Cloudy and cool today, (Portland, OR), mid 90's yesterday. I still have track to paint, and roadbed and track to lay, and then on to wiring,...
I always have the problem of finding someone to operate the really nice crosscut and panel saws at my close by Orange and White store. I live in a...
I got about 2/3 of the track painting done, most notably 9 turnouts. I have to push myself to stay at it, but now it's obviously better looking so...
I'm guessing the shelf units are 18 x 36? Maybe hold them 6" in on the long side, then you're spanning 12" in the middle vs 24" if you go to the...
My biggest project this weekend is painting track,(~ 40'). I don't have an airbrush, and it's a little tedious, but it makes a difference. I might...
Ending up flat would be a plus, but #1 is not looking at white styrofoam.
I have a quart of white semi gloss EasyCare Ultra Premium. I'm wanting to tint it to some kind of earth color. Anybody have input? Local TrueValue...
Here's a couple of pics of the weekends progress, I'll run out of cork later today, good excuse to get out and about for a couple of hours. It's...
I'm hoping to get some track laid this weekend, this'll involve extending the throwbars on a crossover so the ground throws are easy to operate....
Thank you all for sharing the links. I got "sticker shock" when I shopped the local hardware and big box stores. If they even had them. I'm such a...
Another good source, thank you.
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Thank you.
I don't need anything complicated, just DPDT and DPST, panel mount, 3 amp, they're for track power only.
I redid the whole concept of my railroad. I just don't have enough room for continuous running. So it's now a point to point interchange along...
west end interchange
East end Interchange
Near and dear, I remember playing on sister #164 at Hewitt Park in Oroville, CA., along with F.R.R. Shay #1, and a logging arch. Both locomotives...
I don't know what I'm doing, so....... Hopefully here's what I've been Doing.
Again, Admin folks, do what you think is right.
