Recent content by Biggerhammer

lurking... I hope you don't hate me for saying that my inspiration is coming from your adversity too! I'm planning out an N-scale bookcase layout in my head. No, wait. Layout is in bookcase, plans are in head. I've gotta keep that straight... it's hard enough getting things to fit in a...

environment? I know a lot more about computers than I do about model trains (not to claim that I know all that much about computers! ;) ). If a computer acts the way your trains have, I'd check the enviroment first- was it significant more or less humid when the trains wouldn't run? Hotter or...

Or if it didn't work, you still wouldn't care as much :p ;) More seriously, I was wondering about simulating moving water using lights. Would it be possible to simulate fast-moving water- such as in the run to a waterwheel- by embedding some optical fibers in the millrace (at the bottom) and...

water, whater everywhere... I'm no expert, but here's my $.02: I've a small layout- 4x8, the classic beginning. I have a river the length of it leading into a lare that takes up one corner. My river is Duham's Water Putty (good plaster), painted a 'rocky' color, with aquarium gravel glued to...

thank you for inspiration :) I had begun to worry about how to put model trains in my next living space, which will be small... I had gotten so locked into HO mode that I hadn't even thought about this (obvious now) idea! I'll post pictures on that distant day. We still have to buy and...

no reply for me I sent a message- no reply after a few weeks. don't know if George has received it or not.

Hm. George, I was thinking a bit more about these cars, and they're starting to sound more attractive. NYC is only 400 miles away, as opposed to Atlanta at just under a thousand. the cars I'm looking at need a lot of work too. The closer cars may be better... do you know of any websites, photos...

Thank you for the suggestion, but 1941 is a long time ago- likely before the more modern standards. If those cars have friction bearings, for instance, it would set me back $7000 per axle- before I could even move them! If I had that kinda money I'd be doing things differently As it is, we've...

I posted this before, but it vanished. Odd. I'm located in the northeastern corner of the United States. The cost of mailing a traincar from down under is not going to be a pretty sight. The car tht we're looking at right now is in Georgia- about 1000 miles away from me, for all you Aussies...

... been quite a good shot herself. She would've been proud to see...

Now, if I can pull off three levels of detail I'll be happy. The 12":1ft scale, with the HO scale inside, with the teeny little one (1/87^2*85ft long) inside the HO one... that's detailed enough! You could look inside the HO model and see a figure (with beard and glasses) squinting over the...

Dave, your advice is good but you greatly overestimate my resources! I am a somewhat accomplished renovator already. What I'm hoping to find- and indeed, have found (I think)- is a good used coach that I can renovate. Rip out the seats, walls, plumbing, add insulation and a full bath/kitchen...

Hello all- I'm looking to buy a used coach car, and have found only a few resources. Anyone know what companies would sell them? (I'm hoping to buy the passenger car and convert it into a home. Not terribly original but I really like the idea- and more importantly so does my wife)

...some place with enough light that they could all examine and appreciate Jesse's N-scale layout. It was so dark here that one could hardly see...

... but it was not to be. The train raced along, slowly catching up to one of the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains. Fortunately, just as the steamer caught up and coupled to the back of the BART train, one of California's lovely blackouts rolled in, dramatically slowing the the BART train...