Recent content by droyen_flyboy

No, all my couplers are Microtrain

Well heres the deal. Ashamed to admit it, but prior getting my layout up and running I had a hiatus of a year or two where my rolling stock lay in its nice cushioned box on its sides. I now find that my stock does not couple very easily anymore. I am afraid that the little springs in the...

tortose switches Donn, I don't know the gauge of the wire that I used. I know that I did not get it at a hobby shop. I got it at a place up the road that does fabricating, welding etc. It was just a bit larger diameter that the wire that was supplied and it was some type of steel. I had to...

Thanks for the link Bill.

Well I don't know if this is the correct forum but does anyone know of an Nscale club or NTrak in the Charlotte NC area?Thanks.

Yes, I soldered all joint for just that reason. This may have been overkill but at the time I had read that this was best to insure proper conductivity. I just recently got the layout up and running and have had no electrical problems to mention. I did have some problem figuring out how to...

Just thought I would put in my 2 cents on a subject which maybe newbies would be interested. While constructing my Nscale layout I was having considerable difficulty with soldering the railjoiners. I seems I just could not get the rail to heat up fast enough to melt the solder. By the time...

I used the tortise (sp?) slow motion switch machines for my layout (Nscale) with the Peco turnouts. The machines work well BUT I found that they would not snap the switch every time. The problem was the wire provided with the machines was not stiff enough. I had to buy some larger diameter...