Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2005

Planning on building a 00 layout on a baseboard around 8' by 4' when we move
in a couple of weeks and  hope you all could give us some advice. We are
thinking of having an inner (2nd radius) and outer (3rd radius) rail running
around the edge and loco shed and fiddle yard in the ...

I just bought the large pack of figures for a locomotive cab crew for
BLI locos.  I have both their light and heavy Mike and the C&O T1.  Does
 anybody know how to remove the cab, or is there and easy way to
install the figures without removing the cab?

  My son and I have decided to scrap our modest N scale setup, salvage
what we can, and basically start again using DCC and computer control.
As we are both reasonably proficient at writing software and a bit less
so with electronics we'd like to build most of our own stuff ( ...

No I'm not completely off topic, anyone with access may wish to take a look
at news:alt.binaries.pictures.military in particular today's post entitled
WWII German POW's - 1 attachment aka Message-ID:
<Xns9673D0A0D22F6yoohoo@63.223.7.253>

I'm looking for examples of adjacent tunnel portals that are not
necessarially parallel.  Particularly, where the portals are
staggered,  offset with relationship to the track direction.
Online pictures would be great but, off-line references would be

Group,
   Please note that we have mailed brochures and registration forms this
weekend. If you have attended the Convention in any of the last three years
you should receive a brochure in the mail or electronically.

Anyone had problems with the Bachmann 66 once chipped? Are there any
capacitors that have to come off?

Just found that the Grange is reviewed along with others, with Video here.
Good idea me thinks
Rob
http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/bonus/modelgrange.htm#vid

A few new pics of my UK 'OO' scale diesels including the GM built
class 66's at  http://www.dyserth-road.co.uk
Cheers,
Nick

Checking in after a year's absence and find this once busy group deserted.
Guess all that political crap finally drove everyone away?
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Cheers

I've just been discussong silver soldering small detail parts with a friend and
we got on to discussing small, controllable sources of heat which wouldn't melt
the work pieces.  I can remember having something called a Valtock(sp?) blowlamp
many years ago which used meths and never ...

Estate sale today - I bought 6 Pentrex steam videos, looking like brand
new, for $10.  Time to temporarily become a couch potato :-).

Advice from Tom's Hobbies today is that the 44s are "on the water".
Cheers,
Allan Brown

Visitors to the Epping Exhibition this weekend will be able to see for
themselves offerings available (and/or yet to come) from the Big Three
................... the new NR in PacNat colours from Austrains, double 44s
from Trainorama and the 620 sets from Eureka. All are running on ...