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About Colorado Railroads
Hi, My name is Steve, and I've been without a layout since 1992.
Since then, there's been a virtual revolution in model railroading as far as operation is concerned. Something called DCC has made my throttle pack obsolete, at least I think.
Lake Country Railroad - Phase I
With the advent of a new house in my future, I have the ability to negotiate additional right of way in the new basement. The basement is long and narrow with an additional crawl space. The main room is 19' x 51' the stairs are not on a wall. My thought is to make an arround the walls layout around the entire basement and put a 19' peninsula on the far end. The location is Lake Country in Wisconsin, so this is a proto-lanced subdivision of the Milwaukee Road. The focus areas will be Hartland, Oconomowoc, and Watertown, WI.
designing a shelf layout
I am planning to build a N Scale 1x8 shelf with a 1x5 foot industrial add on. My goal is to make it as realistic as posible, and it will be a SP 1980's theamed layout based off the Arizona desert. I am going to use the Walthers ADM grain tower and another building.
What do you think of my rough draft?
Vintage Vehicles suitable for 55n3
You need vehicles to flesh out the model world. I found these vintage vehicles suitable for Scale55 and 55n3.
The 1920 Mack truck is a Matchbox, Models of Yesterday. The other cars and trucks are Lledo, Days Gone By. The steam tractor is unknown and the IHC tractor is an Ertl 1/60. These are vehicles from my S scale days that were really too big for S.
What is 55n3:
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Harold
Adhesives terminology - ACC vs CA
I have some confusion about the use of the term "ACC" when used in a discussion or article about the use of a cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA). Where did the acronym ACC originate? It does not, IMHO, derive from cyanoacrylate. Is/Was it an acronym derived from a manufacturer of a cyanoacrylate product ? Perhaps I have not had the experience in the modeling arenas to have been exposed to this acronym. Is it a gel type formulation of CA ? Is it like the Slow Jet adhesive (as manufactured by Jet Glues ? (Not to be confused with Jet Blue )
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55n3 K-27, could be built for less than $200, YIKES
Some one asked me a while back about "Modern" power in 55n3 here is my findings on the D&RGW K-27 in Scale55:
The Bachmann On30 2-8-0 matches the K-27 plans in the June 1973 Model Railroader.
It has been done in Large Scale, I never realized that the Bachmann 2-8-0 was converted to a smaller scale K-27.
EPT's O Scale blog - Passenger Depot Platform
On my station module I'm having a passenger depot with a platform. The platform is a low platform with its top of the deck at the same height as the top of the rails. The deck will be gravel with stained wood to surround the platform.
Hide Helix with Structures?
Is it possible to hide a 2 turn helix with structures? I would like to avoid the "helix in a mountain" route. Can someone give me guidance on how this is done specifically the entry and exit points? Pictures would be super.
Thank you.
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