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)

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

Upcoming in 2020:

NMRA Pacific Northwest Regional Convention Eugene, Oregon

Two Clinics on Animation and DCC

Past 2019:

NMRA 2^nd Division Portland, Oregon “DCC Projects Beyond the Locomotive”

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

“Build a Simplified WiFi Throttle You Can Customize” and “Model Railroading with Arduinos”

NMRA National Convention Salt Lake City, Utah

Animating Scale Model Cranes: Five Projects for Model Railroaders

Prototype Maintenance of Way Cranes and Derricks

35th National Garden Railway Convention Portland, Oregon

Animation in Model Railroads and Make & Take: Model Railroading with Arduinos

Check out my Scale Model Animation Blog too!
And
Scale Model Animation Videos on YouTube

Visit one of the great inspirations that influenced my modeling – Pendon Museum, U.K.

Photo Coutesy of The Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
©Geoff Bunza 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018