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What's Neat This Week...
There hasn't been a podcast in over a week... is everything okay? Was it preempted by the Olympics?
(now I'm imagining Model Railroading as an Olympic sport... I wonder what that would be like?)
Weekly Photo Fun - February 18-24, 2018
My favorite part of the week!
Let's see what you guys have for us all!
Operating the Port of Green Bay
I attended a wonderful operating session yesterday on Andy Laurent’s Port of Green Bay. In attendance were Andy, me, Colin O’Brien, Clark Cooper, and Steve Malcolm.
Cleaning weathered rail
I have some Micro Engineered with pre-weathered blackened rail.
What is the best way to remove the black from the top of the rails without scratching the rail. I don't want to use a bright boy or other abrasive methods.
Thanks in advance.
Bill.
Is there a better way to record audio of model trains?
OK you videographers out there - there has to be a way to get better audio when recording model trains with on-board sound. Almost all of the videos that I've watched lately on Youtube or Vimeo have trains that sound like UFOs landing in 1950's science fiction movies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvxdJkFf2Mo
In person, they sound fine, especially those with the newer speakers, but on video I guess that I'd rather listen to background music.
Ideas anyone?
Social Media, ETC.
I currently do not have any social media. I stopped using Facebook almost a decade ago and gave up both Twitter and Instagram last year.
My thoughts/questions are what is most beneficial? I was debating on creating a website/blog for my layout and some of you use Facebook for your layout instead.
What I want to get out of this:
What’s on your workbench?
I haven’t seen this thread for a while so thought I’d kick it off with my passenger car bash to make a 49’ Second Class Car:
Update!
primer spray paint
if you using a dark spray paint does it matter if you use grey, dark grey or white primer?
cv value to lower Bachmann Sound Value volume
what is the cv value to turn down the volume on a bachman sound value gp40?
Thank you
Is Model Railroading Dying?
When I go on to a manufacturer's website or look up parts in a smaller catalog or ask a rare hobby shop to order detail parts, I'm finding less and less available or listed as discontinued. Is the Hobby dying? Thanx Thom...
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