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Midland Belt Railroad - West Allen Street industrial shelf layout
Hi everyone,
I don't think I've posted here before regarding the progress on my HO scale urban industrial layout, and I hoped that the members here might find it interesting. It's an American layout, UK style, but is still very much a work in progress. :)
Asking yourself a Difficult Question
Last night while doing house hold chores the question popped in to my restless mind, "if you didn't have any MR equipment at all, but knew everything you do about trains and MRing, what would you get?" My answer was narrow gauge of course without a doubt.
That was a stunner. Then upon reflection it shouldn't be. I will pick up a copy of the Gazette to read before any other. When looking through any MR magazine I will look at a NG article before the rest. I have a bit of HOn3 and 2 non running On30 locos. Lots of standard guage HO.
Bachmann GE 70 Tonner gears
Hi Guys,
FInally got around to replacing the god-awful OEM decoder in my GE 70 tonner (2nd Gen, with centre can motor) yesterday, only to find all four drive gears have cracked, resulting in a loco that performs like a true dog.
Checking the Bachmann spares site - the only wheelsets they had available (which are out of stock) are those available for the 3rd generation chassis - same as the 44 tonner.
Kevin Klettke Article
I am looking for a rolling stock weathering article by Kevin Klettke on his opinion of the pros and cons of weathering with various types of paints (oil vs. acrylic vs other etc...). I cant seem to find this anywhere.
Anybody know where this was? MRH? MR? My google searches have not found it. Thanks.
American Models vs Stanton Drive S Scale
I'm looking at the American Models GP35 or U25B as a starting point in S scale. I'm not finding much about them for how well they operate. Does anyone know if the S scale Stanton drive has good slow operating characteristics? I like the idea of the empty shell for better speakers and such ( possibly going with a radio and battery backup system ). However, if I use them but don't know if they'll operate smoothly like I want them to. This will be on a switching layout so I don't need or expect to be blasting around at 70mph.
Start Small, THINK BIG - TOMA project layout: DESIGN (part 2)
Miles Hale and friends build a project layout in the TrainMasters TV studio using the principles of The "One Module" Approach, also known as TOMA. In the second segment, Model Railroad Hobbyist editor Joe Fugate rejoins Miles to discuss the design of the project.
Follow the planning process as they determine the design parameters, declare layout standards, and hash out a trackplan.
Soldering solution for turnout points
I have started hand laying my track after several false starts. I decided to use silver bearing solder to "weld" the points to the throw bar but was having difficulty stopping the flow of solder on the outside of the points. After going through a couple throw bars I decided to Google the problem to see what other modelers did to resolve this issue.
Scratchbuilding main station for the layout
Hi!
I ordered drawings from the country architechture drawing archives and got started on the main station. It was teared down in 1970. I´m modelling the "Tullinge Station" as it looked between the years 1954 to 1963.
A new chapter
Hello again fellow modelers. Its been a while since I have posted here as life has been rather busy. But I have exciting news to tell. If you will head to my personal blog, https://johnnybweb.wordpress.com, and read my newest entry, you will see what I mean. A New Chapter is About to Begin.
And please, I welcome your comments and input on the new layout design.
Longtime railfans/modelers - how did you select an era, location, and prototype to model?
I have been a railfan and model railroader for 38 years (I’m 48 years old). I have built many layouts in N and HO scale over the years. Each had a different prototype RR, era, and location. However, for the last 12 years, I have not been able to commit to building a layout for a specific era, location, and prototype.
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