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Old school N Scale Scratch build
My fiend Joe D’Amato gave me some wood kirs a while back, one of them was complete, the other, not so much. But it did have a lot of lumber, some corrugated siding and board and batton…he’s also friends with the owner of Campbell Models in Oregon. Campbell doesn’t have any desire to make more N Scale kits, but their HO is a great source of inspiration…my inspiration for this is their Paint Factory…
Mix for Craft Paints
Does anybody on this site use off the shelf crafts to paint their structures? I would like to start using them since Poly Scale is no longer made. I don't want to paint a whole structure by hand, so I want to know what would be a good way to reduce them for air brushing. What would be the specific mix formula?
Thanks
Richard
Cutting stick on lead weights
So I'm going to try the lead stick on wheel balancing weights for my HO bulkhead flat cars. They're the common 1/4 oz ones and I need to cut about a 1/4 of the long side off so they fit under the frame. I have a hand full of cars to do and each car needs as many as I can fit under there. Anyone have a good way to cut them? AND yes I know they are lead and I don't mind working with lead.
BTW, I went the stick on weight route because I was having a hard time finding true lead shot.
Thanks
Steve
Wiring a pair of wyes in DCC
I'm working on my first layout using DCC. It is HO scale. I am creating a lumber camp area in one corner of the layout and have come up with a plan that will fit my space and allow for a siding for empties. Since I don't have room for a turntable, I'm relying on the wyes to let me turn the locos around. Unfortunately, what I have done is create a wye within a wye. I'm concerned about how to wire this up without creating shorts.
Need layout design input...
Would like some feedback on a 4'x10' island type layout I come in possession of a lot of Kato unitrack so I will utilize that. I would have liked to built around the walls layout but could not. My 9 year old son will be helping so using kato unitrack will be good.. but will later be weathered and ballasting. We will have some small operating sessions with basic train movements (just introduction for him) anyway here goes..
Silicon paint?
In the June 2020 What's Neat, John Regier does a very thorough upgrade of an Athearn GP60. At least a couple of times he uses what he calls "silicon paint." It looks like something I can use. I have searched for it in all the usual places including on this forum. What is it? Where can I buy it?
Steve Hoxie
Pensacola FL
Old N Scale Locos
I have 3 N scale locos dating to the mid to late 60's. All Atlas, 0-8-0 and a couple of diesel units. Don't run and iffy detail.
So the question is are they worth keeping or should I send them to the trash heap. Can they be re-motored?
Thanks, Jack
How model weather vane and model of a model
Below are two photos of the elements on the top of a station i am modeling -- White River Junction Vermont. I would appreciate any advice on how to model these- especially the steam engine -- a model of a model. Both the vane and the steam engine will be about 1 CM length to scale.
Return loop: How to hide them accurately if they stay open
RERTURN LOOP,
Many layouts use them, they are designed to return train or staging yard.
But when it comes to include them in a layout design, here come some troubles.
A return loop "eat" a lot of surface if you use generous radius.
I have to design one for my layout in N scale for a double mainline; the inner radius is 3' and the outside radius is 3' and 2"
First a train is doubling him or run parallel in the same space.
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