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Need ideas for a modern bridge for double-track on a curve
I need ideas for a bridge in this area - maybe 16" (120 scale feet) long. As usual, I can't spare much height for the deck - 1/2", maybe 5/8" which will leave me with 3" clearance to the rails below. The trouble will be dealing with the scale width - it will probably have to be almost 40 scale feet wide to meet the clearance needed on the curve. I live in Atlantic Canada where Tall Steel Viaducts are common but I don't think I can make this work with the double-track.
More than an EM-1
Well, folks, it looks like Bachmann is coming out with a Mogul, an ALCO S-4 and ALCO FA2/FB2's in addition to the BeanO EM-1.
http://www.bachmanntrains.com/2011_NMRA.pdf
The Mogul reminds me of a GB&W Mogul. It will be a nice addition considering that the steam locomotives usually announced are large ones.
Now, if only someone would do a Harriman Pacific (light or heavy, machts nichts to me).
Mike
X2011: The world according to Lego
I was asked to go take some photos of the Lego layouts here at the 2011 National Train Show. As I normally do, I went overboard....
X2011: National Train Show - Under Construction
We started "construction" of the MRH booth at the National Train Show on Thursday afternoon. Some vendors/manufacturers had been there since Wednesday, and some of the larger ones like Athearn and Walthers had theirs all set up and were gone by the time we got there.
Make Yor own Scale Homasote Road bed
A year or so back there was a discussion on Making your own flexible Roadbed from Homasote so I thought about the many new members here and thought I would post the Web site and instruction pages here for thost wanting them.
Just go to the following web site for complete instructions and photos.
http://www.housatonicrr.com/DIY_Roadbed.htm
Forums for vintage kit rebuilders??
Am getting more into this wonderfully informative site-but one question- how do I contact people like me who rebuild/improve old wood/metal loco and freight rolling stock kits from 40 to early 60's .( Mantua, Globe,Varney, New One, Bowser, etc)
True the detail is nothing like today-but they have the charm of requiring some major tear down & rebuild skills.
From the amount of vintage kits sold on ebay and the fact lots of manufacturers still sell lots of parts, kitbashing -even old stuff- is not dead for this genre .
Need Help Getting Back on "Track"
Hi all, (i don't really know which topic this should go under maybe we need a disaster page)
Using plaster laden cheesecloth over cardboard web
I am finally putting in the mountain division on the CCC&StL.
I use the old tried and true method of building a cardboard web and then placing plaster soaked paper towels over the web to create the hard-shell.
I am wondering if using cheesecloth instead of paper towels would work and then give me more of a plaster cloth type substrate that would conform better to my web lattice.
Does anyone have experience using cheesecloth in this manner and if so what are some of the drawbacks?
Thanks
Indy
X2011: Day 3, The Rocklin Rocket
Part of my day on Wednesday was spent on my first ever layout bus tour - I've done the LD-SIG tour before, but those are self-guided ones. I picked this tour for a couple reasons - it only took up one afternoon, so I didn't miss as many clinics as I would have on a full-day tour, and it was the cheapest as well.
Our first stop was at Scott Robertson's On30 Never Done and Always Changing:
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