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Tempus Fugit.....................yikes.............

Mon, 2013-04-22 16:15 — herronp

..............We will all face this dilemma eventually-getting too old to care for a house as well as not wanting to anymore!

I am wondering about how others plan to deal with downsizing from a home with a basement layout and workshop to a Condo or Apartment situation in a warmer climate like Florida without a basement.

My S/O and I have been thinking about doing this in the not too distant future but I have a real problem thinking about no layout or no workshop while I really want no snow and no yard/house maintenance.

MRH historic videos

Mon, 2013-04-22 11:49 — bear creek

I just installed a new Synology NAS (network attached storage) box on my computer network at home. It's currently configured with 5.5TB of raid 5 storage and has DLNA to stream video to my blue-ray player. So I thought maybe I should re-render some of the videos that went with past issues of MRH in hi-def. Then I thought I should share the them. Here are a few.

Charlie

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Weathering a vehicle...

Sun, 2013-04-21 08:03 — JLandT Railroad

Here is my first attempt at weathering a vehicle, this is a Herpa "Trucks of America" Kenworth prime mover, coupled to CNW Trailer (Athearn).

I only wanted a very light weathering to take the plastic shine off the prime mover, but once I had done that there was no way the trailer was getting away with looking so shiny and brand new!

HO rulers- the pain

Sat, 2013-04-20 18:00 — Ironhand_13

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Anyone ever grind off their General-brand HO scale ruler to be true at 0? It's a pain to measure stuff having to slide up to 0- on my ruler at least, the little extra "-1 to 0" is not to be trusted, so 0 on the ruler does not equal a true 1 if you just bump things up a scale foot...does that make sense?? That comes into play if I'm trying to get a height from the rails, for example. It's really a pain trying to get accurate measurements by using the ruler along with a T-square- my common practice for measuring, marking and cutting.

How do I approach...............

Fri, 2013-04-19 18:22 — Nelsonb111563

The names have been changed to protect the innocent!

Weekend Photo Fun 4-19 to 4-21

Fri, 2013-04-19 09:42 — Driline

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Post your Model Railroad photo's here.

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LED Headlites for straight DC

Fri, 2013-04-19 07:20 — oldconductor

Over the years I have equipped many of my diesels with constant lighting kits.....my layout is straight DC......some 0f the 1.5 bulbs have burned out....since I will have to disassemble engines to replace bulbs, I've been wondering what it would take to change to LED lighting....Any comments...Thanks...Larry