Is it necessary to wash flex track in a detergent solution before laying it to prepare it for painting/weathering with acrylic latex paint, e.g. Polly Scale?  I had read someplace that someone had reported adhesion problems in painting the plastic ties on flex track with these types of paints and thought the problem might be due to some residue on the plastic ties, e.g. mold release chemicals.

Thanks for your help,

Bob

Hi all,

today I've been working on a small cost project. 

BLair Line Ho scale Treated Pile O' Ties. (LLC #2811)

To be on the safe side, first thing I did was spraying them with dull coat, since they needed some weathering and dry brushing.

As I build more kits to increase my fleet of rolling stock, I am left with a question.  What do I do with the boxes the kits came in?  My first thought was to toss them, since the cars will be stored on the layout or (eventually) in storage drawers.  But something in the back of my mind is saying that's a bad idea, even if I can't figure out exactly why.

Hi guys,

I have a number of steam locomotives as well as diesels that have the normal decoders installed. Is it possible to install a sound only decoder that works in conjunction with existing decoder?

If so , can anyone recommend which decoder could work?

Would hate to have to remove the existing decoders. This would be very costly for me!!