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TU-13S electronic tank micro

 

 

I saw the Aru "smart phone" micro layout and couldn't resist - just the thing to show others how really small a "layout" can be.  They illustrate it with an old-fashioned trolley on their 16A power chassis, so I ordered those also.

 

 

However, when I got the package from Yoshiya of Ginza Light Railways, I decided that the TU-13S chassis I also ordered was a much more appropriate size for the 60mm X 125mm loop.  I wondered what sort of body I could put on it, and considered checking Shapeways.

 

 

I then thought it might be fun to build something more in line with the "high tech" nature of the layout than the Aru trolley.  I had a couple of PCB's on hand that I was willing to sacrifice for the cause.  This is what I came up with after a whole lot of sawing, cutting, filing and sanding.  Oh yes, add in a small amount of 5-minute epoxy - although it seemed to take a lot longer to cure on this material.

 

 

My next project might be building a high-rise electronic city along the track.

 

 

I'm calling it a tank because the chunky profile reminds me of the German A7V of WW1.

 

 

Charles

 

 

 

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Hey Charles - you could put a con next to it for a photo to reference the size at all could you?

Never mind.  Just saw Jeff post with the back of a phone case pics.

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> you could put a con next to it for a photo to reference the size at all could you?

 

Here you go - for reference, this is Arial bold, 24 points.

 

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On the chance you meant to type "coin", here are a ten pence piece, an American quarter, and a Canadian "moonie"

 

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I think so - the info "sheet" mentions that (I think it's the only English text on it).  Separate battery case (2 AA's) with an on/off switch.

 

I got mine here:  http://www.justmystep.justhpbs.jp/sub5.html

 

The TU-13S chassis is at the 2nd Entrance.

 

It's a bit fragile, as the axles can easily pop out, and the sideframes need to be bent to retain them, but not so much that they cause friction.

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Moonie?

 

You live in Canada, so I'm surprised you don't know of this term.

I didn't make this stuff up - just repeating what I learned in Montreal.

 

Loonie = $1, Moonie = $2

 

 

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Not someone - dozens of someone's.

 

Reading the history, I likely first heard "moonie" in the early days of the coin, although I believe that's also the name I heard in usage well into the current millennium.

 

Maybe Montreal has a different culture than the Great White North.

 

 

 

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/02/26/naming-change/

 

http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/95q4/moonie.html

 

http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Extension/Articles/The-History-of-Canadian-Currency-SYM

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Love it queen with a bear behind thus moonie! I guess it lost out as you can't speak of the queens bear behind...

 

Jeff

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I have personally never heard of the term "moonie"...

 

Loonie and Toonie are what I go by.

 

Very nice project though! =)

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