I must apologize for not keeping people better informed of progress on the infamous turntable module. David, for one, must be sweatin’ bullets. Especially since his highly modified Bachmann OF 2-8-0 has emerged from the shops.
Well, never fear. The turntable’s here!
I’ve been quite busy since the crash I reported last time. Obviously. I [...]
The 60′ Sellers Turntable kit arrived this afternoon from Freshwater Models. I have, of course, inspected it closely. The castings and materials look absolutely first rate. I’ve got a little shopping to do before I can begin building it, but that was to be expected. I think that the assembly is going to be pretty [...]
Been rather busy ’round here with projects not related to the railroad — Things like Christmas shopping and acquiring a new, large-format photo printer and a major photo shoot or two and development of the Orchard Studios web site.
I’ve also been working on developing a few On30 Guy products. Here’s a “progress report” of sorts:
Oyster [...]
By request, here’s a copy of the old article on lubricating the Bachman On30 Shay.
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Some time ago, I wrote a series on adding DCC to the Bachmann Mogul. Several visitors have asked me to repost the series. I’ve made an Adobe Acrobat Reader file, which you can download
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Several people have been after me to upload some of the technical data and projects I had on the old site. I came across the file for calculating DCC lighting circuits when using low-voltage bulbs or LEDs.
Download the PDF file here.