Hints & Tips




Surface MountsHow to use surface mount LEDs & Resistors on your locos.
Brass PickupsAdding extra pickups to brass locos for super reliable running.
Sound Of BrassInstalling a Tsunami Decoder in a "typical" brass loco with a few hints to get the loco running as good as it looks.
Using Servos How to use servos as turnout motors.
HOn3 Laurie McLean's University - not just Narrow Gauge.
Australian N scaleFitting Decoders and working lights.
Proto 2000 Diesels with 4 wheel trucks 1/Split Gears    2/ Jerky running
Turnouts
1/Mechanical    2/ Electrical
Bachmann Tamper Adding some lights and decoder to this unit
SwitchingSwitch Stands
Positive turnout control
Proto 2000 Switcher 0-8-0 Make a good loco great
Paint Box Build your own paint box
Proto 2000 Diesels with 6 wheeltrucks Improve electrical pickup
ProgrammingTrack How to wire your program track as part of the layout - withsafety
AD60 - Marker Lights Fitting working marker lights to the AD6o Garratt
AD60 - ExtraWeight (1) Adding weight to the Eureka Garratt
AD60 - ExtraWeight (2) Adding weight to the Eureka Garratt
Lima XPT Pickups Adding pickups to NSW XPT passenger set.