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Many mind blowing things were shared at #CSSDay, but this little nugget blew my mind:
If you're using custom properties in opacity and transform animations, which are normally handled by the GPU, your animation gets downgraded to the main thread! 😱 🤯
Probably one of the most underrated features of #mastodon is the ability to leave a private #note on peoples #profile! I find it so useful to leave a note telling my future self why I followed this person. Especially if they decide to change their name or profile picture.
When I got my new stock boxes out at a (late 2019) garden railway meet, and explained they were from The Works, one of the other members asked me if I’d got the idea from the current* Garden Rail. In fact I hadn’t read it, but it seemed The Works boxes were all the rage, so in case my approach adds anything to that in Garden Rail I thought I’d better blog about it…
My stock has typically suffered being carted around in cardboard boxes – or in the case of locos, in plastic toolboxes padded with foam. These aren’t ideal – they’re not necessarily a good match for the size of the stock, and since I often have to travel with just a rucksack, I’m loathe to waste any space. I often cram a few wagons in with my locos. Packing and unpacking can become quite involved.
The works boxes are unfinished and somewhat rough around the edges, to put it kindly, but they’re cheap and they’re a lot more solid than a cardboard box. So I thought there was a potential upgrade for me there…
https://i0.wp.com/moelrhos.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/IMG_3849.jpeg?ssl=1Stripwood between the wheels locates the wagonsMy starting point was the ‘Large Wooden Box‘ (3 for £10, I wasn’t kidding about cheap). My approach was to take 28mm wide stripwood and glue it to the floor. This should mean that if I’ve got my back to backs right, stock push fits onto the strip, and all I need is some foam under the lid to push it down and it won’t move around. Before I glue in the foam the box gets several coats of varnish, since it arrives with no finish and needs some protection.
I worked out that the box would hold 6 slate wagons (Binnie/Coopercraft) if I ran 3 strips lengthways. This arrangement also works for 6 Coopercraft coal wagons. 3 strips the other way work nicely for PS Models Welsh coal wagons (again, I could get 6 in). 2 strips that way work for a range of open wagons, such as the IP freelance four plank, or the HGLW open wagon OW1.
https://i0.wp.com/moelrhos.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/IMG_3845-1.jpeg?ssl=1The frames and the skips are in separate compartmentsThen I started experimenting with adding in partitions from 3mm ply. After extensive experimentation, I figured out a way I could get 12 Binnie tippers in a single box. Since I only have 5 currently, this has actually proved the most expensive of my boxes, since I now need to buy another seven skips!
I have a ‘Rectangular Wooden Box‘ which is an intermediate size and much less useful, but it might be suitable for wagons such as my Jurrasic tool wagon which is fractionally too big for the ‘Large Wooden Box’.
Meanwhile I’m putting my thinking hat on to try to figure out the best way to convert a The Workswine box into a bogie van…
** This post was written in October 2019, but for various reason, not all pandemic related, I have fallen behind with my blogging, including hitting the ‘publish’ button on this draft. There have been several developments to update on since then, I just need to find time to do some blogging!*
My Funky Town - Deltarune REMIX [NoteBlock x @ImRuscelOfficial + @NahTony] (www.youtube.com)
An amazing remix from the jazzy my town theme for the upcoming Deltarune chapters. IDK, something about this song in general makes me feel safe.
Need help on saving reddit threads (for post-blackout reasons) to Obsidian
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