Thank you for replying ten days ago, and also nine days ago. If only you had dispensed this current gem sooner! (My having done the very thing you...
Well, for rail filing, I’ve turned in my “offspring of unmarried parentage file” (has a roughness between that of a coarse file and a #2 file...
Alright, for a few days, i have started putting together a lengthy response it says "draft saved'" and then I go to be before finishing, and when...
Yeeaaaaaahhhh, I should have known it was the fault of imperialist swine!;) (j/k!) And if you’re asking for a contribution of Peco flextrack, it...
(I’m working with Code 80) I find Peco flex track infuriating to work with. Yes, its semi-rigidity is nice for straight runs of track, but apart...
There are now (noting that it is 14 years after the origin of this thread) electrically conductive epoxies that one can load while assembling rail...
Yyyyesss, I would too, but I was going to offer him a chance to state his case before crushing him in the iron grip of reason, before he ended up...
Noting your updated comment, but being unable to quote it for some reason: Yeah, the Intermountain car is their item #66802. Their website is...
It looks to me that there is a tremendous overall height difference of the box cars themselves, about equal to the coupler height difference. If...
Took delivery a few weeks ago on a set of eight Bethgon Coalporters, CSX, and a single Athearn Bethgon Coalporter, CSX. I went to couple them...
But if you’re using an EM-1, wouldn’t you number it 4882?
The angled radiator will have more effective natural circulation on the air side : as the air passes in through the underside and heats up, it...
“Flat Radiator” gives the slab-sided look you can see in freddy_fo’s SP loco in his post. “Angled Radiators” give the rear half of the engine...
First and foremost question, if you want to undertake easements: IS YOUR LAYOUT EARLY IN CONSTRUCTION, OR ARE YOU WILLING TO DO A SIGNIFICANT...
That gets into the definition of “better.” If reduced rolling resistance allows for longer trains, that can be a good thing, thus “better”. If...
If the trucks are wired, as stated above, is it possible one has been inserted in an “over-rotated” position (but in some multiple of 360 degrees,...
The number of prototypes has nothing to do with whether a market is saturated with producers or models. The number of people wanting the model...
Ok, I’m going to toss the hand grenade into the room on this one. (Just a figure of speech. This may come across as pitting opposing sides against...
Yes, but technically, that wouldn’t be buckling - it would be proceeding according to plan. My idea of a “complete” C&O roster for my layout...
Aluminum or Brass, I would think. Both are machinable, and the right alloys will remain bright and dimensionally stable. Brass has a lot of...
