I absolutely love what Andrew Tyhurst is doing with the N-Possible coupler in N Scale. But there’s one nagging problem on everyone’s minds: they’re not backwards compatible with the “legacy” couplers that everyone has running around. I’ve solved that problem.
In my professional life I’m a web developer. Occasionally those skills come in handy for hobby stuff (like this blog, The Conrail Photo Archive or TrainCrew). That entire world is in a state of change due to the power of Generative AI. I wanted to get some hands on experience with a new technology and […]
Combining the best of Freemo and T-TRAK yields a fun way to enjoy table top prototype modeling while escaping the clutches of the rigid (but brilliant) Unitrack geometry.
I put my TTRAK Technology Demonstrator Module together to show off a few of the innovations I’ve developed and discovered to help make more interesting or user friendly modules. You can learn about the various aspects of the module in this post: Hacked Unitrack, 3D Printed Leg Adjuster Knobs, my Standard Below Grade TTRAK Frame, […]
This is how to use my 3D printed Unitrack compatible roadbed and non-Kato track on a TTRAK module.
Adjusting the leveling bolts on NTRAK and TTRAK modules sucks. Adding some printed knobs makes it far easier. These are those knobs.
A discussion of coal loads on The Railwire prompted me to think about a smart way to easily create them for my hopper fleet. Because it’s 2024, of course I turned to 3D printing. Here’s what I did and how you can do the same thing.
I love it when folks find the stuff I’ve made useful. Paul Berman was kind enough to share his video about TrainCrew with me, so I’m sharing it with you.
I’ve seen it before: something important in the hobby world just suddenly disappears and now we’re stuck trying to find a good replacement. This happened with paint recently, and I’m afraid it’s going to happen with the single most important coating in the hobby: Testor’s Dullcote. I think I’ve found a replacement.
This is information for and from my presentation about TrainCrew at the 2022 MARPM Event.