I decaled and weathered this Penn Central SD45 and lent it to my friend Kyle (who took this photo) to enjoy for a while. He took this loco, along with his blue SD45, and some of his freight cars to another friend's railroad, that of Dave Weber.

This hobby is a lot more fun with good friends who can team up like this to share trains, railroad, tips, ideas, photos, etc.

I had a blast running my SPC 2-6-0 over the weekend. This loco has an RC system for the throttle, reverser, and whistle.

I was able to achieve a nice, steady, slow run and was quite happy to get a solid run in for an hour with just a few stops for water to be sure things were good in the boiler.

This SP freight, headed down grade, has just exited this tunnel portal.

Live Steam 0-4-0 made by Grover Devine steams through the rock-cut on my garden railroad.

50mm f/1.4 Zeiss Milvus Distagon ZF.2 @ f/8

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Here we go ladies and gentlemen!

1. Yes, my real name is Brahm. It's from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Not the ABC show Sleepy Hollow. That literally gives me a bad name.

2. I am a Freshman

3. I go to Jordan High, Home of the Beetdiggers!

4. I enjoy all music. I have Skrillex, Mozart, and Frank Sinatra back to back on my iPod.

5. LEGO Literally is my life. I make money for LEGO exclusively.

6. I live in Utah

7. Boy Scouts of America is the best thing to happen in my life.

8. I am Mormon, or LDS. Some consider it Christianity, others do not. Depends on how you look at it.

9. Old is superior to new. Except the new Corvette.

10. I also have some fingers in all types of RC hobbies.

11. Psyche is my favorite show

12. God's pranks: Avocados, Reese's, Pineapples, and tuna.

13. Fight me about it sometime.

14. I have all types of friends, from Polygamist to Pastafarian.

15. Never get me started on jokes or puns. You will die.

16. I have spent at least two weeks grand total camping every year.

17. Hey, have you met human beings? They are far better than cell phones. Try talking to one sometime.

18. I have a phone that is used to call my boss and parents. I need nothing more, no apps, and pay-per-text use.

19. I listen to 21 Pilots, Coldplay, Moondog, Mike Snow, Spoon, and Modest Mouse.

20. I play the Tuba and want to play the accordion

21. I really am telling you my autobiography

22. I have never had a "Snow Day," despite it snowing a foot one day.

23. Love history, hate math

24. Holla if you're going to WWB Anaheim

25. I write Poetry

26. I can kind of dance to Dubstep, but not well.

27. I CAN Waltz

28. My favorite server is Nature

29. I am a registered MLG. Friend me if you are too (Piranha-Petting-Zoo).

30. I donate a lot to charity. It's the right thing to do.

31. Okay, almost done. It's been a while since I was last tagged.

32. My math teacher is giving me extra credit if I give a presentation explaining the math of the USS Sangamon Carrier that I'm making right now. She's that cool.

33. I like to draw astronauts. On everything.

34. I think that everyone should like everyone else.

35. Donald Trump is a complete joke. Bernie Sanders all the way.

DONE! Thank you for reading all of it if you did. And thank yourself if you didn't. The only thing left for you now is to meet me. I am at either WWB 2016 CA or BrickSlopes 2016 UT.

Sony Alpha 77V, Tamron 70-200 mm @ 70mm, f:4, 1/400s, ISO 200

Developed in Lightroom 5

SE-YJZ

Luftfartygstyp FK14 POLARIS-B2

Tillverkningsnr 014-150

Tillverkningsår 2012

Registrerad ägare

Above All RC Hobby Distribution In Sweden AB

Adilsvägen 6

168 53 BROMMA

Sweden

Base: Örebro ESOE

On my friend Dave's garden railroad, one picturesque area is this valley with some bridges for the trains to pass from one side to the other.

This train happens to have a Penn Central SD45 leader that I decaled and weathered. In the background is a Penn Central patched boxcar that I also did with an interior of junk (old boxes and discarded wrapping). I was lending these items to another friend who brought them to run on Dave's railroad with some of his own stuff, too. I love this sort of cross-pollination we get in this hobby.

Nikon D610 with a Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ f/10

A Southern Pacific freight rolls into a tunnel on my friend's garden railroad.

Nikon D610 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 @ f/7.1

SE-YJZ

Luftfartygstyp FK14 POLARIS-B2

Tillverkningsnr 014-150

Tillverkningsår 2012

Registrerad ägare

Above All RC Hobby Distribution In Sweden AB

Adilsvägen 6

168 53 BROMMA

Sweden

Base: Örebro ESOE

A 'short' project; convert a lipo charger into an arduino controlled system with a nicer display and 16bit a/d converters for voltage and current monitoring. Lots of useful features and open source, when its done.

