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NKP Bluebirds

Wed, 2015-09-30 09:20 — David Calhoun

I am a "happy camper!" Just got my new NKP Bluebirds with sound from a great deal on eBay, They are MTH engines as a replacement for the old converted Athearn diesels that have a few hiccups every now and then. Now to get over to a friend's house so he can program all the electronics for bells, whistles, horns, lights etc.

Electrical circuit connection ho walthers swing bridge

Wed, 2015-09-30 09:15 — malarye

Hi to all.

Can anyone here give some help about electrical circuit connection for ho walthers swing bridge? I´m talking about  the Universal Gearbox & Motor Drive Kit (933-1050).
The manual is clear about its construction, but does not give me an specific idea how fit it and putting together into the structure.

Thanks, Mario.

 

Radius of layout turns

Tue, 2015-09-29 17:32 — blackandorange

Gents,

Now that I have found most of my trains are going to be about about 30 to 40 cars or about 30 foot long. I need some input on radius. My initial thoughts were for 36" but what is a reasonable radius without wasting space and realistic running???  Space is not so much an issue but lets face it, just because its there do i need to waste it too. So what will allow for long trains but also not waste basement either??

trainmaster247's picture

Has anyone had experience with the Walthers Street Sections

Tue, 2015-09-29 06:35 — trainmaster247

Has anyone had any experience with the Walthers Street sections? I am looking into them and was wondering if they are a good quality and easy to use/worth the money. 

cables/plugs for connecting remote control box?

Tue, 2015-09-29 01:08 — gombul

Due to the limited size of our portable layout I have built a control box that will plug into the main layout for operation.

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Photos

Mon, 2015-09-28 17:45 — Jackh

I have a couple of photos I want to put into What"s on your workbench. I tried to edit the photos to get them to the 800 size requested and see no way to do it.

I am using windows 10 photo program. Anybody that is willing to layout the steps for me, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks, Jack

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First kit build attempts..

Mon, 2015-09-28 17:31 — trainmaster247

Took home two Accurail Center flow hoppers to work on today from the club meeting. As usual I forgot to take pictures (getting 6th graders to sit down and stop being grabby is harder than herding cats) with all the chaos, but here at home I got some. Overall it is a good kit but getting the detail parts in was a pain and a screwdriver/drill is a useful tool for making them larger.

EDIT: Changed name since adding more cars.


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