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Hi,

I have at this time a very small layout in my garden, but with few ideas for future extensions.
There is no plants or buildings, I am waiting spring to work more on the railway.

I am working on my radio control system and battery power modification.

I don't have photos but a quick video of my layout :

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g44IdkWJ5AM[/video]

Looks good to me

Sam95 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:48 pm
I have at this time a very small layout in my garden, but with few ideas for future extensions.

There is an old English saying, " Mighty Oaks from little acorns grow"

-steves- wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:05 pm Looks good to me

To me as well, that's certainly more than I have! The shrub adds a nice touch.

Looks good and plenty of room for expansion.

Certainly enough to provide a little variety.

You do realise, that once you have enough track to play, the building tends to slow down a great deal?


Enjoy your trains!
Phil.P

One of my project is to have a small engine shed with a turn table on the left handside of the "station" you can see a point and 2 lonely rail waiting for that project to become real.

I really like this size! The runaround tracks really add a lot of operational possibilities, might have to try to work one into my similar-sized oval.

Thought I would embed the video for you so it's easier for people to see

Looks like you've got plenty of operating potential there.

Looking forward to seeing how it and the RC develops.

Rik

Hello all,

I have finished the integration of my radio control in the LGB locomotive with also 4 18650 batteries.
I have also finished the 3d print of my transmitter case. Unfortunately there are some defect in the print so it is not as beautiful as expected. But for a transmitter it is enough.


I will try to explain my design in English in another tread but here is a quick video of the first real running session with my own RC system

I am pretty proud

Nicely done! The controller looks very professional and seems to work well.

Looks like it's working nicely I like the rocks

Sam95 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:27 pm
I am pretty proud

So you should be. That is a brilliant little layout and runs well.
Looking forward to seeing it progress.

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:18 pm Nicely done! The controller looks very professional and seems to work well.

I can only second that, it looks very neat. Is it a home design board etc?

Looking forward to reading about your transmitter. In the meantime I'll practise my French by looking at your blog.

Rik

C'est bon!

Phil.P

-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:38 am

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:18 pm Nicely done! The controller looks very professional and seems to work well.

I can only second that, it looks very neat. Is it a home design board etc?

Yes it is a home design. For the transmitter I use an Arduino méga 2560, a 20x4 LCD, a rotary encoder, a potentiometer, a momentary switch and some resistors.
The case is also a personal design done on Tinkercad and printed in PLA on a sidewinder X1 printer.

To detail the design shall I open a new specific tread in another forum or shall I post it here ?

Sam95 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:55 am

To detail the design shall I open a new specific tread in another forum or shall I post it here ?

A new thread would be fantastic, it looks super

-steves- wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:26 pm

Sam95 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:55 am

To detail the design shall I open a new specific tread in another forum or shall I post it here ?

A new thread would be fantastic, it looks super

Yes please! Having tried using Arduino with NRF24 with mixed success, I'll be interested to see what you've done and how you did it.

Rik