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Algonquin Railway Eastern White pines
Over the last two weekends I have been making up a batch of trees. The Algonquin region of Ontario I model is full of Eastern White Pines, Hemlocks, Cedars and Spruces for Evergreens. To model these I have used a few different techniques. For the Eastern White Pines or (EWP's) I make them one at a time branch by branch per the method developed by Mike Confalone in his Modelling outside the Box DVD's.
Walthers HO Sand Tower track centers?
Does anyone have the track centers for the Walthers HO scale sand tower kit? None are given on the kit and I'd like to get some additional track planning done. Thanks.
Charles
Operation in O gauge in 3 rail.
Part 1.An Operation of this size takes a lot of space.
part 2. I remember one layout from train master tv Pennsylvania and Western railroad. Most of the time you can focus on local trains .
part 3-pros and cons. Pros- easy to see and re-rail, easy to couple on and to see. Cons-it costs a lot of money and uses a lot of space.
Conclusion-paper work. You can take the same paper work from an HO model railroad.
What is the text on the end of this covered hopper?
On most ribbbed covered hoppers there is text on the verticle end panels that describes the wheels and axles that the car is equipped with. Usually it is centered justified on the center of the panel. The most common text that I have seen looks something like this:
36 1WW STL WHEELS
MINER RF-444 DRAFT GEAR
SPRING D-5
D-11 AXLE
On the car pictured below (a Trinity built 4750) the text is left justified and on the right side of the panel.
SCARM Train Layout Software reached v.0.9.25
I am happy to announce that the new SCARM v. 0.9.25 is ready! It comes with new figures and many new and updated track libraries. See details about it here:
SCARM Train Layout Software v.0.9.25
The new figures are horizontal and vertical cylinders and will allow drawing of objects, structures and rolling stock, like the small engine showed below:
In Search of Cardstock
Cardstock is an essential material for frugal modeling. But, how to find it. It won't likely just appear. It takes some scrounging and thrifting, but the effort is worth it. Join me as I share some of my favorite sources for this versatile material, and some ideas for using it: http://joshuadewolfe.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/idea-2-in-search-of-cardstock-mrbg/
Thunder Mesa Mining Company
Dave Meek is back from his summer vacation and posting his latest updates to the Thunder Mesa Mining Co.
http://thundermesaminingco.blogspot.com
You can learn a lot from Dave's modeling. I wish JoeF would get him to do some articles or appear on TrainMaster TV.
Den
Off the shelf HO scale Turnouts
Just wondering what people are using these days for off the shelf Ho scale Turnouts?
Personally I like Peco because of how smooth they are to operate and how positive the switch points are selected. I was using Atlas for years but I find the point rails were always sloppy. I think that the price for a peco is not far off from what other MFG have yet the quality is way better?
Opinions?
passenger car colors
some suggestions please, What would be some good interior colors for passenger trains of the late 50's
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