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What could these be?
First of all I model in N scale. I am diabetic and take insulin daily. I have A LOT of these needle protectors. I am looking for ideas for what to use them for. I know the smaller ones could easily become a chimney on a building. Both sizes could make loads for flatcars or gondolas. Any other thoughts?
By the way, if anyone could use a few of these you can have them for the postage. Thanks in advance for your help. Photos will be in the next post.
Bill in Illinois
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How to Model Road Details
Continuing the theme of roads, this time we are looking at all the details that bring them to life:
Polar Bear Railroad - Layout tour
Hi,
here I will show a few pictures of my model railroad empire.
The Polar Bear Railroad operates a small line through the mountains. Most of the region is quite inaccessible, as well as being declared a nature reserve with restrictions on population density, cars and some other things. Basically the railroad is the only carrier for people and freight.
One of the smallest branches caters to a sawmill and a small passenger station. (This is the only part that is presentable).
Although this is N scale, my photo skills need some serious work...
Port Deposit and the Low Grade
Hello all, I just joined this forum because my long term plans for my dream layout would be blasphemy on my current forum. I love N-scale, and I will keep modeling it, and always appreciate it. The modeling community is also great at nscale.net, and I will always be over there with our 160. But after numerous discussions and research, my plans are better in HO scale.
Backstory:
Hunterline 86' Howe Truss Through Bridge
Day 3 (and 1 & 2)
Working on one of the many projects I've got underway. I allow myself no less than 15 minutes a day working on my hobbies. Sometimes more but never less. It might mean I can only sand on small piece of wood but I get 15 minutes! I also have several projects underway to help meet time and interest constrains.
See you in St. Louis!
Nathan and I will once again be in St. Louis, August 12th and 13th, representing Iowa Scaled Engineering at the St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet. In addition to our normal assortment of electronic products for model railroading, we have some new things this year:
- 2pc IR sensor, based on the highly reliable original design but smaller and more flexible
- Brackets for mounting servos and the MRServo turnout controllers (free with any MRServo purchase at the show!)
Trestle Piles
I'll be building several pile type trestles on my layout, and I'm looking for the diameter of a typical pile used for trestles. I have searched high and low for this, and I'm drawing a blank. I even have some Illinois Central trestle drawings and the bill of materials shows dimensions for everything except for the diameter of the pilings.
I would guess that they would be 12" or 14" diameter, but would hate to build my first trestle only to find that I've used the incorrect size!
Any help will be appreciated.
Casting Plaster Bridge Abutments
A friend of mine gave me his Hydrocal leftovers (about 30 lbs.) a couple of years ago, and he'd had the sack for maybe 3 or 4 years prior to that, so the stuff is pretty old. It's been stored in the original sack, which was placed in another heavy plastic bag, and stored in a dry place. A couple months ago I wondered if the stuff was still good so I tacked a piece of screen to a scrap of plywood, mixed a batch of the Hydrocal and applied a nice coat to the test panel (about 1/4" thick). It set up quickly and the following day it was pure white and very hard.&n
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