The old school (literally; its probably over 40 years old, that 1k carbon) resistor thing is there to set the module's i2c address. They use an interesting way of using 1 wire to select from more than just 2 i2c addrs. you can tie the line to high, low or a SIGNAL line on the chip and it will know which one, even if the data changes (being on a signal line). Weird! But pretty cool idea. So, using a junker resistor, I selected addr 0x48. (Its usually a good idea to tie config lines to high or low thru a resistor instead of a direct connection. On some lines, they may want to output a level (for a short while) and if you hard-tied it to Vcc or gnd, that could be a 'fight').

This A/D module has 4 inputs (a0..a3) and you can use them in single ended mode or as pairs of differential (which is how I'm using it, here). In diff mode, I don't have to be ground-referenced; I can measure the battery voltage 'directly' from its + and - terminals. Same with current, I can use a 0.1ohm resistor as my sensor and put my diff-pair of wires across that resistor to measure 10x the actual current value, in Amps. The current measurement has to be differential since you are not doing a ground-referenced measurement at all!

The a/d module is easy to find, its $10 on amazon/etc.

The charger engine, itself, is an adafruit micro lipo board. The important part that makes this all work is the fact that the charger 'speed' (or Amps setting) is set by a single resistor and it works fine if you use a digital pot (spi or i2c; mine is spi since that's what I had on-hand) and a cpu to control it. A lookup table maps the current/amp value to the 0..255 pot value I have to set in software. With a 10k pot, you can go from less than 100mA to over 700mA of charge range, enough to cover almost all of my RC hobby batteries ;)

I wanted to photograph some trains but it is just so hard with this fence around the parking lot and the sidings at the factory. Maybe I can sneak in somehow.

28mm AI f/2.8 @ f/22

The cab is shellacked and I've added number decals to the smoke box's number plate and the cab. The whistle is back on (you can barely see it behind the steam dome) and things are moving along. I need to make a coal load, maybe build some tool boxes out of oak, and sort out the RC bits (where to put batteries being one project itself).

A 'short' project; convert a lipo charger into an arduino controlled system with a nicer display and 16bit a/d converters for voltage and current monitoring. Lots of useful features and open source, when its done.

The old school (literally; its probably over 40 years old, that 1k carbon) resistor thing is there to set the module's i2c address. They use an interesting way of using 1 wire to select from more than just 2 i2c addrs. you can tie the line to high, low or a SIGNAL line on the chip and it will know which one, even if the data changes (being on a signal line). Weird! But pretty cool idea. So, using a junker resistor, I selected addr 0x48. (Its usually a good idea to tie config lines to high or low thru a resistor instead of a direct connection. On some lines, they may want to output a level (for a short while) and if you hard-tied it to Vcc or gnd, that could be a 'fight').

This A/D module has 4 inputs (a0..a3) and you can use them in single ended mode or as pairs of differential (which is how I'm using it, here). In diff mode, I don't have to be ground-referenced; I can measure the battery voltage 'directly' from its + and - terminals. Same with current, I can use a 0.1ohm resistor as my sensor and put my diff-pair of wires across that resistor to measure 10x the actual current value, in Amps. The current measurement has to be differential since you are not doing a ground-referenced measurement at all!

The a/d module is easy to find, its $10 on amazon/etc.

The charger engine, itself, is an adafruit micro lipo board. The important part that makes this all work is the fact that the charger 'speed' (or Amps setting) is set by a single resistor and it works fine if you use a digital pot (spi or i2c; mine is spi since that's what I had on-hand) and a cpu to control it. A lookup table maps the current/amp value to the 0..255 pot value I have to set in software. With a 10k pot, you can go from less than 100mA to over 700mA of charge range, enough to cover almost all of my RC hobby batteries ;)

The two copters there are some of the test subjects ;) Small blue guy is a cheerson cx10 with built-in battery. The gold guy is a JJRC h20 hexacopter, with battery bay and external 150mA batteries. The cheerson is very small and cute, but not a very exciting flier. The h20, otoh, is quite a good flier, with good speed and fast control. Both are $20 or less (which I find amazing in itself).

Looking for radio control (RC or R/C) airplanes, boats, cars, helicopters, or Quadcopter? How about endless amounts of radios, engines, servos, parts, accessories, and upgrades? Want a new and improved scale buggy, faster car, power engine for airplane or controller? More interested in real RC hobby rather than general hobbies? If so, you've come to the right place!

