Yep, that toy from the 1960's was used to create the tile roofing, the row boats and the canoe.  I really was getting it to make clear windows for vehicles, but had some other ideas first.  Got any other ideas.  Hopefully I will get these done in the next week and get some finished photos posted.

What are your sources of junk/ odd parts/ interesting flatcar loads etc...Lets give each other a few ideas we havent thought about.

Gears--I go to goodwill and buy junk watches and take the small gears and misc. parts out of them

larger gears--my dvd player died, cracked it open and grabbed a few larger gears that operate the door and disc drive

miscellaneous steel junk--typewriters are great for this kind of stuff

How do you store and or display your trains?

In this post, we give you a glimpse into the process we use to manufacture the MRServo slow motion turnout controller.  While the techniques are vastly simplified from that used by high-volume electronics manufacturers, the same basic steps still apply.