This is my latest, a transfer caboose, to be done SP. Components are: Athearn "blue box" undec 50' flatcar Athearn "blue box" undec bay window...
Look at LED-Switch.com . As the title says.
Here is a schematic of the Stay-Alives I make for my own locos. Each cap is 2.7 volts, which in series is 5 x 2.7 v = 13.5 volts. I do note that...
From a young budding cartoonist.
I used a router to cut a groove in the top of the mounting block for the drop-in door bridge. The Acrylic piece slips into that groove. There is...
Thanks, guys.... and it is HO scale. I have crammed a lot into an 15' x 11' room, and have done my best to try to make it look bigger.
I'm going from memory from working on other Genesis, bulb to LED conversion. Put the loco on the track, turn on headlight, F0F. Measure...
The caps in Keep Alives, Stay Alives, No Halt, etc, are 2.7 volts. 5 x 2.7 v = 13.5 volts... which is what you need for this use. If you remove...
I had just gotten back into model railroading in 2012, after my kids all moved out of the house... finally! I took over what had been the boy's...
http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/other_cars/hwcx000050-000199.htm By the way, two of the photographers on this page, Lee "Railgoat" Gautreaux and...
VERY impressive!!!
In an earlier post there was mention of the airline that runs from the top down the side of the tank. FYI, that is a 1" hose, actually about...
The things shown on the 5" bulk lines on the side of the car are Victaulic Clamps (first two photos below), and "butterfly valves". The valves...
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For some reason my photos in Post #54 won't show, and I can't edit. My edit button seems to be missing.
More details. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The things shown on the 5" bulk lines on the side of the car are Victaulic Clamps (first two photos below),...
"Dogs" are clamps that keep the hatch closed and sealed. These hatches are not just covers, but hold pressure. There is a flat rim around the...
The correct color for the upper portion is a light gray, and good colors to use would be SP Lark Light Gray or SP Lettering Gray. White wasn't...
No, just clarifying how the tanks were painted for others, as your diagram shows them all gray. I have friends in the plastics molding business,...
The red covers the bottom cone of the tanks, and comes up about 18" above the lower welded seam on the cylindrical section.
