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Thread: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to love the Wi-Fi Bomb]
Post: RE: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to lov...
| Probably the most appropriate response to this whole saga LOL :D
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https://youtu.be/D3KQFypoqS8?si=TuJ7XI7X5YkzMWGR
And there we go, the beast in full working order.
Works only on hard surfa...
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Thread: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to love the Wi-Fi Bomb]
Post: RE: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to lov...
| HEALTH WARNING
The following mechanical nerd-out contains homemade diagrams, incredible amounts of probably nessecary detail, an absolute truckload of technical terminology, and graphic images of p...
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Thread: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to love the Wi-Fi Bomb]
Post: RE: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to lov...
| Well, I may have an update, of a sort.
I haven't yet identified if the green 'pots' on the board are actual adjustable signal potentiometers, or the crystal units, so I can't touch those until i'm s...
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Thread: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to love the Wi-Fi Bomb]
Post: The Transporter Saga [or, how I learned to love th...
| Soooooo, because I think we're well past the Christmas thread now, time to expand on my latest Tomica World purchase, which is only Tomica World by technicality :D
So, for avoidance of doubt, this is...
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
| Well this is the thing, I don't actually know how it steers, I'm guessing based on the limited description on the box that there's no reverse steering, yet until I get it out and read the manual, I ac...
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
| Well, I hope everyone had a merry christmas, I certainly did :)
Since I'm likely to be busy with some very important personal work [working towards an important job opportunity] in the coming month...
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
| Ask, and you shall recieve :D
https://youtube.com/shorts/tJQCe4HZNt0
https://youtube.com/shorts/1JcMJGJkiek
Both the Super Hikari, and the Tomica Express 485 Series, on the newly relocated la...
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
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Super Wrote: (12-22-2023, 04:18 PM)
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How does the 485 look running under the tree?
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To tell the truth, I haven't even built the layout yet :D
I've been so busy today with my birthday (trip t...
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
| https://i.postimg.cc/qg1hNHL1/IMG20231222104525.jpg (https://postimg.cc/qg1hNHL1)
https://i.postimg.cc/YGb9LQ1v/IMG20231222110405.jpg (https://postimg.cc/YGb9LQ1v)
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Thread: A list of all non-japanese Plarail rolling stock
Post: RE: A list of all non-japanese Plarail rolling sto...
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chrisjo Wrote: (12-12-2023, 07:44 PM)
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The so-called Virgin Train (the diesel-powered Intercity 125) is curious in that it's just a repaint of a Japanese train (the overhead electric-powered Kinte...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| https://i.postimg.cc/YGpSMV8f/image.png (https://postimg.cc/YGpSMV8f)
I'm definitely getting closer here, right thickness but not sure if it's the right size? It's a pullback though. I'm thinking...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
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Super Wrote: (12-16-2023, 01:07 PM)
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Looking good P-Man
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Well, I finally cracked the case of the make/model of the clockwork motor in the 'Charge Play' park-o-mat; While examining the parts agai...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| https://i.postimg.cc/hQ06s2H2/IMG-20231216-0001.jpg (https://postimg.cc/hQ06s2H2)
https://i.postimg.cc/F1gHwNvB/IMG-20231216-0002.jpg (https://postimg.cc/F1gHwNvB)
Well, now the customising can ...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| @Super - Guess you will eventually lol, I went with the one on eBay after an excruciatingly long session trawling AliExpress, AliBaba and other sites to find the same design for slightly cheaper - Cou...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| On the subject of 'Park-o-mats' while I'm deciding how to proceed with the repair of the 'Charge Play' type, I figured I should give honourable mention to a TOMY classic that's been around since at le...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| Yeah it did 😅
Kitronic was probably one of the few places I had left to search, they're basically like RadioShack but mainly sell to professional clients like schools, industry etc., but they do sell...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: RE: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| https://i.postimg.cc/4nMm0jLk/image.png (https://postimg.cc/4nMm0jLk)
Well, I'm one step closer to finding a motor, I think. One of the problems I've got here is that I'm not sure if I need a mot...
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Thread: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
Post: Repairing the Tomica 'Charge Play' park-o-mat,
| Well chaps, as alluded to in one of my other posts, I managed to get hold of a Tomica Town 'Charge Play' car park.
https://i.postimg.cc/TpL7ZTfw/IMG20231213183523.jpg (https://postimg.cc/TpL7ZTfw)
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
| Guess we could say that I left the door open....
Because it got stuck when I let it go!
https://youtu.be/B8aC3poC6WM?feature=shared
Slightly more on topic [ :D ] the wagons arrived yesterday,...
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Thread: Christmas is coming...
Post: RE: Christmas is coming...
| Wow how appropriate for Christmas, being a cold container...
Or perhaps we can say that it's Frozen?
https://i.postimg.cc/kD8vQG1d/image.png (https://postimg.cc/kD8vQG1d)
I'll see myself out :D
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