Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2005

This past Sunday.... my wife.. Sandy and myself went to visit New Hope, PA. After several hours of visiting some quite unique shops and a great lunch.........."Hey Sandy, I think there is this huge model railroad near by!!"
"It can't be any bigger than yours," said she.  What an ...

I've got a painted piece of metal with a large blob
of superglue on it. I've heard of "de-bonding" agents
but I was wondering if they really work? Stripping
and repainting is out - the item is powder coated.

I am modelling in HO. What should the width of the sub roadbed be.

Help please:
Does anyone know what components are needed to make a DC (not
DCC)controller for sound on QSI-equipped engines?  Basically I'd like
to know what's inside a device like a "Sidekick" which provides a

Hi. i am biulding a model of Luton Midland station in the 1960's and have
several photos.
Onei have posted on my yahoo webb site is causing me a problem as i cannot
identify what the van is

The renown railway artist autobiography
see
http://tinyurl.com/5sg8w

I remember the Westerns in maroon and desert sand but not green. How
many were green and where were they based. I mainly saw them on the
Paddington to Birmingham route but also on occassion visits to Exeter
and Paddington. I still can't ever remember seeing a green on.

The days are gone when I bought a whole magazine just to read one article
however I am intrigued by the concept of remotoring the Heljan 47. Can
someone please explain briefly what was done and why? If there is sufficient
justification I might buy the whole magazine. TIA

I need a schematic to work on a LW power supply.  The voltage is always
full on (doesn't adjust with the control).  Can someone point me at a link
where I can find some documentation.
thanks,

I recently struck an agreement to sell the complete line of G. Train
Video Productions VHS & DVDs.
I have met the owner of G.Trains last summer trackside while taking
pictures of Graffiti. He is a colorful fellow and it seems he's been

If you ever need to use stepper motor controllers on your models, you might be
interested in the following item;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3865511834&ssPag
eName=STRK:MESE:IT

Is there a RTR chassis which people commonly use for 009 models of
0-4-0 steam locos these days? I've some photos of an old 2'6" (close
enough to 2'3"!) loco I fancy doing, but wondered what a model could
run on.

I'm looking at using miniature coreless motors to power a small locomotive
in 4mm scale. I have specifications on the motors in question, but I am
looking for specifications on more typical model railway motors for
comparison purposes - torque figures, resistances etc. The model I'm

I am looking for some roofs for Farish Coaches.
Any Mk1, Mk2 or Mk3 in order to complete a project.
If you have any to spare let me know and we can do a deal.
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I have an older Kato SD40-2 that I am trying to convert to Digitrax DCC.
 I removed the two 3 pronged clips, installed a Digitrax DCC decoder,
programmed a working number, tested it on my layout, put the shell back
on and nothing.  As long as the shell is on it will NOT work, ...