If you’re using more than one switch on your layout, you will have to change DCC addresses of your MTB DP1 switch machines, since they all use 5 as their default DCC address. Luckily this is a very simple process:

1. Press the test button more than 5 seconds. The LED will start to blink repeatedly if you pressed long enough.
2. Send a command to your layout with ...

With the sunny weather last weekend I decided to hike the last stage of the Via Jura hiking route. I was quite amazed and decided to share some photos. It was mostly beautiful nature, and here and there some brutalist constructions.

If you installed Rust on Gentoo without any additional steps and run cargo fmt in your project folder, you propably encounter the following error:

A bit back I posted a guide on how to paint model brick walls. Since the use of Moltofill is something that I always find a bit annoying (either not everything is coming off properly, or you end up removing paint), I tried another method: using a white wash.

You ...

I recently decided to start hiking for a healthier lifestyle and to spend more time in nature and not before a computer.

For my first hike I decided to walk around the nature reserve Häftli. Being almost entirely flat and only a bit more than 10 km, it’s easy ...

I built several brick stone buildings for my layout and figured I share how I painted them. Several steps are needed, and it is honestly not my favourite part.

It’s up to you what colours you want to use and what result you’re trying to get. I wanted to get a brown-reddish type brick house, as it is seen frequently for industrial buildings.

I almost exclusively use ...

This pretty much sums up my thoughts when I got the Antique achievement.

Using servos as a switch machine was a mixed experience for me, leaving me slightly frustrated since I struggled to install them properly on some switches. Hence I gave the MTB DP1 switch machine a try in order to save me a headache. The DP1 comes with a built-in decoder that supports DCC, and tak ...

The Shanghai mission of Transport Fever 2 (the last mission of the 3^rd chapter) includes an optional quest to “create a crowded stations value of 80%.” Initially I increased the number of vehicles, hoping the value would decrease to get less overcrowded stations. However, it seemed like I simply couldn’t succeed and the number rather increased ...

Some people have a map where they mark all the countries they visited. Other folks keep a list of the movies they’ve seen. I decided to combine the two and create a map of all countries I’ve seen a movie or TV show from.

I decided to only add films ...