Modeling topic

Shack and Outhouse

Mon, 2019-08-12 04:09 — rickwade

I happened across this shack and outhouse that I had on my previous layout and just placed them on the layout for the picture. Now I need to decide where they should reside.

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Next stop: Fordyce, AR and it's buildings

Sun, 2019-08-11 12:55 — Allen H.

Scenery - Structures

Ok, moving onto the next town and project. This time it will be Fordyce, AR.
Here's a shot from about 2 years ago just after I finished re-aligning the track.

Anyone have experience with the new Atlas All-Scales Signaling System?

Sat, 2019-08-10 17:41 — NDMARKS

Layout design

Anyone have any experience with the new Atlas Signaling System? I am planning on a small layout (4x8, 5x9, 4x8 with a 4x4 extension on one side). I'm not interested in ops-sessions. My aim is a computer-controlled system so at most 1-2 operators so I'm looking for something simple, a basic ABS system and don't want to put the time into a more elaborate system. I'm looking at either a Digitrax or NCE DCC system.

Central Valley Turnouts

Sat, 2019-08-10 13:46 — Sixman76

Reviewing the instructions for the Central Valley turnouts it says to glue down the tie blocks to your roadbed as a first step. Can the CV turnouts be built without this step to allow building the turnouts before track laying starts to allow you to stockpile a number of turnouts? Using the FastTracks jigs you can build the turnouts in advance.

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Jiffy Rerailer

Sat, 2019-08-10 09:08 — jngeddes

Several years ago there was a discussion about retailers, specifically the Jiffy Rerailer. I gather from that discussion that Jiffy is no longer in business. I cannot find them anywhere on the web.

I am looking for a compact retailer to use in staging and before/after a lift out section as "insurance". Obviously the Atlas rerailer is readily available but it is has a high visual footprint.

Does anyone know if another manufacturer has picked up the Jiffy design?

Loco Patch Out & Black Paint Fade

Sat, 2019-08-10 07:24 — SBrooke

This is a multipart call for help. So I'd like to patch this loco out for my home road and fade the paint.

So do I do the paint fade first and then the patch out or the reverse of that procedure?

How do I get a good fade on black, we've all seen the ex PC locos that Conrail had they were almost gray?

And lastly I haven't decided on wether to do a complete patch out or fade the lettering to an almost unreadable state and put my reporting marks and number over those, what is the best way to fade out lettering/logos should I decide to do that?

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Couple things off the workbench.

Fri, 2019-08-09 15:02 — Goose in The Ca...

DCC - Electrical

Hey everyone, Here,s a teaser for one of the projects I'm working on. This was one of the very first f-units I got, A-B-A lashup of blu-box F-units. B-units about to get a sound-chip, motor, etc., and the other A-unit will eventually get the same treatment. Weathered with a light coat of grime and some rust on the truck sideframes.