Rabman
Active Member
Well I have made more progress and stuff is on order. I laid some track in the reverse loop. My double slip switch is now laid. I had some issues at on end where the curvature of the flex track was not mating up with the adjacent rail because of the soft insulated rail joiner. I cut the out rail plate tabs on a tie and glued it in place to push the rail over a little. Have lots of foam pins to hold it in place while it dries. Hopefully that solves things as it was causing derailments. I will know tonight.
Well I decided to go with DCC++ and bought a few Arduinos, voltage bucks to lower my laptop power supply voltages from 19.5 volts to 15 Vic, a motor shield for DCC++ and another different motor shield for a separate Arduino to power servos for turnouts, SG90 servos, etc. I got a starter kit as well. All in, the cost was about $280 Cdn with a lot of extra stuff. This would have been the cost of just a Zephyr. I still need to buy some push buttons for the turnouts.
I look at this as a learning exercise which will add to the enjoyment and some frustration.
Well I decided to go with DCC++ and bought a few Arduinos, voltage bucks to lower my laptop power supply voltages from 19.5 volts to 15 Vic, a motor shield for DCC++ and another different motor shield for a separate Arduino to power servos for turnouts, SG90 servos, etc. I got a starter kit as well. All in, the cost was about $280 Cdn with a lot of extra stuff. This would have been the cost of just a Zephyr. I still need to buy some push buttons for the turnouts.
I look at this as a learning exercise which will add to the enjoyment and some frustration.