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Wooden Ties
I have a stash of PC board ties from Cloverhouse. I need to buy corresponding wooden ties to complete my turnouts. Can someone recommended a manufacturer of switch ties that would be compatible with the Cloverhouse PC board ties?
GregW66
Athearn Screw Up? Nit Pickers and Rivet Counters? This is why models cost too much.
Screw Up, Nit Pickers, Rivet Counters? Is this why models cost too much? I have seen this in other hobbys too. Me being a professional museum model builder for military vehicles and aircraft. ABC Model Co. would change models every know and then in a real cheap way. Just changing or drop more decals into the a box. Now that F-104 can be made into a German or Canadian F-104. But as soon as that happens rivet counters flip out. The German F-104 had this the Canada F-104 looked like that etc. etc. it is the same model just with new decals. Should people be happy
Train Ride # 3 with Camera with an Update on the Union Station Engine Facility Plus the New N-Scale BLI Water Tower
This is the third Train Ride with the Cube Camera & shows some of the sections of the layout not shown in the previous two camera train rides. Once again, the camera is facing backward on the depressed center flat car. The two car train is led by an N-scale Kato E8A with a motor decoder only. The trip starts out with the train exiting the West Helix then through Michaelson Junction and around the main level of the center peninsula and back to Union Station.
Z scale
Does anyone know of anyone that has built and operates a Z scale layout? Furthermore, has anyone had an operating session on a Z scale layout? Would be interesting to know.
Looking at our Model Railroad shop here in Mississauga, Canada, Credit Valley, the Z scale equipment is limited. Can you imagine working on those little detail parts? Any experience with Z scale would be fun for a discussion.
Happy Modeling in any scale!
cheers,
Brad
Chicago South Side - CTA Elevated
Hi everyone,
for a model builder contest in Germany, I've built a small layout. It's N scale and measures only 18" x 7".
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Custom E8 Rolls with Tsunami 2 Sound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5UJcSqsPKg
This is a fairly basic video of a few test runs following an installation of a Soundtraxx Tsunami 2 EMD decoder. This is a BLI E8 customized with a Highliners nose and custom modifications and scratchbuilt details too numerous to list here. She is a museum quality build by Mr. John Tyson (yes, the same talented modeler with the incredible HO scale RC vehicles and shrinky dink automobiiles). The best Easter Egg discovered during the install was the cab signal indicator nestled between the windshields.
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