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Places to sell
I am looking for places to sell online, other than eBay. Anyone have any good places? Been down the Facebook road. Specifically, any places that specialize in craftsman kits.
Clean track in helix
I have finished building and wiring my helix. I wanted to test the entire helix run so I started at the top and was working my way down. I was using my best running engine and it is stalling. My guess the track is dirty as my layout is in a room off of the garage. What is the best way to clean the helix. Right now I have a bright boy and rubbing alcohol. Will that work or do I need something else?
Prototype Pictures for practicing Mike Confalone Weathering
First my thanks to Mike for a great series, I am anxious to try out some of his techniques on my HOn3 rolling stock. In the mean time my wife and I just returned from a trip to Alaska and I was able to get a few shots that may inspire someone out there to give Mike's methods a shot.
Ross A
(All the snow plays havoc with the auto exposure..)
G Scale Bachmann K 36
Greetings everyone,
I have a friend that called me a few minutes ago wanting to know what I knew about G Scale battery powered remote control. He thinks his Bachmann K 36 is able to be converted to RC with minor work, but is not sure. Has anyone done this? Or set up any G Scale battery powered remote control?
Thanks in advance,
Tim Latham
12 port prewired terminal distribution block/strip
Is there any difference in the 12 port prewired Minitronics Corp. PDB-1 terminal strip verses MTH's 50 1014 prewired 12 port terminal strip, other than price? I'll use 12 volt DC to power the strip for power to building lights, slow motion switch machines, etc.
Thanks,
Gary D
Capacitor not working. (Is it my soldering job?)
Hello all,
I installed a Soundtraxx CurrentKeeper to my locomotive the other day and everything was working fine. I could lift my loco from the track and the sound and lights would still operate for several seconds. Just as advertised.
However, last night it stopped working completely. At first I thought it might be the capacitor itself, but I swapped out the capacitor with a spare one by undoing the quick connection at the capacitor itself and plugging the new one in. The spare one isn't working either.
Mil-Scale Models
I have the model Mil-Scale Coal Yard Bunker/ Jacobs Coal Co. S-90 in HO.
A photo of the completed model is not available and would help in building said model. I checked Google but no assembled pictures came up. Anyone have a photo of the assembled model?
4 ft LED replacements
Found 4ft LED florescent T8 replacement bulbs at Lowes for $10 each. They had the $22 variety also and the specs seemed to be the same. They were both rated at 2000 lumens, 18 watts, 50,000 hrs of life.
Requires electronic ballast starters so some of us may have to replace the fixtures or is it possible to replace the ballast?
Jack
Recent Finds at local craft store
I was in Morehead City, NC yesterday shopping and went into the local Hobby Lobby craft store to see what they had to offer. I found two interesting items that perhaps someone out there isn't aware of. Oe was a new to me type of X-Acto #11 blade with a coating on them that keeps the edge longer, and the other is a package of shaped cotton swabs from Tamiya that would seem to be useful; in weathering cars or maybe even applying grease or oil to lubricate locos.
Finishing Off a little wiring...
So to complete the track work for the locomotive servicing facility, the Rutherford Yard industries including the wood chip mill I needed to install the extra track feeds to the track work.
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