Pete is absolutely correct. There is a review of the Prodigy Advance in the current MR. Check it out before you buy. I'm running it with TCS...
The Prodigy Advance is a real step up from the original. It can do anything any of the basic systems can do, and most of what the advanced can do....
I'm going to take a long look at the new MRC Prodigy Advance.It looks like MRC may have finally gotten it right. It will do anything the other...
OK, I'm arriving fashionably late, but I'll jump in since I've already started working toward my goals. Despite my chosen moniker, I've started...
I know that wet water is the generally agreed upon mix with either glue or matte medium for ballasting. Has anyone ever used alcohol instead of...
I'm planning on doing both. I currently own an Aristocraft Train Engineer with 2 receivers, each strapped to a MRC 2400. My plan is to get the...
WHO is selling the Atlas with the hand held included? All I've seen packaged together are the base unit and the power, as the Duo-Pack. The...
Oh my heavens. :eek: I never in a million years would have thought of using straws. I have struggled with fishing wire through foam for...
With the impending demise of my current layout due to the installation of a child's bedroom, I am currently designing a new layout. This one will...
Thanks! The dates are in the right range. I've e-mailed them with a bmp of the logo I'm looking for, asking if it's a match. Again, thanks for...
I have been totally unable to find the old D&RG logo ("affectionately" known, I have since discovered, as the "toilet seat"). It's the original...
Aristocraft is touting a new HO scale radio-control system using their Train Engineer platform. No sign on their web site as to date of...
I discovered recently that I am the owner of an Athearn covered gon (forgot that I had purchsed it!) Looks like a regular gon, but has a...
Mrs. mpcaboose asked me the other day if smaller trains could be used outdoors. My immediate answer was NO ... wind, debris, UV light, excessive...
Squirrelrun, if I understand correctly what you are saying, you created wedges of foam that you mounted on edge to make a 2 inch wide roadbed. Is...
Hank, that sounds like it might be the ticket. I'm planning on using 2 inch foam for the roadbed, because I come from a long line of...
Watash, that's exactly what I'm concerned about. I've experimented with foam, and it seems I continually end up with a series of sinkholes that...
Not sure that I even remotely know what I'm doing, but the Aristocraft site (hopefully linked below) refers to a soon-to-be-announced DCC...
Hi everyone! Long-time lurker, first time poster. I'm about 6 months away from starting construction of my "dream" layout. In the past, I've...
