A couple of ways to do this: 1. XTrkCAD saves bitmap files out in .xpm format. This is a bitmap file used by X-Window applications (UNIX...
No pic (yet) but I bought a Model Power Light Mike (undecorated) that I'm really pleased with. It was 50% off, I paid less than $80 for it from...
I found that the Demos found under the "Help" menu helped tremendously – much more than the standard text-based help files.
Flip the switches in Milford to the staging track and Huntington so the diverging track goes to your loop. Also, do the same for the switch in...
It's threads like this that remind me of just how nasty some of the stuff we keep around the house can be. Acetone, paint stripper, Pine Sol. Yikes.
My parents are both from the Pittsburgh area (Dad - Pitcairn, Mom - Mt. Lebanon) and this is how I know you're legit – Western Pennsylvanians are...
Mac user here too. I use XTrackCAD, highly recommended, price is right. Can't wait to put one of my old retired computers to work doing JMRI/DCC...
You might have better luck doing a dropped ceiling of fabric mounted to a stretcher frame. This would keep the ceiling from having that droopy...
I think that's a 2 dimensional mouse... in Photoshop. :plaugh:
Ah holy cow, a fellow resident of Central Indiana! I'm right up the road from you in Fishers. Interesting that you're essentially going the...
[IMG] This is awesome. :thumbs_up:
True, it is kinda like cheating... *shrug*
I see your door layouts and raise with this: [IMG] I'm not sure it would fit on a door but those are some nice ladders.
Ahhhhahahaha nice find.
From what I can tell with my rather rudimentary understanding of yard design is that you have the basics accounted for: a/d track, runaround,...
I've put off reading this thread as I knew I would feel like a major loser once I got around to it. I too suffer from perfectionation. I have a...
This, in addition to aerodynamics being dependent upon the profile of what the loco is pulling as well. Simply testing the locos by themselves...
TD you are such a nerd. As a nerd myself I can appreciate this quality. :plaugh:
Indeed. That way you weren't meddling with her preferences as to where the furniture should be placed.
I would daresay that anything more than T scale would mean too little living space for the owner!
