Turtle Field Layout
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Charles Smiley
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I thought it was HO scale at first. Very well done.
engineerdylan
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wow dude that layout rocks!i collect ho and am tring to start a club for it to.
vato loco
Just a Foolish Saint!
Some views of the new part of the layout :
The benchwork is a little bit complex, so it will take lot of time to complete.
And video of the test of the Bachmann RS3 locomotive. A little noisy put run smooth. Not very good for tractive effort : slide with 7 cars in 3% grade & 15' curves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdZGCx2q2pE&feature=channel_video_title
The benchwork is a little bit complex, so it will take lot of time to complete.
And video of the test of the Bachmann RS3 locomotive. A little noisy put run smooth. Not very good for tractive effort : slide with 7 cars in 3% grade & 15' curves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdZGCx2q2pE&feature=channel_video_title
Hello all !!
Here is a all new building !! It is a full scratchbuilt plant. I have cutted it to fit to the backdrop. Bricks sheets are from N scale architect et windows from grant line.
Structure is cardboard made et concrete poles are made with evergreen :
Painting with airbrush and tamiya acrylics for the bick works, poles are painted with tetsor "aged concrete" :
putting togever :
The roof is from plasticard 0.4mm thick to be bended easily .
To be continued . . .
Here is a all new building !! It is a full scratchbuilt plant. I have cutted it to fit to the backdrop. Bricks sheets are from N scale architect et windows from grant line.
Structure is cardboard made et concrete poles are made with evergreen :
Painting with airbrush and tamiya acrylics for the bick works, poles are painted with tetsor "aged concrete" :
putting togever :
The roof is from plasticard 0.4mm thick to be bended easily .
To be continued . . .
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Photogdad
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Some work on rolling stock : Painting an heavyweigth in Rio Grande paint scheme :
Aluminium paint is from Alclad II.
Really dig the Rio Grande car. Nice work on it.
Hello All,
I have on my extension a diamont crossing witch was not so smooth to run. The problem was that the atlas Straith 60° crossing was not the best way to give the right curve :
So i have made a complete revamping of the track of this area:
The hart of the project was to built a diamond crossing in double-curve with the correct 52° that i need :
Very hard to do in N scale 4 days of hard job 8 hours per day ...
Here is the test video of new tracks, it was lot of work but i think it look better now :
[YOUTUBE]Te6POB2B69w[/YOUTUBE]
I have on my extension a diamont crossing witch was not so smooth to run. The problem was that the atlas Straith 60° crossing was not the best way to give the right curve :
So i have made a complete revamping of the track of this area:
The hart of the project was to built a diamond crossing in double-curve with the correct 52° that i need :
Very hard to do in N scale 4 days of hard job 8 hours per day ...
Here is the test video of new tracks, it was lot of work but i think it look better now :
[YOUTUBE]Te6POB2B69w[/YOUTUBE]
rustyfawcett
New Member
What was the resistor that you use. I am guessing that you had used leds for lighting. what kind of leds and resistors did you use. also the power supply
rustyfawcett
New Member
No I want to use led in my buildings and have no idea how to wire them. I have a normal ho train pack for powering and I don't know what to buy to do this . like what kind of led, resistors. I got some tonight and burned the resistor and led out. had it wired on ther + side and didn't work. please help
rustyfawcett
New Member
Ho yes, i understand now !! It is standard 3 or 5 mm yellow pannel LED. On my layout power is provided by a 24 Volts industrial power supply. So i use 1K ohms resistor. If you use standard 14 V from a power pack, better is to use a 640 Ohm resitor.
The law is U=RI
U tension in volts
R resistance in ohms
I current in amps.
So if you want to have the R value, you use this law : R=U/I
I is the current dropped by the Led (Cf data sheet of the component you have chosen) ,
U the tension provided by the power pack.
You bring the nearest upper resistor value you will find in electronic store.
For pannel LED (20mA) 1/2 Watt power is enouth.
If you chose Hight luminosity LED (droping 30mA to 50mA) better is to purchase 1 Watt power.
Never use 1/4 watt !! Too Hot
For polarity it is very simple : if it's work polarity is ok. If don't work polarity need to be inverted.
Resistor is mounted in serial, one resitor on each LED.
My two cent's ...
The law is U=RI
U tension in volts
R resistance in ohms
I current in amps.
So if you want to have the R value, you use this law : R=U/I
I is the current dropped by the Led (Cf data sheet of the component you have chosen) ,
U the tension provided by the power pack.
You bring the nearest upper resistor value you will find in electronic store.
For pannel LED (20mA) 1/2 Watt power is enouth.
If you chose Hight luminosity LED (droping 30mA to 50mA) better is to purchase 1 Watt power.
Never use 1/4 watt !! Too Hot
For polarity it is very simple : if it's work polarity is ok. If don't work polarity need to be inverted.
Resistor is mounted in serial, one resitor on each LED.
My two cent's ...
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