The current project on my workbench is the pavement for District Blvd. in Vernon. The prototype is comprised of 12 foot traffic lanes, a 12 foot median, and 10 foot parking lanes. I used Google Streetview as a guide but didn’t use that imagery. Instead, I was able to find a street overpass in town that […]
Ed K. has written a blog delving little bit deeper into his TrainCrew app. You can read it HERE. Chuck Hunt has a very nice piece on creating a sense of place HERE.
With the discovery of Ed’s TrainCrew audio app., the next step was to see if I could overlay those sounds seamlessly on top of the locomotive audio being fed from the under layout sound decoder to my wireless headphones. Anticipating this need, awhile back I picked up an audio “mixer” from Pricom. One side of […]
After my last post on audio props, Ed Kapuscinski dropped me a note announcing that he’s developed an app. that already does many of things on my wish list. Wow Ed, that was fast! Thanks! The app is called TrainCrew URL: http://traincrew.conrail1285.com/ I’ve been playing around with it and it’s a simple matter to carry your smartphone […]
I feel like I should track down all of the attendees of my early op. sessions and issue a formal apology for what I put them through. It’s a common mistake layout owners make when they get into the operations game and have their first several years of sessions. We feel obligated to […]