Thursday, January 30, 2025

Running with power from adaptor instead of batteries

I am now using the Rokuhan RC-03 controller with a 9V power adaptor instead of three 1.5V AA batteries. 


I also replaced one turn with a switch. This will be for the train to be able to leave the box and travel to another layout.

Runs well. 




Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Picking up the Shorty layout again

After one year break from working on my model railway stuff (due to taking care of my two cats which I got in March 2023), I have decided to continue developing the micro-layout based upon the Rokuhan Shorty layout.

Here it is in the box, without the accessories:



Here it is with the inverse layout:


Here is the layout ground plane with the tracks removed. They were attached to it by 4 screws from the bottom.



And here is just the track: