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Thing-a-week: 5: Progress on the AHM centercab...
Well, a new week dawns, and with it progress on my On30 centercab kitbash.
3D backdrop
Hello every one.
I am building a HO logging layout set in the late 1890's. I would like to have a 3D backdrop made by carving distant mountains into foam, 3 or 4 layers, each 3/8" thick glued onto one another and using fine ground foam of different shades of green rather then painting.
I have done some experiments that are very promising. I don't appear to have the talent to paint any thing convincing and this idea seems to be promising.
Using graphite on rails for better electrical conductivity
Having read about using graphite to improve electrical performance for DCC sound-equipped locos, I tried it. For me, whatever improvement in electrical performance there might be is outweighed by the loss of traction.
For my Bachmann On30 0-4-2 and 0-4-0 locos, they cannot pull more than three properly weighted cars on level track. Even sharp curves cause the wheels to spin.
My question is has anyone applied graphite to their track and tried to remove it afterwards?
Wreckers Reef
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39228&whichpage=1
I found this unusual Florida coast themed layout while surfing the net. It is very well done! I recommend everyone looking to build a shelf switching layout take a look at this. There are 48 pages on the build and it is recent.
Den
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