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My HO layout Prototype Bingham canyon mine train room tour.
I am showing the train room, photos on the walls, display trains, memorabilia of the mine and trains, lights, flooring, and storage area.
Midland & Dorchester — N Scale Shelf Layout November 2020 Update
Hey guys, I hope everyone is having a great start to the holiday season so far. Here is the November 2020 update on my n scale shelf layout. Thanks for taking a look!
Update: Less is More WIP
The track into the downtown area on my layout, the Trenton Subdivision in N Scale is laid and ballasted. I removed several sidings to give the area a simpler, less cluttered look. More below.
What's on Your Workbench - December 2020
Wow, it's December! I'll bet many of you started projects last month. Let’s see your workbench and layout progress as we kick off another month.
Eric
Eric Hansmann
Editor-at-Large, Model Railroad Hobbyist
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Need help with easement; resolved.
I need to have an easement to a 42 inch radius. My longest car is a passenger car that is 11 1/2 inches. I'm trying to figure out how long the easement should be so coupled cars going over it look good.
Less is More! WIP.
Weekend WIP! Tearing up the tracks to the downtown area on my layout, Trenton Subdivisionin N scale. The area was too crowded, removing some of the sidings, opening up some space and adding additional feeder wires. Less is more!
Code 70 to 83 compatibility
All of my layout is code 70 track and turnouts, ME and Shinohara. I need to install a right hand curved turnout and am wondering if a Peco curved code 83 #7 would be compatible with the code 70 ME track. My first attempt at hand laying a turnout has not been successful and at this point, I just want to get it done.
Question about M.E. HO frogs
Was wondering how you solder a wire onto a Micro Engineering HO turnout frog. There is so much mass I'm sure the ties will melt before the solder flows. It would have been nice if they would have included in the casting a 1/4 inch long pin like protrusion pointing straight down to solder to. This could have dropped into a hole you'd cut in the roadbed. Oh well, maybe next time.
Super detailed, working, Central Valley Turnout build from start to finish
This is the start of a “How-to” series on building super detailed turnouts from mainly CVT tie strips and Proto87 Stores parts. You can use some of these techniques or all of them, if you wish, to make some highly detailed and functional turnouts. In this series, we will build a turnout panel from start to finish.
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