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Laying out the yard
I had some time alone in the train room last Easter Sunday. After stewing over the branch line height I decided to get down to some track work. O scale is BIG even if narrow gauge. After some more fooling around in SketchUp a plan was formed to have sections big enough to put some track and scenery on but not so big that it wouldn't be comfortable to bring in the house to work on the kitchen table.
Tsunami Sound
Okay, I've got several sound equipped locomotives, and have for some time. But, oddly enough, no Tsunami's or Soundtraxx of any sort.
Until tonight.... I bought one last weekend as a "Okay, I survived another Army Reserve Annual Training" self-present.
Okay, now I know what you guys are talking about. That is nice sound. I'm going to have to go in and see what I can do to tweak the others now....
Cornhill & Atherton Easter Weekend Progress
Just had our Easter weekend break so I had 2 extra days available for construction and progress has been astonishing – way beyond what I expected to achieve, which makes a change from the usual 70% achievement of plan at best.
A few photos........
How to build curved modules?
Hello!
I´m building a modular layout in H0 scale. I have space to build a L shaped layout, my first modules are built straight but now it´s time to build a curved module. Want to use a 90 degree curve and 24'' radius. How to build a curved module?
San Juan's Evolution Coupler in On30
The Ruphe and Tumbelle Railway has a complete hodge podge of couplers on it's fleet. There is the Bachmann EZ Mate HO couplers that come with their stuff (although I do raise them up to the proper height), Kadee On3 couplers and a few other various and sundry models. The reason I'm in this mess is that all of these fool couplers actually couple! Though sometimes getting dissimilar ones apart is a trial. Because they all "work" together I have just left whatever came with the model on.
Mrs. Schnebley's Sauerkraut: A 1/87 scratchbuild based on Earl Smallshaw's classic "Perkins Produce"
This is a work in progress.
The main structure is built following Earl Smallshaw's 1/87 scale drawings that were published in the December, 1974, issue of Model Railroader magazine.
Here are some current progress images of my build ...
this trackside elevation (below), including the roof, remains to be completed and detailed.
n scale sound
Last month I traded up from my old Lenz set 02 to a NCE powercab. As I have no sound equipped locos those horn and whistle buttons are driving me crazy! I would like to find a 4 axle diesel (1960s) that would take a sound decoder. Any ideas?
john
Modern paper/cardstock structures
As some of you know, I am working on a $500 budget layout, and right now, and I am down to $31, with more to disappear soon.
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