I'm always impressed by the range of knowledge here.  My club wants to etch lettering and a logo onto a glass door panel. Is there a process that will let us either do this with the door in place (preferred), or else let us do it with the door removed and placed flat?

Hi Jack From Star, Idaho.  I have several cabooses and a few tenders that are lighted but they flicker when rolling.  I am looking for a "Simple Inexpensive" constant lighting circuit using LED's that I can make myself and be DCC friendly.  I know there are pre-made circuits on line but $15-$20 bucks is a bit steep.  Eventually I want to light sixteen passenger cars, all I need is a very simple circuit that I can manufacture myself.  I know there are some electronic experts out there and I really need some schematics and componet numbers to ge

Hello everyone.

My name´s Alejandro Ramirez Watanabe, from Mexico City; I'm modeling in HO scale since as long as I can remember. perhaps as many of my Northamerican counterparts I started in the hobby with a trainset (MANTUA/ TYCO) way back in 1972, when my aunt came back from a quick trip to L.A., & bought me the train as a birthday gift.

I remember I couldn´t sleep for several nights. I was amazed with all the details the little trains had.

As the second deck benchwork continues above the staging areas, I needed to start adding the permanent supports.  My original idea was to use threaded rod, but crew member Jeff Weymouth had some reservations, principally about sharp edges posing a hazard to an unwary staging operator.  He suggested using some wood dowels instead.  At last night's work session, he and fellow crewman James Gronwald were "volunteered" to proceed with the installation, which seems to have been a great success.

Finally, my annual maintenance session is complete. This started out when I began entering all of my equipment into the Easy Model Railroad inventory program. Improvements include painted rail, new turnout control panel, roundhouse power control panels, painted fascia, car card boxes/trays, additonal first generation CPR locomotives, more rolling stock and improvements to scenery and building placement. All track has now been treated with CRC 3-36, so I'll just have to see how well it works.

Hi, I'm new to this site, so I don't know exactly where to even post this question:

I want to scratchbuild a turntable, about mid 1930's or so, USA. It will be in HO, and about 13" in diameter, and I want the bridge to be wood trestle rather than steel plate. I know the ultimate answer is "It depends", but I am trying to get an idea of about HOW DEEP the pit should be. I am hoping maximum about 1 1/2" - about 12-14' in scale (the thickness of a 2x4) -  but I can add to that if needed.

Hi Jack from Star, Idaho.  I was asked a while back about what engineering guide I referred to when I built my large trestle.  When I was asking about lumber sizes and bent spacing I was referred to a Google book "A Treatis on Wooden Trestle Building."  If you Google that you should be able to find it.  The online book was filled with lots of information about how different trestles are built, timber size, bent spacing, and deck building.  Check it out and I am sure it will help you with any questions you may have.  In addition, I wa

Came across this diorama set INTO a G scale boxcar at:

http://www.nproject.org/nl/minidiorama/minidiorama-wagon.html

While the page is in Dutch, pics talk by themselves.

The latest industry for my Western Pacific 8th Subdivision is largely complete.  Ideal Portland Cement was slated to occupy a key location on some narrow benchwork, and the final shape and size needed to be known before completing the roadbed through the area.  Previous versions of the 8th Sub have also included cement plants, but this is the largest complex yet.  I wanted a major industry that could ship a dozen hopper loads at a time.

Hi Jack from Star, Idaho.  I just received my order from Fast Tracks for the "Frog Juicer" they sell.  I hooked up the Hex Juicer today and what a great product!  I had the age old problem of short wheel base locos stalling over the frogs on my switches.  I was amazed how easy the install was and how well they work.  I found the ad in the MRH on-line magazine and will highly reccomend them.  I have a number of short wheel base steam engines and I can now creep through the switch without a single stall.  If you have the same problem h