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Bucket list of things i want to model.
Over the years of standing along railroad tracks, I have a list in my head of things I want to model. In no particular order
Conrail 8907 SW7 This was the switcher that worked my hometown of North Tonawanda for years, and I always had a yen for a decent model of it.
Modelling a harbour warehouse scratch in wood
Hi! I´ve been modelling a wooden harbour warehouse this week. This scratch build method is not so demanding but will stillgive you a nice and aged look. The material is low cost balsa sheet and PVA-B glue + paint.
Flatbed Truck Enhancement
Here is a nice small project that I did last Sunday after noon. A flatbed truck from classic Metalworks looked pretty plain. I gave it a canvas covered top.
I used .012 music wire that I fashioned into hoops. I spaced five of these hoops along the bed. Scale 2 X 6" lumber was also used along the flatbed. For the canvas, I use a single ply of facial tissue. Man, that stuff is really thin!
Servo control of turnouts
Short story long but I'm Looking for guidance. I have a small HO switching layout. Just the track so far and beginning the scenery rough in. All the track and turnouts are handlaid and I currently have fast tracks bullfrogs for turnout control and powering frogs. I'm thinking I want to add remote control of turnouts with servos. Small layout so I only have 7 turnouts. I see that a tam valley octopus will do 8 so no issue there. I would be using panel mounted dpdt toggles for control, one side to servo other side for led panel indicators.
Filling Car Spots & Industrial requirements
Hi all,
Having read around the forum (and books) including these very informative threads here:
https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/25307
https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/5109
I was wondering the following before starting ops on the layout for the first time and before finalizing some things on specific industrial spurs:
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