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Horseshoe & Cottonwood Update #6

Sun, 2015-09-20 16:00 — Rob_C

Hard to believe it has only been three months to the day I started to H&C. And lots new since update #5!

TMTV Blog entry - Notch 8: The joy of building

Fri, 2015-09-18 17:58 — TMTV

Trevor Marshall reflects on our new Notch 8 series and being able to say, "I built that!"

Read the blog post here ... and post your comments below!

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PDC (Precision Design Company Easter Egg)

Tue, 2015-09-15 07:24 — trainmaster247

Well I was looking at the instructions for extreme load number three and noticed a little bit of humor.

Look at the end of step 5

It really does look like one though..

If you thought T Scale (1:450) was small check out TY Scale (1:900)

Tue, 2015-09-15 06:04 — trainmaster247

I was just browsing around looking for some interesting railroad things and found this noteworthy one. I am not sure how many people have heard of TY scale (I am sure most have heard of T) but it is small following I will have photos comparing T and TY scale sadly none of them together but they will give you the idea of size.

The largest of these is 4"x7"

John Allen Time Saver Puzzle In Lego

Tue, 2015-09-15 05:46 — trainmaster247

I seem to be good at finding interesting Lego items and here is another. This is a Microscale Lego Timesaver Puzzle based on John Allen's Design.

An image--

Link to post on Eurobricks

Link to Flickr Page

My first Scenery Attempts

Thu, 2015-09-10 08:43 — trainmaster247

Here are some more photos of the scenery for my club layout. This is all in an 18" by 6" scene with backdrops by backdrop junction. This is still the example module I showed awhile ago but more views.

My personal favorite done with flash on an iPhone

One done the same way

My Trip To Kalmbach Publishing

Thu, 2015-09-10 08:30 — trainmaster247

This happened a while ago now but thought it would be interesting to show here. In early June I went to the Model Railroader magazine HQ. Below are some photos of what I saw (and who I met). Overall I met: Alex from Trains Magazine, and Model Railroader: Neil, Cody, Steve and David. (Sorry don't have all last names sorry)

I was able to see all past layouts except the Seaboard Short Line which I was told was sold to a collector.

Microscale Lego Train Scenes

Mon, 2015-09-07 19:22 — trainmaster247

Photos no hints on what they are unless you want to spoil it don't go to this link

N Scale McKinley Explorer coupler idea

Mon, 2015-09-07 17:24 — trainmaster247

So I took the long couplers on one car (both ends) and replaced them with short couplers. This is a much more prototypical appearance and does not effect opperations.

the original

The changed distance on left it makes a difference even on curves

SMA19 Working HO Scale Helicopter

Sat, 2015-09-05 11:11 — geoffb

Model animation—bringing models to life—adds enormously to the interest and enjoyment of any layout or individual model! In the midst of the self-created kaos of preparing clinics for the 2015 NMRA convention, I snuck in the time to work on this animation of a DCC controlled UH-1H Iroquois helicopter, that I built for a friend. This video captured the project just after I competed all but the final details and decaling, just before it flew off my workbench. All the sounds are generated by the model as you see it and hear it.

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