well i am in need of some custom foam inserts. to protect some locos (factory foam is turning to dust).

not sure if worth the cost or need for a hot wire to melt through it. or if want/need that kind of edge.

or just use a kitchen style powered meat knife.

and then what is the best kind of foam used out there.

never having ever done or seen it done first hand. so i do not really know what i need.  or why.

as the great number five said..... need input.

thanks.

Apart from servos controlled by ardriuno or similar complex electronic devices, are there simpler ways to operate a semaphore signal? I have thought of two. 1. Use a relay, by soldering a piece of wire to the moving contact, you can then attach that wire to the actuating arm of the semaphore to operate the blade/arm. My prototype (South African Railways) used upper quadrant semaphores, so I simply have to push the arm/blade up and keep it up till the train has passed and triggered an optical sensor to disconnect the power to the semaphore which will then reset it to danger. 

I see a lot of 1:150 “n scale” vehicles. Where might I get 1:160 vehicles other than woodland Scenics or classic metal work - which is shaky when it comes to the 1:160 scale?

To spend more time with family I want to create an Armchair workstation that allows me to spend time with the wife and still be able to do trains in some small way. What suggestions or ideas for operating a workstation in your lounge/ living room. I've already able to have a live-rail display but want to move that to  doing that to a armchair workstation. What pics do you have if you are working in an Armchair. Is it a feasible goal and what sort of tasks do you do. Obviously spray paintinging is out of the question but there is few tasks i could do while watching tv.