ScOONs Zoom Meeting 16th September - 9 members attended Chaired by Roger
Roger informed us that the Ayr Model Railway Exhibition was taking place 21st /22nd September and he will be attending.
Vern - Attended a 4 day Soo Line convention. The Soo Line transported grain and timber, with the grain going to Minneapolis and the timber going to Chicago.
Roger has purchased a Raspberry Pi and Sprog to enable him to control his DCC layout via Android. Roger has also purchased a USB rechargeable airbrush and is hoping to use it prior to our next meeting and give us some feedback. A discussion on airbrushing followed.
Rik enquired about the BB021 modules used in our module project and the project specification. Shonagh directed him to the specification in Google Drive 2024-08-07-PDF.
Paul has been busy painting his backscene and has also purchased the Fourdees kit 'Whiting' which he is about to start painting.
Shonagh is continuing to work on her module and is about to commence the wiring. A discussion followed on ways to secure the final sleeper.
David Bird has been working at the Strathspey Railway. He is also looking to get a 3D print of a Leek and Manifold station building. He also enquired about how to achieve a sunken river bed in his module. A discussion took place on the topic as both Graeme and Roger have achieved this. A brief discussion also followed on the Leek and Manifold Railway.
David Duff has been working with an ESP32 low power system. David was also given a present recently of two boxes, one containing a lovely Decauville loco and hoppers, the other a Parkside Dundas kit of the Hunslet loco Linda.
Next Meeting - Wednesday 2nd October chaired by Graeme.