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    Help a fellow modeller out?? Got Parts?????

    I'm in the process of building a new layout and after finally locating my rolling stock and locomotives I had packed away due to a move, I realized that I lost three pieces of rolling stock...which is nothing really...But I also lost an entire LL GP38 shell and a Atlas GP9 shell that got smashed...
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    Hello from a long lost N Scaler

    Hi all, some of the names I remember, but most are all new to me. It's been about two years now since I last modeled N scale or even had anything to do with trains and now that I am planning a new layout, I decided to post a thread of my progress. It's only an 18" x 39" industrial switch layout...
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    Spanning the Gap

    I had a change in my plan from point to point to continous run and decided to span the gap with 2 single track through truss bridges. Using the Robin technique....see Robin you have taught me alot....I built both spans out of congrugated(?) cardboard. I must admit seeing the final pictures, this...
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    My first scratchbuild on my new layout

    Now that all the track is layed down, I am building the first of many structures for my Iron Ridge Railroad. It's a grain terminal based on no specific prototype....and I have found a few tricks and tips to pass along while building this. The main building is built ala Robin (made of cardboard...
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    cardstock truck/trailers

    Although mainly due to the fact that shortage of funds prevents me from buying all the trucks and trailers to fill my intermodal yard, I came up with an idea that not only will benefit my own layout, but layouts all over the place. I have checked the net and no company makes N scale trucks or...
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    Cardstock truck/trailer kits

    Although mainly due to the fact that shortage of funds prevents me from buying all the trucks and trailers to fill my intermodal yard, I came up with an idea that not only will benefit my own layout, but layouts all over the place. I have checked the net and no company makes N scale trucks or...
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    containers the easy way

    I ran into a dilemna of filling my container ship with containers. I only have a black ink cartridge in my printer so I printed out some templates I have done in MS Paint and coloured them in with pencil crayons.....from the photo below it's an easy and simple way to fill up the background of...
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    rebuilt container ship

    I am building a new container ship, unfortunatly I can't get any good pictures with the computer I am on...I do have one pic I took with my scanner...the entire ship measures 3 feet long, 4" wide and includes room for 168 containers. The entire superstructure is made of cardstock, as will be...
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    Union Pacific converted hopper

    This post is for anyone that has a limited amount of rolling stock, or is in need of a piece of rolling stock that you don't have enough of. I was in the second group... so I took a UP coal hopper and since I don't run any coal on my layout, put a styrene roof on it. Then I took an old box...
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    Photos needed

    Hey all, As you know, my Iron Ridge RR is freelanced on the CN line between London Ontario and Hamilton Ontario. I am looking for rail-served industry photos and station photos of the following cities to scratchbuild. 1) Woodstock (station) 2) Paris Jct (anything interesting) 3)...
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    Troubles with stairs

    I'm trying to build flights of stairs between decks on my container ship but I'm not sure what the easiest or the best way is to do it. Does anyone know where to point me to help or give me suggestions. I'd rather scratchbuild them then buy them commercial. Thanks
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    Scratchbuilding help

    As you know I'm working on a container ship, and I'm using cardstock as the main building material...I have come across a problem, how do I paint cardstock so that it doesn't look like cardstock? I have the basic structure done, but have run into a dilemna and don't want to add paint until I...
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    Container Ship project

    These are my progress pictures on my OOCL container ship. Sorry about it being a link to a webpage, but I am still unsure how to add images to my thread. Hope you enjoy Container Ship Preview
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    Scratchbuilding a container ship

    Hey all, A while back I posted a thread wanting to find companies that made N scale ships, preferably container ships. These were way out of my price league since they are so expensive and I would have to order them direct. So my only alternative was to begin the scratchbuilding process...
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    Looking for N scale ships

    Does anyone know of a company that produces N scale or close to N scale container ships....if so who? I haven't been able to find anything so far, and I think I might just have to scratchbuild one to fit my needs....any help with this would be appreciated Thanks Ed Burchell Iron Ridge Railroad
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    Lego as a template

    If anyone is interested in this, I found that scratchbuilding 40 ' box cars and passenger cars and any other car that is box like in shape can be easily made by using a lego template 2 blocks high and 2 1/2 blocks long...It is perfect height to hold all the sides together at right angles until...
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    Detailing interiors of buildings and rolling stock

    I have found a website that offers printables in O scale of all sorts of interior items that I'm sure scaling down to the size you want and printing them would be benificial to the detailed interiors alot of us want...everything from TV's and VCR's to pizza boxes and wallpaper...all that has to...
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    Question of material

    I am presently scratching a set of passenger cars, I was wondering if anyone has ever scratchbuilt rolling stock with cardstock? I have all the sizes, but is there anything else I need to know? I'm limiting my passenger train to two cars, which I plan on using as a commuter train for now until I...
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    Scratchbuilt intermodal well car

    This is my first scratchbuild of rolling stock. I built it from plans in Model Railroader Nov 2001. Origionally set as a three car set, I opted to model single cars. Styrene makes up the frame, the running boards are acually the roofwalk from an hopper car. The handrails are handrails from a...
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    Question about track

    How do you tell the different codes in track...I keep hearing and reading about Code 100, code 80, code 55, but what is the acual difference and how can you tell from a piece of track what the code is? Any help out there would help me out drastically.
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