RETIRED GUY PROJECTS

[kusojiji]

Just some stuff I've been working on.

 

So, I noticed that the KATO N D51s don't have a tail lamp. I took one apart and found that the dummy light is actually fitted with a clear piece that can act as a fiber optic, so...

 

3mm LED, 2K resistor, aluminum tape a voila!

 

Ah, cannot add a movie file, bummers. Uploaded snapshot from movie file. 

 

All the latest D51s can do this. I took a look at the C62 but no go on that one. I did this to my UP Big Boy and FEF, but have to figure out a better way to get the power. My original design put too much pressure on that last bogey.

[Kingmeow]

You can add movie by uploading to YouTube and posting link here.

[cteno4]

Yes sorry movie files can get very big and our media server is not set up for streaming video as youtube is! You can embed youtube videos here but just pasting in the link in the editor and it will auto embed.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[kusojiji]

Sorry, I don't do youtube. RMWEB limits the size of the videos so I have them squished to 2MB.

[kusojiji]

Might be wrong forum, but just finished my Dapol N Terrier. I just recently gained an interest in the British stuff and really love the terriers. Tiny, colors are awesome (baby do do yellow as my friend would call it). Ran great for a few days then crappy. The problem with these things is they lose electrical contact due to swimming in grease and oil. I took it apart, cleaned it completely out. And there it sat for about a month. 

 

Started reading about bidirectional capacitors helping with DC stuff. Bought some tantalum caps, soldered them - to - and connected them. Yup, ran like a bat out of hell as expected. Tried a regular ceramic cap that was about 10 times smaller and it did the same thing, so tantalums out.

 

Installed the lights through some tiny holes that I drilled and routed the wires as best I could, between the frame and motor mounting area. Stuffed it all inside the cab, broke a few tabs off as expected and got it running. These tiny things are a real pain.

 

The British market goes for weight of the loco vice traction tires like Kato does in N scale. Since this thing only has 6 wheels, need all the power pickups as possible. She's got enough traction to pull these three draggy coaches. 3D printed on Peco chassis.

 

Now that I have a 3d printer, I'm going to take on a project that I started almost a year ago. Remotor an old C57. I have a super tiny coreless motor that I bought from Tramfabriek in UK. I just ran across his website and sent him an email about shipping to Japan. He said he did and the rates are very good, better than getting stuff from the US of all things. The problem with the C57 is that the motor is fried and is unobtainium. Brushes are toast. This will take a lot of printing to get the motor adapter to fit just right. Tried it earlier but the worm gear to motor alignment has to be exact or she won't run.

Edited Tuesday at 06:38 AM by kusojiji
didn't make sense

[kusojiji]

Almost forgot about this guy.

 

Introducing - Tengu the Tank Engine! 

 

Found the OO9 tank engine and mask on thingyverse and merged them. Drilled two holes in the eyes and put fiber optic lines in with a red 3mm led. Runs on a Kato motor chassis from a long time ago. 

 

I put some lead weights in the body so she can pull a few coaches.

[SwallowAngel]

9 hours ago, kusojiji said:

baby do do yellow

 

It is a better description of the color than it's actual name "Improved Engine Green" 😛