Modeling general discussion

Traveling around the USA looking at, running and taking pictures of some Model Railroads in 2021.

 

Hi All,

I’m at it again this year.  No more shoveling snow (and hopefully very little coal.)

Video of Designing a Depot

Making a Depot

Vinyl stripe type decals use or adaption?

anyone use vinyl striping here? I was tipped off that the vinyl stripe material that are used for automotive decoration can be adaptable to models as well.

so here’s the deal. I have some decals that I had made for a loco project. There is a major challenge presented as the model front  is quite detailed not flat. I was informed that this vinyl material will conform to most any shape. Not sure how in fact. Has anyone used this type of material on model trains? If so how is it adhered and how is it coated. Is it anything like decal film?

Microscale 87-792 Anyone live near Orillia Ontario?

This is a long shot:

I have been looking everywhere for Microscale HO TTX Maxi III decals.  Sold out everywhere and Microscale doesn’t stock it.

Someone in Orillia has a bunch of decals and detail parts on Kijiji and they happen to have this decal sheet in the set they are selling.

but they won’t ship pickup only.

is anyone out there interested in picking this up and shipping to me?

Thanks in advance 

Mike

PCs for model railroaders?

I have a home edition PC with Windows 10/with AMD chip, that is 8 years old. Was thinking about replacement. It's a Lenovo and I like it.

So when I went to Lenovo web site, all I found was business. No home use. I contacted them, asking about a home use and was told they had none in current supply to ship. I was also advised they are all Intel. So I politely asked if they would be bringing out any home PC's with AMD. And was told NO.

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Weekly Photo Fun - Oct 3-9, 2021

It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em.

TTX Maxi III decals HO

Hi all,

I have an Athearn HO Blue Box undecorated Gunderson Maxi III set I want to paint and decal for TTX.

Neither Microscale nor anyone else I’ve contacted has these decals available.

Any thoughts?  I’m not sure how difficult it would be to either modify something else to work or find a way to roll my own.

Thoughts?
 

Thanks all,

Mike

Announcement: New HO DASH 9s

We’re announcing more Rivet Counter HO Scale DASH 9 locomotives. This run includes several highly anticipated new roadnames and paint schemes, along with new road numbers for modelers wanting to expand their rosters. Preorder now: http://bit.ly/HOScaleDash9s

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Whispering Falls

I was following Greg Shinnie's post on the construction of Whispering Falls, a craftsman kit by Rail Scale Miniatures.  I'm no longer able to find the post.  If anyone has a good link to it, or perhaps a copy of the post, that would be fantastic.

Brad


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