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Home Made Conifers Add Realistic Scenes
Hi Jack from Star, Idaho. A while back in a post I said I had torn out a great deal of my railroad simply because I didn't like it. Here are a few photos showing some of the rebuilt part and especially home made trees using furnace filter, dowels, and ideas from Joe's DVD's. I plan to show a lot more of my layout soon but this will give you an idea that I love the wooded regions of the Pacific Northwest. So far I have built dozens of the furnace filter trees and I find it rewarding to create different looks in each and every
Prototype HO Signals
I model in HO and I am looking for information to build my own target signals (single light). Does anyone know what the correct prototype size is for led's (3 mm, 5 mm, etc.) in signals? It appears the size in some of the commercially available ones are too large and do not look like the prototype.
Thanks.
walthers tri state power plant
I was wanting to see if anyone had any pic of the walthers tri state power plant on there layout. I thinking of builing one but would like to see a few done already. thanks for all you help
Put Down the Brush
I had a lot of work planed to today, and I was even doing quite well with it. But as i was going along, I realized I was making shortcuts and mistakes left and right, and the results were unnecessarily ugly to look at.
Short lines
I didn't know where to post this, so here goes. I have recently taken an interest in short line RR. I would like to model one that feeds into a BN main line ( Using My Hl&B RR) (Main Line, BN being my fav RR ). Now I have more room to make more benchwork, and lay more track. I was wondering if anyone had any info on short line RR, maybe some photos are them picking up or dropping off cars at a customer. I think this will help me plan the next track to layout.
Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.
Ernest
Soldering to diecast metal
Has anyone been successful in soldering to a diecast metal engine body. If so, what is the best way to do it?
Thank you for any insights you can offer.
Caboose or no caboose?
Here's a question that I know will really generate some interesting answers. In the end, I think this will end up as a "unofficial modeling poll".
Backdrop Choices
OK, benchwork is 90% complete and I am soon ready for homosote and a backdrop. I'm looking for ideas for a lightwieght, low cost backdrop surface I can paint sky blue and airbrush clouds while adding cut-out scenery to the surface for depth illusion. Some have suggested luan and others are proponents of thin plywood - but that seems a bit heavy to me. The layout is a point-to-point which covers 20 feet with a gentle curve to the right after 8 feet.
Help with scratchbuilding a turntable
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.
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