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Alcohol residue
I recently cleaned the wheels on my Athearn Challenger using 70% alcohol. Unfortunately this left a white residue on the engine. Since washing the area with water didn't remove the residue is there some other way to remove it other than repainting the engine?
On30 on HO layout
For those that know Bobber Gibbs of On30 Consperacy, he dropped by our Saturday meeting and I got out my On30 train to run on the upper loop of our 5'x10' club layout.
I got a new site http://armchairmodelbuilders101.com and it links to the old sites so drop by and say hi!
Armchair
BL2 Single headlight
Custom Finishing used to make a single headlight conversion piece for the Proto 2000 BL2. As the headlight housing is a bit unusual and therefore a real challenge to make so I'm trying to locate some of these pieces, alas so far with no luck, by memory it was part #CF210. I would really appreciate any help in locating some ...thanks and Merry Christmas!
Surroundtraxx. Anyone else successfully running?
I post this again because I would like to have contact with others actually using Surroundtraxx at this time December 2012.
I would be pleased to hear about other modelers' successes or frustrations with the Surroundtraxx experience. Doug Fredericton, N.B.
Intermountain GP10 rebuild (Paducah geep)
Intermountain has announced plans to produce a HO GP10 (Paducah geep) these units were built from GP 7's, GP 9's and GP 18's. they are looking for road names and info on the various moedels built. One idea would be to offer the units built ready to roll with no lettering. Offer them in several colors Red, yellow, blue, green and black, similar to what Bachman has done with thier switchers (70ton, 45 ton etc), this way freelance railroads, club layouts, short lines etc could then be decaled by the purchurser. The GP10 could be justified on just about any diesel layout.
Is there an "easy" way to .....
..... make a mirror copy of a fairly complex kit part?. Have a very old kit, manufacturer closed eons ago, that is missing just one piece, but I have the other one (an exact mirror image). If I REALLY have to, I can shape it from wood or plastic. Is there an easier way?. Jose.
A track plan for Mike Confalone's Allagash RR
I've all ways been a big fan of Mike's modeling. And I've seen lots of pictures and videos of his layout in magazines and the web. It would be very helpful to see a track plan of his layout to follow along his pictures, videos, and articles. How could I find one? Is it published in one of the model railroader magazines that he was in?
Central Valley Turnout
Hi All
The turnout kits by central valley: what do I get? Do I need to buy additional rail and do I need to make and solder my own frogs and points? This is not clear to me. If so, how difficult is it to work with them. Is there on the web some sort of how to?
Regards,
Rob
The Netherlands
The $500.00 Layout Discussion
With a lot of folks down-sizing, I bet you could find a "free" tabletop for a layout. There's always someone trying to unload an old ping-pong table which makes a nice starter foundation for a nice sized layout. Even if you only used half of a ping-pong table, that would make a great starter layout. I would laminate some pink or blue insulation board to the surface and you're ready to start. Insulation board is around 12.00 a sheet at Home Depot or Lowes. I would go with a minimum of a 1 inch thick board.
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