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Sammamish River Crossing
One of the universal problems with any layout is making access points to the layout, and retaining function of the space that the layout is in. In the same way, my outdoor layout needs access to the backyard. When I designed the track plan, I designed it to have as few duckunders as possible. However, one area that I couldn't eliminate or make into a nod under was the main walkway into the backyard. See top right of track plan below.
Looking for a source of classification lights
I am looking for a pair of O scale classification lights and mounting hardware for my MEC project.
any leads links appreciated.
...So, I needed a Loco Cradle in a hurry...
Sooo, I needed a stable Loco Cradle in a hurry...
(I do hate when inspriation to Get-a-Job-Done strikes, but you can't lay hands on that tool you really need right this moment...
...fantastic way to waste valuable/rare time and effort, searching for the tool you need just to get-started...)
- couple of pieces of Foamcore, and an offcut of corner-packing foam
(a piece of lint-free offcut material, say the front of a discarded cotton T-shirt, could also work in a pinch)
Looking for ) scale (1/48th Scale) automobiles and trucks, pre 1930s.
Hello, I am modeling in On30 and am looking for O scale Automobiles and Trucks. I'm modeling pre-1930s but would be interested in all of 1930s, if that is what is available. Do you have a good website. I would like to build these models if I can.
Thanks in advance!
The direction of this hobby.
I have been seeing a general trend for this hobby of more modern equipment being modeled. I had a Transition Era Layout of the Northern Pacific, which I have torn down and have now started on an even earlier era Steam Narrow Gauge layout. I'm thinking Time Wise this will be from the late 1920s to the early 1930s.
Oily track
Looking for some advice and easy way to make oily spots on track, I found this blog
There are numerous affordable techniques for weathering track and ballast
These are fine scale detailing since they are used for PROTO 48
On the blog, by clicking on "older entries" on the bottom right you can find a topic one about how to do realistically oily spots on track it's easy to use and the results look great
Need help with rivers
Guten Tag, Tom here
So I'm making a layout for the first time and I want to have a river running through it, I have known how to make the rivers, but do I just make the entire layout of thick pieces of Styrofoam or wood? and anybody know where to buy bridges? Thanks!
Branding ...our hobby needs to improve in this area
I have noticed a lot of companies associated with this hobby have very poor logos or web banners. They have either say
"We from the 50's" look
or they have
"here kids you do art at school, see what you can come up with".
And the worst thing about this is the Vendors, company's, associations probably realise this but then they say
"but we have had that logo for 10 years we can't change it now we are known by it"
how to make brass toe caps for a dining table leg's feet
I want to make some custom table leg toe caps (covers for the wooden ends of the bottom of a table pedestal). I want to use brass sheet and will need to solder some perpendicular edge joints. I have not soldered brass sheet before so could use some advice on the following:
- type of solder and flux (my web research has pointed me toward TIX)
Walthers Coaling Tower Track Spacing
What is the track center-line to center-line spacing between the three tracks for the HO Walthers Wood Coaling Tower 933-2922? Neither the instructions or the footprint diagram has that information.
Same question on the Walthers HO Modern Coaling Tower 933-2903?
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