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Motor Racing
Books on this shelf cover motor racing projects
Model Railway
Books on this shelf all relate to Model Railway products and projects.
Electronics
Books on this shelf relate to electronics projects & information
The Bexhill West Turntable User Guide
The Bexhill West Turntable is a computerised turntable control system featuring a wireless (mobile) controller for up to four turntables on a model railway layout. Each turntable can have up to 10 "roads", each of which can be easily programmed to any position...
Triang DMU modifications
Upgrading, titivating and otherwise modifying vintage Triang DMUs
Flush Glazing for older models
Many older coaches, especially Hornby Mk2 and older Graham Farish coaches - and locomotives (e.g. Hornby Dublo diesel locos, Triang DMUs) use acetate sheets behind fairly thick mouldings for windows, which do not look particularly prototypical. These pages co...
Hornby Dublo Diesels
Updating old Hornby Dublo diesel locomotives, typically their Class 20 (Bo-Bo), Class 28 (Co-Bo) and Class 55 (Deltic). These locos have a very simplistic chassis, a very large motor, and a crude drive mechanism. Projects in this section include designing a ...
Hornby Zero 1 - DCC Conversion
Ever since they came out in the late 1970s, I've lusted after a Hornby Zero 1 system. By the time I could actually afford one, though, I no longer had a model railway (or anywhere to put one), and it languished in the back of my head, forgotten amongst the cob...
Adventures in N Gauge
Documenting various things I do in N-gauge
Points, Signals and Tiny Stepper Motors
These pages describe everything, both relevant and irrelevant, related to the Points, Signals and Tiny Stepper Motors Project
Power - Converting to all wheel drive
These pages cover replacing the old Triang drive unit with a new low profile multi-motor system, to enable all-wheel drive, but retain as much internal detail as possible.
Lighting
Adding lighting effects
Old Farish Loco Modifications
From converting to DCC, through converting to coreless motors, and any other stuff that comes along.
Requirements
A series of pages related to the requirements of the project
Bogie design
Pictured above is a later Triang DMU, with its front dummy bogie riveted in place, and the power bogie removed, showing the motor sticking up vertically. To the right is an older Triang dummy bogie, on which the replacement (front) is based. At this time, ...
Let there be light!
Most original Triang DMUs do not have any lighting at all (left, above). They have four lights on the front... all of which are painted dummies. Later models did include a lit head code (right, above), replacing the original destination board & top light. T...
Converting to DCC
This is a holding page for some content later. Actually, it's just a place to share this file: EpoxyHat.STL The STL contains a tiny replacement for the brass brush holders used in most older Farish locos (i.e. not those with can type motors, or the newer Far...
Overview
Points, Signals and Tiny Stepper Motors Executive Summary A system based on the ever-flexible Espressif ESP32 wifi embedded processor, which will drive semaphore signals, track points (switches), and other animated things, where those things require a (gener...
Basic Hardware
Hardware falls into three main categories, as expanded on below. Electronics Controller To be confirmed Receiver ESP32 WROOM-32 (or similar) A custom PCB with slots for add-on boards Servo Driver A small PCB which physically plugs into the re...