights which are separately controlled lighting zones when still connected to the decoder. Not a big deal and yet another money saver and even already has the proper voltage drop resistors on the positive leg for 16V. Some Faller "Industrial silos" ready for paint.
