I’m sure some of you have seen this video ( https://youtu.be/aemeGDdrzJs ). About the 2:30 mark you see his smoke features. I know it accomplished with a fan for the stack, but how does he get the other special effects?
Mickey please edit out the parenthesizes, the second one became part of the link.
I usually put a link on a line by itself.
I do what John said or for U-Tube vids I use embed code.
Cool stuff Mickey. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
WOW! HE even had steam coming from the electric generator, and the bell swings, in sync with the bell sounds. Impressive.
Wow!! I think this requires electronic skills over my head, but I am very impressed!
Nicely done! Thanks for sharing.
Still he hasn’t mastered BLACK smoke! (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I’m trying to figure out how to get in touch with him to see if he has any work in progress videos.
If you are on Facebook, he is a member of the 1:20.3 Fine Scale Model Railways group.
I don’t do Facebook. Can you ask him if he has any ‘in progress’ videos?
Even better steam effects. About mid way thru around 3 min. https://youtu.be/uI0i0965f-g
Sorry I can seem to figure out how to do the embed code on this iPad. Figured it out. It’s a Safari thing so have to grab it in google
And a Shay
Mickey Kelley said:
I’m sure some of you have seen this video ( https://youtu.be/aemeGDdrzJs ). About the 2:30 mark you see his smoke features. I know it accomplished with a fan for the stack, but how does he get the other special effects?
So I’m still looking for the answer to my original post.
Well, several smoke generators, clearly fan driven. Just one for the dynamo, and a burst (probably a strong pulse) for the one coming out the side… another for the drain cocks probably.
Surprised he did not do the dual drain cocks on the cylinders, you can buy locos off the shelf that has that…
The bell is done with a servo, and if I remember correctly, you can make loosen up the johnson lever and have the linkage move, so attach another servo and away you go.
It’s not really all that complex nowadays, servos and cheap and DCC decoders have direct outputs to servos. Just takes time fitting the linkages and motors and smoke units, really more of a mechanical task than electrical/electronic.
If you want something with this stuff, look at the KISS locos.
Greg