Looking for radio control (RC or R/C) airplanes, boats, cars, helicopters, or Quadcopter? How about endless amounts of radios, engines, servos, parts, accessories, and upgrades? Want a new and improved scale buggy, faster car, power engine for airplane or controller? More interested in real RC hobby rather than general hobbies? If so, you've come to the right place!

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

I wanted to photograph some trains but it is just so hard with this fence around the parking lot and the sidings at the factory. Maybe I can sneak in somehow.

28mm AI f/2.8 @ f/22

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

I have just completed Robin Hood 25. The kit arrived in good condition. The packaging is well thought out for transit and building sequence. The materials are very good quality including wood and hardware. It was a very enjoyable build. The radio system I used is Futaba, the engine is OSLA 15, the covering is Oratex. I enjoyed building the 25 so much I've now ordered the Robin Hood 80. Some history on myself, I'm 85 years old and have been in and out of the RC Hobby for the last 70 years. In the 40's I started with 10cent stick and tissue models. From there I started building tow line, and hand launch gliders. I then moved on to free flight gas models and u-control models. In the 80's I began building and flying RC models. If anyone is looking for a great kit I highly recommend Old School Models!

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あと、しらね…

Gear: FujiFilm FinePix S3Pro

shutter Speed: 1/45 sec

F-Number: 5.6

ISO: 160

Exposure Program: Shutter Priority

This photo was included in Kuwait RC Hobbies exhibition

OCTOBER 2007

Kuwait Science Club (ksc)

الصورة مشاركة في معرض هواة اللاسلكي - النادي العلمي الكويتي

I finally finished the Mambo and wanted to share a few pics and thank you for doing what you do. Its bad enough that there no more real RC hobby shops anymore at least in the dfw metro so it's comforting to have people such as yourself who keep on keeping on here in the USA. kudos to you and many thanks to you keeping kit building alive. My time here on earth is being cut short so the Mamba was my last build and even though it took a while for me to finish it I'm thankful I was able to complete it. wondering if there are RC planes in heaven? LOL

thanks again.

I finally finished the Mambo and wanted to share a few pics and thank you for doing what you do. Its bad enough that there no more real RC hobby shops anymore at least in the dfw metro so it's comforting to have people such as yourself who keep on keeping on here in the USA. kudos to you and many thanks to you keeping kit building alive. My time here on earth is being cut short so the Mamba was my last build and even though it took a while for me to finish it I'm thankful I was able to complete it. wondering if there are RC planes in heaven? LOL

thanks again.

I finally finished the Mambo and wanted to share a few pics and thank you for doing what you do. Its bad enough that there no more real RC hobby shops anymore at least in the dfw metro so it's comforting to have people such as yourself who keep on keeping on here in the USA. kudos to you and many thanks to you keeping kit building alive. My time here on earth is being cut short so the Mamba was my last build and even though it took a while for me to finish it I'm thankful I was able to complete it. wondering if there are RC planes in heaven? LOL

thanks again.

I finally finished the Mambo and wanted to share a few pics and thank you for doing what you do. Its bad enough that there no more real RC hobby shops anymore at least in the dfw metro so it's comforting to have people such as yourself who keep on keeping on here in the USA. kudos to you and many thanks to you keeping kit building alive. My time here on earth is being cut short so the Mamba was my last build and even though it took a while for me to finish it I'm thankful I was able to complete it. wondering if there are RC planes in heaven? LOL

thanks again.

Behind-the-scenes of SDSHobby.net

You may had learn of www.sdshobby.net/ and our RC hobby via Cyclonetoy Since 2008, or experience shopping at sdshobby.net of r/c hobby such as r/c airplane, r/c cars, r/c helicopters, r/c boats and other products. Due to excellent quality and competitive price, we have attain high international reputation

Recently we are taking reception of many customers from Russia, Australia… in our office and bring them to visit our storehouse, no matter it is a reservation or a come-around, We never suffer embarrassed, we are glad to hear their coming. But this is only rare percent. for most of the customers they just send email, or chat with online live support, and the better is speak to us via Skype, hear our voice via a call. So who are serving for u, and how www.sdshobby.net/blog/?page_id=955?

Today we feature a foto story to give our customers a peek into the daily lives of the team that makes up sdshobby. Here you can read all about who our team is and what they do!

