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Rix Bridge over the Yard
One of the fellows in our round robin group holds work sessions every Wednesday evening on his HO Scale layout, and each regular member is free to pick a project and run with it start to finish, with the layout owner footing the bill. This is great for me, because I get only the joys of layout building that I like, without any cost! And there are so many that come over to help almost every Wednesday night, that this layout is better than 80% done, in just a few years.
Chronicling the Modular Switching Layout
This will be where I detail my modular layout that I plan to use as another sort of chainsaw that may or may not actually get the chainsaw. It will depend on how it turns out.
The main purposes of this layout are:
1) Have something to run, test and display trains on while I begin the construction of the main layout.
2) Test out some techniques I haven't had the chance to try yet.
3) Display at the local hobby show and allow kids to actually run a train and move cars around.
Another Cool Addition
It is extremely difficult to find HO scale cars that were quite common in the 70s and early 80s. You can find exotics and such, but generally no run-of-the-mill cars. And the detailing? Generally they scream "model."
Nano-Oil usage experience
This thread is meant to accumulate Nano-Oil + Nano-Grease experiences from all of you in Model Railroading.
CNC Sherline Mill
Well I finally did it. I got a Sherline CNC mill with CNC rotary table, horizontal conversion table and an 54,000rpm air motor.
Here is all the boxes that got delivered Wensday.
Put it together today. Here it is setup in it's verticle mode.
Horizontal mode "A". Great for cutting tiny gears.
Jumping into JMRI Operations
I have been fortunate enough to finally find a local layout group to get involved with. Everyone gets together to work on anyone else's layout who would like the groups help, and we all share in the enjoyment.
I've seen the light! Well Oil Paints & Washes anyhow...
Tonight while doing some airbrushing I decided whilst waiting for the paint to dry I'd have a go at doing some washes and oil paint weathering...
Now I have been researching the Internet & YouTube the last few days getting pointers, but for a first go man I'm impressed by what can be achieved by using these. I've basically started out just doing some dirt runs, rust spots and runs, tire marks & wear marks and some highlights on timber.
One section at a time ...
I've attached a photo off my iPhone of my latest switch on this section - for now. It was starting to look like a railroad so I figured that the point of view should be from the boxcar roof. Without realizing a potential problem the roadway was graded in place using sparkling and over the rails, ties, and pc board tie! Looks ok for now but will short out my DCC system so some planking in this section will hide the future demolition.
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