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Rigging for coaling towers
What type material is anybody out there using for the rigging of Coaling Tower coal chutes? The thread supplied by Walthers for any of their Coaling Towers or any structure that requires simulated cable/chain is way to fuzzy and the holes in the parts are to small for the supplied thread.
Thanks
Richard
Modeling California’s Italian Cypress Trees in HO Scale
The Mediterranean cypress of the columnar fastigiate cultivar, commonly termed Italian cypress in the American West, is a signature ornamental tree in the California landscape. Like golden aspens on a Colorado narrow gauge layout, the Italian cypress helps the visitor place the layout in the correct geography. These posts explain how I modeled this species in HO scale using common materials. For details on the prototype, read the Wikipedia article here.
Fading Non-Boxcar Red Freight Cars.
Immodestly I think I am getting pretty good at weathering standard boxcar colors using powders and Pan Pastels. But the era I model, around 2000, has more colorful cars. My experience trying to fade these out has been somewhere between bad to a disaster. My latest attempt was a Chessie blue boxcar I tried to fade with white Pan Pastels, did not work out. I have heard of spraying a thin layer of a lighter shade of the car color, but would that not also affect the lettering? I have also read to do this with white or gray. I have tired oils on several projec
Planning the new Maclau River in N scale
Port Allen like it is tomorrow waiting in a big box to be open in summer
I open this blog for the on the way planning and future construction of the extension of my Maclau River in N scale.
I have already mentionned I live now in Québec; the room for my layout need big works which are not started for now,; You all know the winter is heavy here in Canada and the room is not well heated.
J L Innovative n scale kits
I'm building a JL Innovative n scale Mcleods Super Service. The instructions are not clear on attaching walls and trim. Any help from anyone on building these kits
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Power where you need it on your layout.....
…………...If you're like me, you never seem to have an outlet handy where you are working on your layout. Here's a solution. The pictures should tell the story and how to do it. once made just run a screw into something where you need an outlet and pop in on the screw.
The Mud Bay & Western #3 - Roughing in the Benchwork
Based on the overall plan presented in the previous post (The New Plan), it is time to rough in the benchwork.
Part of the benchwork is anchored directly to the walls while the peninsula is self-supporting in the middle of the room. This required two different approaches for support. Around the walls we used shelf brackets. For the peninsula we used an aluminum frame.
Details in the post below ...
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