So of the past few months I've just been plotting along with different things started building benchwork for the layout modify a peco turntable and I've finally gotten around to taking my models back to the club , here is a few photos of the past few months . Some things aren't the best but I've done them myself only way to learn, also my kids love the trains my daughter knows how to use a powercab.. Cheers Oscar
WARRUGA
ho scale based nswgr 1950s to the end of steam 1973
Friday 27 May 2016
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Dressing Up
Hi there, as i mentioned last post the detaling bug has bitten here is 2 HUMBLE S trucks ive been working on .This detailing is very very addictive, even if im not that got at it . 1st two photos is how the s trucks looked and the others are how they turned out and the last ine us a comparison of how i got them to look versus how i got them
Sunday 1 November 2015
Bits and pieces
Hi there been a while I've moved and got a 4.5 month old son now. But I've still been doing abit 1st i got a mate to put a kadee on the front of my c36 and i bought a trainorama c32 and have done some detailing just adding buffers at present but more to come the bug had bitten.
Thursday 4 June 2015
Problematic C35 No More
Hi there,
I finally got my Austrains 3501 up and running. I bought the loco in October 2013 and at first I put a NCE D14SR decoder in. It ran ok but still cut out, then the rod got caught and burnt out the decoder. Next I got a TCS DPX2, which made it run a bit better but it still stalled at low speed, and I love shunting so I couldn't have that. I put up with it for a few months then I did some research into "TCS Keep Alive Decoders" and I decided to choose a KAT22 TCS decoder. When I got around to putting in the decoder in, I broke some wires off and took the unreliable tender pickups off. It sat around for about nine months. Then my mate had some time and he put the decoder in with a better, more reliable tender pick ups and this is the result.
VIDEO OF THE KEEP ALIVE AT WORK
OLD FACTORY PICK UPS
NEW PICKUPS
Till next time,
Cheers Oscar
Thursday 2 April 2015
The temporary layout
As the tittle suggests I have built a temporary layout as I have a 2.5yr old and one on the way, I have decided it was the best option, I'm using a NCE powercab. Using pretty much all 2nd had stuff and as its the 1st time for me its a good practise for the real thing . The following photos show how I did the wiring : droppers on every bit of track ( besides the points) and everything goes into terminal blocks for ease of diagnosing problems
My daughter running my powerline (2012) 48 she knows which buttons are for directions and the emergence stop button and I have the hand of god
this little layout isn't much but I have leant a lot and keeps me and my daughter happy for the moment will probably chance it around a bit at a latter date as you can tell I was always gong to change it as the is no road bed
till next time
Cheers Oscar
Sunday 22 March 2015
TCS KAT22
First and foremost it's been over 16 months since my last post. I have moved once and in the process of moving again. Baby number two is on the way....
Here is two views of the 36 running. First video is on speed step 1 of 128 and the second video is on speed step 1 of 28
Till next time
Cheers Oscar
About 9 months ago I bought a Austrains C36. I put a TCS DPX2 decoder in it and it wasn't a great runner soI left it and put up with it. 3 months later I brought 2 TCS KAT22 (with inbuilt keep alive) decoders one for my C36 and C35,
a mate put it it in for me and also fitted one pick up per bogie (one picks up from the left one from the right -will fit all wheel pick ups latter). The difference in performance is amazing no longer do I have to run it very quickly, now it will just creep over dead frog points and everything and light will no longer flicker and it will only go about a inch with out power so it my have a bind
Here is two views of the 36 running. First video is on speed step 1 of 128 and the second video is on speed step 1 of 28
Till next time
Cheers Oscar
Monday 18 November 2013
WARRUGA station
I have done alot of research and some talking to James Mclinerney to come up with a prototypical station yard for WARRUGA and i have come up with the following diagram . Now all i have to do is start to build it will be slow with a 16 month old.
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