Scale Model Animation
      Making Small Models Come to Life

Model animation — bringing models to life — adds enormously to the
Interest and enjoyment of any layout or individual model !

Articles (Click on the Picture)

An Operating Steam Throttle You Can Customize

SMA42 SOCS - Signal Only Command Station for Direct Wireless Control of DCC Mobile Decoders

SMA35 Interactive DCC Decoders IDEC The Next Generation - Sequencing Movement Sound & Lighting v1.08

Raspberry Pi for Model Railroaders Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Mar 2019

RPi_for_Model Railroaders_MRH-Mar2019.pdf

Build a WiFi Throttle MRH RE April 2019

Build a WiFi Throttle you can customize

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Dec 2016 Arduino_for_Modelers.pdf
(A modeler’s introduction to the Arduino)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Mar 2017  Page 204   DCC_Projects_Using_Arduino_Mar2017.pdf
(DCC projects using the Arduino)

HO Collector Magazine,   Q4 2018 (Lionel HO for the Ages)

Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,   March 2017 (Bob’s Barber Shop)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Jan 2016 Model_Working_Cranes2.pdf
(Building Four HO Scale Animated Cranes & Moving Cargo)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Dec 2015 Model_Working_Cranes1.pdf
(Building Four HO Scale Animated Cranes)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Nov 2014 Battery Powered Models in HO Scale.pdf
(Operating, remote controlled, dead-rail locomotives & models)

Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,   May 2014 (A survey of projects for animating your model railroad)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine, February 2012 Points_of_Light.pdf
(Using micro Light Emitting Diodes in Scale Models–Tools & Techniques)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag Aug 2012 Bring_a_Wrecking Crane to Life.pdf
(Detailed Construction Guide for Animating an Athearn 250 Ton Model Crane
With DCC Control of Boom, Cab, Hook Motion, Lighting, & Custom Sound)

NYCentral Modeler Magazine, 2nd Quarter 2012 Crossbucks_&_Crossing_Gates.pdf
(Construction Guide to Kitbashing Lighted Crossing Gates & Crossbucks)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Mag, Feb 2013 Teach Your Engineers to Turn_Heads.pdf
(Build an Animated HO Scale Engineer that Looks Where He is Going)

Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine, July 2013 Scale Flash_Photography.pdf
(Realistic Animated Operation of a Rail-side Photographer)

Clinics 2023

NMRA 2^nd Division Portland, Oregon

· DCC Projects Beyond the Locomotive

Railway Modellers Meet of British Columbia 2023 Vancouver, B.C. Canada

· An Operating Steam Throttle

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Geoff Bunza's Journal/Blog Index

· SMA47 WILD1: Wireless On-Board for DC and DCC Locos and Devices from any Browser

· An Operating Steam Throttle You Can Customize

· SMA46 Comments on 3D Printing the Steam Throttle and Complex Builds

· SMA45 Intelligence On Board – Ideas for Model Railroading Beyond Mobile DCC Control

· SMA44 Mobile Power Cars for WiFi Controlled Locomotives and Mobile Rail Electronics

· SMA43 Add A Working Telegrapher to Your Model Railroad

• SMA42 SOCS - Signal Only Command Station for Direct Wireless Control of DCC Mobile Decoders
• SMA41 Working Neon Signs for Most Any Scale
• SMA40 Modeling with Magnets: Working MU Connections, Brake Hoses, Structure Mounts & Boxes
• SMA39 Model Railroad Animation Chat with Daz of Model Railroad Techniques (Austrailia)
• SMA38 Clarification of Servo Timing: A short Technical Correction to Almost Everything
• SMA37 Simple DCC Connections for Wide Decoder Adaptation
• SMA36 Interactive DCC Decoders - IDEC Principles of Operation
• SMA35 Interactive DCC Decoders IDEC The Next Generation - Sequencing Movement Sound & Lighting v1.08
• SMA34 More Power to SMA20 Decoders with Tips and Additions
• SMA33 Working Single Axle HO Traction Motors: Success at Cajon Pass
• SMA32 - JMRI Does DC ! …with up to 4-8 WiFi or JMRI DC Cabs
• SMA31 - 15 Amps Plus of Raw Power for DCC++
• SMA30 A Simplified WiFi Throttle You Can Customize
• SMA29 JMRI Turnout Channels – Direct JMRI to Arduino Communications - Simple Support for Lots of Data Out From JMRI
• SMA28 JMRI Sensor Channels – Direct Arduino to JMRI Communications - Simple Support for Lots of Detectors
• SMA27 DCC Controlled Animated Passenger Coach
• SMA26 Revised TwinT Block Detector for DC and DCC Train Detection
• SMA25 Tinkering with DCC++ Base Stations: JMRI To Track Connections, Accessories & Fun
• SMA24 – Working Scale Dynamometer Car Recording: Drawbar Pull, Track Voltage, Speed, Distance, & More
• SMA23 – A New DCC & DC Car & Loco Detector – Differential Absolute Position Detector (DAPD)
• SMA22 – Low Cost DCC Controller/Function Generator for Animation, Test Tracks, Absolute Stopping Blocks for Keep-Alive DCC Locos
• SMA21 – Animated Rough Handling Boxcar in HO Scale with a Wink to John Allen
• SMA20 Low Cost 17 Channel DCC Decoders Ver 6.01 with Sound,Triggered Sound,Stepper,Dual Motor,LED and Servo Control
• SMA19 Working HO Scale Helicopter
• SMA18 DCC Control for Random Building Lighting
• SMA17 – Cheap Flicker Free Car Lighting for DCC, DC, and AC – a New Kind of KAOS
• SMA16 –Harry’s TV Shop: New Working HO TV Models for 1964—“In Living Color” & New Sign Too!
• SMA15: New Dual Acessory-Multifunctionl 17 Channel Configurable DCC Decoders for about $5 with Configurable Servo Support
• Scale Model Animation 14: Grade (or Level) Crossing Control
• SMA 13 - Update to the 17 Pin Configurable Multi Function Decoder / Accessory Decoder Version Added
• SMA12 - 17 Channel Configurable Multifunction $5 DCC Decoder For Servos
• SMA11 – Build a MicroScene and Extend Your Hobby to Others
• SMA10 – Build a 17-Function DCC Decoder for about $5
• Scale Model Animation 9: Sequencing, Updates & a Challenge
• Scale Model Animation 8: Starting Projects and Virtual Rooms for Modeling
• Scale Model Animation 7 – Just for Fun! Smallest Scale Model Animation Ever?
• Scale Model Animation 6 – Down at the Dock Again and DCC Sound Advice?
• Scale Model Animation 5 – Building Building Animation
• Scale Model Animation 4 – Critter Guidance, Sensors, & Fun
• Scale Model Animation 3 – Teaching The Crane Critter How to Crawl
• Scale Model Animation 2 – LEDs and Lighting

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Photo Courtesy of The Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
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