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My layout tour
In between late night feelings and diaper changes with my new son, I edited together a short layout tour video of my Tidewater Southern layout. Gotta love the portability of my iPad! This is a warts and all look at the progress I've made...not meant to look pretty.
Manitowoc 4100 Crawler crane
The little brown truck delivered this today.
I ordered it Friday and it arrived today. Talk about fast service. This is a die cast model in 1:50 scale. Close to O scale. At some point in time it will be fully motorized and controlled via radio control.
The cab housing.
An HO scale SD40 next to the crane.
Backwards brake valves?
I'm sitting here watching Polar Express again (my favorite Christmas movie), and the same scene is bothering me as does every year. When they show the kids applying the brake on the locomotive, they pull the handle all the way around to the left. Every brake valve I have ever seen works the other way, with the extreme left being the release position, and the extreme right being the emergency application. Are there brake valves which work the other way around? Or is this just another case of "close enough for the general public?"
Xtrackcad layouts?
does anyone know where there are a lot of downloadable Xtrackcad layouts to choose from. it would be nice to have a start point just to tweek
thanks
woodland scenics low temp glue gun
Looking at one of these to use. I have a regular glue gun that I us for various things, but how well do these ones work? Can I use their glue sticks in my regular glue gun? It says on their website that the gun heats to 230 degrees. is this really a difference? Anyone use this product and are you happy with it?
Just wondering.
Thanks.
Tortoise switch control
Hi, would like to know if it is possible to have a Tortoise switch motor be thrown from two separate location by separate DPDT switches, and if so how would you wire it.
Thanks
David
I think I got a winner!
After a couple of months of idle work, I thing I have came up with a layout extension plan. My current table is 3' x 4' and is an oval in N scale. Now I will be modeling my favorite parts of the modern day Wisconsin Central Neenah Subdivision. I feature places like the Wiouwash State Trail, Dale, Larson Co-Op in Larson Wi, Waupaca Foundry in Waupaca, and the yard in Neenah Wi. I created this in Paint.NET with the help of Bandicam, Anyrail layout design software, and Google Earth. Satellite pictures are copyright of their owners.
Two itms to discuss. Suydam kits and free-standing supports for double deck contstruction.
I have constructed several Suydam cardboard kits with success by painting, adding additional interior support and sometimes adding windows and door from other kits.
Does anyone have any good ways to make support legs for double deck construction that are frestanding?
Working on the Scenery
A quick introduction.
Model railroading took a hiatus for a few decades, until a chance visit to a Florida hobby shop and a purchase of a Athearn USRA 2-8-2 rekindled the hobby. Two false starts and then a small HO scale 2' X 8' freelance shelf switching layout took hold. Thankfully, all those blue box kits followed me through the decades.
The freelance layout grew and filled a small bedroom. Until two years ago I switched my last car on the HO scale and tried my hand at 2-rail O scale. Mostly to attempt hand laying track and turnouts.
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