Modeling topic

Minor update

Sun, 2016-04-10 08:02 — mikerhea

Received the rest of the roads. so completed base work on the fist section around to the 2nd tunnel. I also got the fence done around part of the fuel depot.

Wife is calling... Take Care,

hey there, I'm building my first HO layout with handlaid track for real (I did some experiments about 20 years ago, but they're not going to count). I have a number of questions that I don't have good answers for yet.

DCC Uncoupers - Let's talk about them!

Sun, 2016-04-10 04:23 — Bill Brillinger

So there was a post about a fascinating product that disappeared, so let's try again...

DCC uncouplers are coming!

This video is from August 2015:

There is a website for the product but no English content so far: http://www.smart-coupler.com/

There is however a Japanese page: http://www.smart-coupler.com/#!homejapanese/cmil

Penn Lake 8: Building the Buildings (Update 10/18/16)

Sat, 2016-04-09 18:59 — nbrodar

One of the benefits of maintaining mostly the same theme, is I can reuse nearly all my large buildings. Some of them need altered somewhere to fit the their new locations. Luckily I cataloged their construction, so I could match the paint. Also because some of them are sizable, I'm placing them as I lay track so that everything meshes properly. Added bonus...they come off the storage shelves...allowing me to put other stuff on the shelves.

Frog construction with juicer

Sat, 2016-04-09 15:58 — rrfaniowa

I’m handlaying my track and would like input from other modelers who do the same and have used Tam Valley frog juicers.

I like the look of the frog / wing rails where they aren’t filled with solder and flange grooves cut with a hack saw blade. I think the open look is much more appealing. Since I need to isolate the frog area and am using TV juicers, I’m curious how other modelers who’ve hand laid open have wired for the juicer.

what locomotive not to buy in ho scale ?

Sat, 2016-04-09 15:23 — 10-7

Steam locos

Hi I am thinking about jumping on N-SCALE and moving to HO scale and I would like to know which locomotives brands to avoid. I am using NCE dcc and do know how to convert locos. I am a steam person and some early diesel. I have converted and repaired some N-SCALE locomotives.have been in model railroading for a while. Any help on this matter would be helpful. Thank you

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Uncoupling - what method do you use?

Sat, 2016-04-09 10:08 — PeterU

There are various methods to uncouple depending on scale and type of coupler.

What scale and type of coupler are you using and how do you uncouple?

What other methods have you tried but stopped or avoid using and why?

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weathering

Fri, 2016-04-08 22:18 — CN6401

Gentlemen and Ladies I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ralph Renzetti, some of you know me from Trainmasters TV , I would like to share with you a link to my Facebook page. Its devoted to weathering and my goal is to share my techniques. So please check it out and like my page. If you have any questions at all please feel free to ask and I will try my best to answer. I not saying my way is best, but it the way I know.