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Source for wood N scale ties
I am in need of N scale wood ties for mainline track. (scale 8' 6") can anyone give me a source other than fast tracks?
Athearn F45 DCC sound
I have had my NCE powercab for a while now and have only over the last few months come into purchasing my first sound loco. The first thing is apparently you can change how to loco functions by changing the CVs...I have no clue how to come up with the Value after i put in the CV ? or even if i am putting in the correct CVs at all ?
Any help with this would be great, be kind I am new to world of programing decoders (haven't attempted it before now)
Nick.
A Marion 4160 Shovel for the GE 85 Tonner
As part of the mine I need a shovel to move the ore. There are a lot of modern track hoes and other mining equipment out there, but none of that would be right for an early 1900's steeple cab locomotive. HBM&S, Bingham mine and some of the Missabe range mines had the 4160 series Marion Shovel. So here it is ready to dig ore in HO scale...sort of.
What speaker for a stock Kato SD40-2 ?
What speaker would the MRH brain trust suggest for
use in a Kato SD40-2 ?
Spec requirement is 4 to 16 ohms.
Protecting Fascia Controls
Over the years I've studied photos of layout fascias to see how folks mounted various control panels, individual controls and other sundry things such as shelves, throttle holders, etc. In recent times there seems to be considerable effort taken to recess controls, especially those that aren't mounted on larger panels, in order to prevent accidental activation or damage.
SKY PAINTING TIME ON GRANDE PACIFIC
Time to get back to work on Grande Pacific. It's sky painting time. Going to tackle a large section of upper level and try and finish it. First step remove cars and buildings. I will try and shot video during painting. Visit the Grande Pacific Facebook page and join to get notices of a lot of great activities in Model Railroading. https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ahouston3/
Layout Structures Lighting
Need some guidance and advice. Considering adding lights to some structures."floodlights " and "general" lights.
what do I need to do this?
rgh
Cargos for open cars
The last few days I made some cargos for my open cars. All loads are removable within seconds, without even touching the car.
Gondolas with gravel:
Gondola with crushed rock:
Gondola filled with debris:
Playing in the locomotive shop!
Hello again finally,
Wow, another long lapse in a blog entry from me, but as you can see below, I've put a lot of that time to good use.
All three locomotives work
I've spent some time over the past few weeks with the QD electronics cleaner with limited success. I finally took today off and got out my Xacto knife and scraped a bit of carbon from the brushes area of the Bachmann GP50. It now runs pretty well, but I think I will order a new motor for it. That should fix it right up.
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