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Warflight's Kaffee Klatsch
So today, I stopped by Reed's Hobby's in La Mesa... the last Model Train shop in San Diego... I've spoken of the shop before... how much I love it... and outside of the shop is a big "For Sale" sign.
It would appear the owner is selling the shop, and the building. They said they have gotten a lot of interest in the building, but none in the shop.
The shop turns a profit, according to the employees (and this is WITHOUT doing any online sells) but the owner wants to retire.
Control panel lights for manual turnout switches
Most of my turnouts operate with tortoise switch machines and point alignment is indicated with dual red/green Led's on the control panel. However, I have 3 turnouts manually operated with SPDT switches that I want to connect to the control panel to light the turnout indicator Led's. Is there a wiring schematic available that will show me the correct way to power the Led's with the SPDT switched?
Pembroke: the saga of 622
This will be the MRH blog describing the construction of Canada Atlantic 622 in Proto:87.
Wish me luck!
Styrene Sorting and Storage Rack
I got a little tired of digging around in my box of packages of styrene strip to try and find the specific size I need for whatever project I'm working on, so I broke out the foam core board and whipped up a little something.
What approach for the final touch?
The final touch I need to do on this C424, is to move the red painted area back to where I put the masking tape to be like its prototype, but the red area has already been weathered and I need to blend it somehow by painting it. Probably use an airbrush?
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RS3m
Just curious if anyone has actually built a PC/CR RS3m loco?
CMR Products makes a shell, wanted to see if anyone has one that they finished and if so any tips or hints that may be helpful in building one.
https://www.cmrproducts.com/store/RS3M-Conrail-Penn-Central-Dewitt-Geep-...
https://www.cmrproducts.com/store/RS3M-Conrail-Variant-Canted-Hood-Secti...
Thanks,
Ben
Ryans Ridge HO shelf layout
Well after getting back into the hobby about a year ago after 30 years being absent I started building a small shelf layout with in 4 months. Below are some photos of the progress to date.
Logging Locos & Minimum Radius Curves
In general the many real life logging locos could negotiate some pretty rough track, and I imagine some pretty tight turns.
What will our models do? What sort of minimum radius turns will our HO logging locos negotiate?
Sounds of Silence continuing with new ...
With sounds being a feature of the new trains coming out, we/I need to be focused on reducing the noise from train running. I've picked my roadbed (synthetic felt soundboard) which is extremely quite but trying to find the best glue for the Ballast.
Here I'm beveling the edges for the roadbed
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