I am busy building a Juneco Models Cartierville station kit for the Cornhill & Atherton RR

There are a lot of detailed castings supplied with the kit, but I am at a loss as to what one item is.

See below sitting on the platform – looks like 2 oil drums mounted on a frame, one with a basket on top and a coffee pot sitting in between.

Hello all - first post on MRH.

I want to build a helix (major statement!) - on an existing layout. I have it basically designed. It is an oval shape, each loop about 248 in. long, 29 in. radius one end, 25 in. other. It is right at 2%, so roadbed-top to roadbed-top separation is almost 5 in. Except for the first 1/2 loop, the helix will be entirely hidden. I'm not in favor of little openings/windows along the grade - I just can't figure out how to make them look right. Maybe LED's or CCTV, maybe.

Hi.

I am about to start making a static grass applicator using a positive ion generator that I have. I understand the electronics and the mechanics of making the applicator but don't know how the mesh size relates to the fibres length. What would be the recomended mesh size for say 2, 5, 7 and 10 mm fibres? I will be able to make more than one mesh so would like to match mesh to fibres.

Chris Waring.

I have a Athearn Genesis GP15-1 (DCC with sound) that sounds like it  has something rattling around in the speaker. The bad sound is still there if I have the speaker out of the loco. I have used 3 different speakers and get the same scratchy sound. I am beginning to think it is in the sound files. 

Anybody else have this problem? And, of course, any solutions?

I have another Genesis GP15-1 that was a non-sound, DC version. I installed a Tsunami GN1000 decoder, the install was easy and the sound is good.