Had to redo some of my overhead, which was tricky, but working again. Whew!
#ModelTrolley #ModelTram #NCat #NScale #NScaleTraction

big-ass solder blob hanging over the street

I made these wooden jigs for installing the overhead in the first place, and fortunately have managed not to loose them all

this copper braid stuff is how you *un*-solder

unpowered testing

Overhead lines repair. Pantographs were getting stuck on a big solder blob (why this was not an issue originally and suddenly became one is a mystery, but it was definitely a bit of work I wanted to do better on anyway), but things are tided up and trolley […]

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Attempting to make a giant (for #NScale, so actually tiny) ice cream cone to hang in front of the ice cream parlor on my #ModelTrolley layout.
I put a dowel in a pencil sharpener to make a cone, rounded off the other end, and coated it with wood glue. Looks […]

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