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Various and Random: May 2009
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Thursday, 21 May 2009. Decoder Comparison; TCS vs Lenz. Lets begin with the prices. Its an unfair comparison. A TCS MC2 costs under £20. A Lenz Gold plus USP module costs nearly £70. So, those with a restricted budget, stop reading now. The TCS chip does exaggerate this problem to an extent; once power is lost, the chip restarts from speed z...
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Various and Random: November 2010
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Sunday, 14 November 2010. The train on line 1 is running itself. A long time since the last posting, but here is a train one. The automated shunting sequence includes careful buffing up to the train, and if the loco running has lights, these are switched on/off at appropriate times. Train movement comes from a Digitrax Zephyr command station...
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Various and Random: January 2010
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Wednesday, 27 January 2010. Using six outputs on Zimo MX620. I have a 2mm scale Class 24 diesel,. Fitted with a Zimo MX620. I wish to use all six of the outputs on the chip to drive various features; independent lights, working couplings, and I might use the last output for a cab light. In my case, I used the track pickup (decoder red wire) ...
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Various and Random: July 2013
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Sunday, 21 July 2013. Stay Alive Capacitors in 2mm Scale. The last post on this blog was about Stay Alive capacitors for DCC, and this is the same topic, only much smaller. A rectangle of nine capacitors, totalling 900uF, was assembled onto a piece of 0.3mm thick PCB. The upper surface of the capacitors were linked with a strand of w...Havin...
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Various and Random: YADCV ( Yet another DCC Coupler Video )
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Thursday, 23 June 2011. YADCV ( Yet another DCC Coupler Video ). I've done another DCC coupler design, in a Farish class 14 diesel. This one is a commission installation for another modeller (like certain famous motor cars, if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The 2mm Scale Association.
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Various and Random: September 2009
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Thursday, 17 September 2009. Etched brackets for DCC controlled AJ's. I've just taken delivery of a sheet of etched bits for the DCC Alex Jackson couplings. There was a fair bit of interest in them at Scaleforum, and I will be ordering a batch of coils in mid October. One etch per coupling (more if you are creative with the parts). The pictu...
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Various and Random: Skiing; Skarheimen 2010
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Sunday, 11 April 2010. Skiing; Skarheimen 2010. With apologies to those looking for model railways; fair chance the next posting will be on model making.). A hut-to hut tour through Skarheimen, March 2010. Weather mixed, good some days (hence pictures! Arriving at the first hut, staffed. Start of long day climbing a 1750m peak.
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Various and Random: November 2009
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Tuesday, 24 November 2009. This loco belongs to the East Anglian Scalefour group and is used on Coldfair Green. I have fitted DCC controlled AJ couplings to the loco using my etched parts. Coupling in open position, with magnet clearly visible on bottom of flap. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The 2mm Scale Association. View my complete profile.
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Various and Random: April 2009
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Tuesday, 14 April 2009. Latest 4mm Developments and ScaleFour North 2009. At ScaleFour North in early April, I showed a few of my most recent developments. To begin with, the "Coronation" has had its "up/down" coupler replaced with a rotating version. This has several new developments;. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The 2mm Scale Association.
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Various and Random: August 2012
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A location where I can leave articles and posts which don't fit elsewhere. Likely to cover anything from finescale model railways to cross country wilderness skiing. Monday, 6 August 2012. Decoder Stay Alive, mixing Zimo and TCS. Over the last couple of years, I've fitted a number of locos with "stay alive" capacitors, as detailed in the Zimo decoder manuals. At the weekend, I bought a TCS KA2 stay alive unit, and have tried it attached to a Zimo decoder. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
