Tools, tips and tricks
Airbrush help
Arg, I set it all up and then it failed.
Ok, airbrush, Badger Model 200.1 (vintage 1976), compressor with auto pressure.
Paint, Accuflex water based, new out of bottle.
Replaced with new crown regulator this time.
Screen in paint to strain it.
Started out with a thin spray and then stopped picking up color. Switched to water, and couldn't get it to even pick up water. Adjusted the screw on the pin for opening up color, no go.
Whole assembly disassembled and soaking now.
Mini-crowbar for trackwork
Here's another inexpensive, easy-to-make tool that is handy to have in a track-laying tool kit. HC Haros gave some of these to members of our round-robin group, and I shamelessly copied his idea. It's a small prybar/crowbar made from a double-headed nail.
The double head gives the tools a nice feel. I used some 16d and 10d nails for my copies.
How I handled my craziest electrical short...
Because of some recent posts devoted to odd electrical problems, I'd like to see a blog started on how anyone has handle(d) these. (I'd prefer a MRH article but I'll take examples and helpful information on techniques wherever I can get them.)
For this blog I'd like to see folks describe, in as much detail as they're willing to provide, answers to the following questions:
Tie nipper for flex track
A friend recently moved his layout to a new house. Portions of the old layout were cut free from the old benchwork, leaving some missing chunks of track where the cuts were made. Our round-robin group met to piece some portions of the old layout back together. The track was code 100 and had been secured to the roadbed with track nails.
My first experience handlaying switches
Yep, I sprang for a Fast Tracks HO jig and many of the other tools they sell. I have some ideas to share, and also want to get some feedback, as I think a number of the denizens of the MRH forums have experience in the hand-laid-track realm.
Making a panorama photo
After being grounded by a torn muscle I spent some time playing with the layout webcam, printing out various shots and gluing them together to make a panoramic view.
A web search led me to the Hugin software http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ and I found it reasonable easy to use.
After setting up my EOS 60D in the center of the layout room I made a couple of shots and this is the 2nd try with the SLR:
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