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Brandywine & Benedictine RR part II

Thu, 2012-11-22 04:34 — arthurhouston

This is part II of a great model Railroad that I visited and operated on in Oct 2012. Part I is located on my blog site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Xk8CMOqGk

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SWITCH MACHINE INSTULATION PART II

Wed, 2012-11-21 20:04 — arthurhouston

This video is the step by step part of mounting a tortoise switch machine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthGtL0F_No

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Custom Made Decals---Lessons I've learned making my own water slide decals

Wed, 2012-11-21 13:47 — 2slim

You’ve probably seen catalogs that have inkjet decal paper advertised and thought “I wonder how difficult making my own decals would be?” Well it’s really not that difficult, but up until now it’s kind of been a ‘black-art’ meaning there hasn’t been too much press on the subject. I want to tell you about my experiences with creating my own decals, now I’m certainly no authority on making decals but I have learned a few things along the way that hopefully will help people produce good results.

Double Sided Casting

Sun, 2012-11-18 06:06 — Douglas Meyer

OK, I have created and cast many a single sided mold in rubber, RTV and other molds using things from casting resin to plaster to water putty.  The time however has came to take this to the next level. I need to figure out how to do double sided castings and molds. I can/will start simple but with the hopes of getting more complicated. 

The question is where can I learn more about this?

-Doug 

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Switch Machine Set Up for NCE-DCC Layout

Sat, 2012-11-17 10:00 — arthurhouston

Part I is about setting up and programing decoder to run switch machine on a NCE-DCC system.  Use of terminal strip applies to all layouts DC- or DCC.  Part II will deal with the physical part of the installation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIpBlz8J0R8

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Portable Hobby Bench

Fri, 2012-11-16 18:49 — Steam Donkey

Hi Everybody,

I have a wonderful hobby bench in the basement of my house, but every now and then I'd like to work on my models in our upstairs family room and spend some time with my family.  :)

Does anybody have a portable hobby bench that can be used while sitting in an armchair or couch? I'm thinking of something like a TV tray, but fancier with spots to hold jars of paint, knives, tools etc.

If you have any photos, please post them, I'd love to see what's out there to buy or make myself.

Thanks,  Stan

Rotary tool suggestions...

Thu, 2012-11-15 10:48 — kLEROYs

Hello everyone,

I'm looking into getting a Dremel (or other rotary tool) but I am not sure which style I should go with.  What do you use? What should I look for?
 

Thanks for the help.

Leroy


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