What did you do to your trains today?

I've been working on a little project after seeing the idea of a Talk n Action Scruffy and Toad on this 2001 Japanese fan poll of wanted characters


I 3D modelled and printed a modified truck and Toad brakevan and fitted the chassis with the battery compartment and Talk n Action switch in them.



I finally got a little microcontroller reading the Talk n Action track bumps correctly, and once I get Toad set up correctly with a power switch, print a new bracket for the speaker and electronics inside Scruffy, and find a better speaker (the current one is from a Talk n Action and the audio blows it out) it should work better then I expected.

The audio is mostly unintelligible, but it'll play lines from Toad Stands By eventually

https://youtu.be/UHh3Rbjtz3E

Maybe I'll give a Talk n Action Edward or Diesel a try some time, but I don't know if everything would fit inside Edward, my boards are a lot bigger then the original signal board Talk n Action one