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Colin's Cabin - Harriman Plans
This is a HO scale scratch build using plans from Pat Harriman's book "Early Wood Frame and Stone Structures". This is a build of the second plan in the book, Colin's Cabin.
Small Miners Shack - Harriman Plans
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This is a HO scale scratch build using plans from Pat Harriman's book "Early Wood Frame and Stone Structures". This is a build of the first plan in the book, the Small Miners Shack. |
Unhandlaying Switches
You can find a lot of information on handlaying switches but this may be the first on "un-handlaying" switches.
Foamcore Spray booth
I haven't made any progress on my foam core inglenook. But I did have some foam core left over. 3 pieces 20x40. I recently got my new air compressor fired up and since my spraybooth was lost in a the move several years ago I needed something. I am spraying acrylics exclusively (or at least plan to) but wanted somewhere to spray into that was a little better than a cardboard box. What's better than cardboard? FOAMCORE!
SMA18 DCC Control for Random Building Lighting
Many modelers have used Arduino Pro Mini’s to get great animated lighting effects in their buildings (MRH November 2014, Starting from Scratch with an Arduino Pro Mini (or Moteino) http://mrhpub.com/2014-11-nov/land/#99 and SMA8 Starting Projects and Virtual Rooms for Modeling.
Alternatives
Need some help! I am starting, for the very first time in my career, to build a wood kit that I've had for nearly 30 years. It's a caboose and the instructions say to glue sides together and then use Scalecoat Sanding Sealer. Since Scalecoat is no longer in business, what is an alternative, keeping in mind I am not building a fleet nor am I sealing the wood floors in my house so pints, quarts and gallons are not acceptable?
My Own Space
I've been told in no uncertain terms that the kitchen table is not an ideal hobby workbench. I can't say as I find any flaws in that logic, so I went about finding a suitable alternative. I first thought sticking a table under the shelf layout was the best bet, but we have two cats and one of them is an idiot, so that would simply provide him with a launch pad to the otherwise out-of-reach layout. So off to find plan B.
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