DIY
Home DIY
Build your own Static Grass Applicator
I found some tutorials on the internet about a home made Static Grass Applicator and decided to build one myself. See the end of...
Setup the Tsunami Digital Sound Decoder
In the previous post I described the sound upgrade of the Virginian 737. Now I will tune the decoder so the loco will run...
Pavement, Wall & Tile textures
In the download section you can find some of my texture files. I've got more than a gig of files, far to much to...
Scratch build a grain elevator – part 3
Cutting stripwood
Well that is... well... boring. After sticking al the stripwood on to the cardboard body I use a little sandingtool to smooth the...
Scratch build a grain elevator – part 1
A new project is boiling in my mind; scratch build a grain elevator.
First a bit of history of Grain Elevators
The need for Grain elevators...
Put a DCC function decoder in a Bay Window Caboose
A one evening project
The Athearn Genesis Bay Windows Cabooses are delivered with and without lighting installed. The unlighted cabooses have LEDS installed in the...
Scratchbuild a watertank
In the august 2013 number of Modelrailroad Magazine there was a description of scratchbuilding a branchline watertank from stripwood. It seemed to be a...
One-Day-Project: Scratch build an animal shelter
Today I finished a one-day-project: building a shelter for animals on the lower section of my shelf layout. Not a hi-tech project, but very...
Streetlight update
The first streetlights are connected and placed on the layout. Here are some pictures in a pretty dark room. The power to the LED's...