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Picked up a Bachmann Old Timer combine to see if I could steal its trucks for the CB&Q waycar. Have some mechanicals to sort out with it still but looks a lot better than the stock Bettendorf freight trucks already.
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Picked up a Bachmann Old Timer combine to see if I could steal its trucks for the CB&Q waycar. Have some mechanicals to sort out with it still but looks a lot better than the stock Bettendorf freight trucks already.
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It's pretty wild how much of a difference the N-Possible couplers make.
This was a low-lift conversion using N-Possible URS in a MT box (a 2004, perhaps?) since Kato's OG coupler is massive and a SBX I put in there just twisted around with all that space.
Still need to do something about the length of the shank somehow - probably by doing it properly and drilling a new hole to mount a SBX.
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It's pretty wild how much of a difference the N-Possible couplers make.
This was a low-lift conversion using N-Possible URS in a MT box (a 2004, perhaps?) since Kato's OG coupler is massive and a SBX I put in there just twisted around with all that space.
Still need to do something about the length of the shank somehow - probably by doing it properly and drilling a new hole to mount a SBX.
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Little bit more progress on the module this weekend - track fixed (with nails for the moment) and wired up.
I've been thinking about modelling a tiny CBQ depot on the module, as part of a fictional branch. So I was planning on putting down a single track, but relented at the last minute and installed both — the whole point of a T-Trak module is to plug it into a larger layout, and lets face it everyone else will have two track mains, so it's most useful doing same.
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Little bit more progress on the module this weekend - track fixed (with nails for the moment) and wired up.
I've been thinking about modelling a tiny CBQ depot on the module, as part of a fictional branch. So I was planning on putting down a single track, but relented at the last minute and installed both — the whole point of a T-Trak module is to plug it into a larger layout, and lets face it everyone else will have two track mains, so it's most useful doing same.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/116953202963631002
I'm into model trains. It's a hobby that attracts people who like to explore. If for some individuals tinkering with LLM fits into that I kinda get their interest.
Over the last half year small companies and hobbyist alike started blatantly sharing LLM generated images though. And it truly puzzles me: in a hobby based around physically modelling a small version of the real world, what's the point?!?
Is your hobby being contaminated by #AI slop as well?
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/116953202963631002
I'm into model trains. It's a hobby that attracts people who like to explore. If for some individuals tinkering with LLM fits into that I kinda get their interest.
Over the last half year small companies and hobbyist alike started blatantly sharing LLM generated images though. And it truly puzzles me: in a hobby based around physically modelling a small version of the real world, what's the point?!?
Is your hobby being contaminated by #AI slop as well?
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How do you reason it makes sense to promote a real product aimed at people making physical objects.. and then use fake images made by AI?
For everyone considering this product: the images shown by AZROCK / https://www.armballast.com are not actual photos of their product.
edit: image, note for example the disappearing sleeper below the track, third from bottom
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How do you reason it makes sense to promote a real product aimed at people making physical objects.. and then use fake images made by AI?
For everyone considering this product: the images shown by AZROCK / https://www.armballast.com are not actual photos of their product.
edit: image, note for example the disappearing sleeper below the track, third from bottom
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It's shame Kato doesn't make Unitrack in code 55 or even code 40. Would make T-Trak a lot more appealing for building an actual layout from.
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It's shame Kato doesn't make Unitrack in code 55 or even code 40. Would make T-Trak a lot more appealing for building an actual layout from.
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First time I've been about to form a train in about 40 years as well.
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First time I've been about to form a train in about 40 years as well.
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Picked up one of Mark Jesser's laser cut ply T-Trak single modules to take for a test run.
Very nicely done, fits together well. Looking forward to putting it together and get some track and scenery on it - this will be the first time I've actually had some track down in something like 40 years.
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Picked up one of Mark Jesser's laser cut ply T-Trak single modules to take for a test run.
Very nicely done, fits together well. Looking forward to putting it together and get some track and scenery on it - this will be the first time I've actually had some track down in something like 40 years.
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Running a sale on my #etsy shop that ends in two days. Take a look if you're into #ScaleModel, #ModelRailroad, or #DioramaBuilding at 1:48 / O Scale.