SDSHobby Storehouse

There are many customer make a trip to China will not miss the chance to visit our office especially the warehouse, use David’s word “it is just like a super market”, and some of they will select what they need just like shopping in a supermarket, David usually do like this. With the strong supplying network and acuminous marketing judgment, we hope we can supply the most competitive products with lower price and higher quality for you

Staffs manager are processing orders

Meet Your Manager

No matter you are from EU area, Asia, USA, a islet, or even the same City (Shenzhen)，and no matter you are a buyers, partners or co-worker. We all indicate you a professional sales manager, customer service, webmaster, and then you can meet your manger below the picture I show

[SDSHobby Team] Carol,Annie,sherry, Lucas, Crystal,Jane,Alice… in market Department of sdshobby.net @main office. Main office Team is energetic and enthusiastic with creative mind.Our development is attributed to the efforts of prominent teamwork and team spirit.

I put some shellac on the oak cab I built for my Grover Devine Tribute Ruby, and 0-4-0 live steam locomotive I am modifying to pay tribute to the great Grover Devine.

Unlimited aerobatic model aircraft in flight at Popham Model Show.

The front seat passenger looks a little worried.

Note the full deflections on the aircraft's flying control surfaces

There are many types of RC airplanes available,find out what interests you the most is not a easy job. As a professional RC hobby wholesaler, SDSHobby always supply popular top-level RC airplanes since years of 2007, and today we recommend Extra Electric EPP Aerobatics 3D Airplanes Kit, which is most in type airplane during years of 2012, and that is also the desired type from our customers.

EPP- -Lightweight, Resistant and Cheap

The product is mainly made of EPP material (EPP is more resistant to solvent than is EPS (Styrofoam, depron, fanffold, bluecor)), light-weight and resistant. Due to this special material, serious demage would not be caused by slight faulty operation. The revolutionary design adds to the structural intensity and the rigidity of the airframe which is even made of EPP material, while ensuring the flight more stable and easier controlled. Light-weight design provides optimal Wing loading while ensuring the permanently strength of the craft. This characteristic contributes to the perfect flying performance

3D &Aerobatics -- Perform Specific Aerial Maneuvers

Extra Aircraft is well known for it can perform 3D maneuvers, for this EPP Aerobatics 3D Airplanes, the composition and the proportion are well matched to provide excellent flying characteristics, while still allowing for precision aerobatic performance and 3D maneuverability. Simple design allows for easy access and installation. And all necessary accessories are provided in the package. The color schemes are painted with new oil paint which makes the color fresher and permanent. Its small size excels at flying on a limited open space, such as park. It also fits into a very small car for transport.

Extra Electric EPP Aerobatics 3D Airplanes Kit from SDSHobby(there are type A/B/C,only 52.25usd)

This extra plane one of the best seller on our website, it deign the perfect Wing span in 955MM, Length in 945MM, Wing area: 15.2 (dmxdm), Weight: 480g (without battery)

Recommendation Requirements likes motor,propeller, battery and servos are all available and easy to check out on www.sdshobby.net/

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CREE makes some really bright LED's. This ThorFire CREE headlamp assembly is something like 5000 Lumens, on it's BRIGHT setting. I ordered it for around $15. I salvage lithium batteries from old laptop battery packs, and this headlight operates off of just one cell. A single lithium cell from a laptop pack is 3.7 to 4.2 vdc. I solder two cells in parallel, and solder the wire from the headlight to the homemade battery pack. I recharge with a lithium charger I use in my RC hobbies. In the link provided, you can opt to purchase the charger/battery from them if you don't want to tinker. Here's where you can get the headlamp, within the description you will see links to the charger and battery pack. Once you go to the link below, search for this item number: SKU131517

www.banggood.com/?p=M90717369192201312RC

Front props: CW & CCW (Reverse & normal)

Tail prop: CW (Reverse)

New Video coming to RCeveryday on YouTube

CREE makes some really bright LED's. This ThorFire CREE headlamp assembly is something like 5000 Lumens, on it's BRIGHT setting. I ordered it for around $15. I salvage lithium batteries from old laptop battery packs, and this headlight operates off of just one cell. A single lithium cell from a laptop pack is 3.7 to 4.2 vdc. I solder two cells in parallel, and solder the wire from the headlight to the homemade battery pack. I recharge with a lithium charger I use in my RC hobbies. In the link provided, you can opt to purchase the charger/battery from them if you don't want to tinker. Here's where you can get the headlamp, within the description you will see links to the charger and battery pack. Once you go to the link below, search for this item number: SKU131517

www.banggood.com/?p=M90717369192201312RC

Should also be a perfect fit for Multiplex Merlin