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I've been meaning to reply to this post since joining the Gauge. So here goes. Being a solder tech for the US Navy for the last 16 years I have learnt a little about what works and what doesn't. As others have said a clean tip is a must. But the methods to cleaning the tip and keeping the tip in...

Bill I plan on doing the same thing eventually. i did get it bashed together and it looks like it'll work out pretty good. i intend to ballast it too. All the plate girders I grew up around were that way and It looks good on a small bridge. As for getting it detailed out that will come as...

Well, I finally got my bridges in and went to the hobby store at lunch (shhh don't tell the boss) picked up some .040" styrene and found a nifty soldering iron/hot tip cutter combo so tonight I'll be bashing a bridge together. I'll just use one bridge and see what happens. I did get some bridge...

Rory Exactly what I need. Matter of fact I placed 2 on order today (dang if someone didn't buy those at the hobby store) so now I have to wait, but I'm working the rest of the main lines. All pinned right now. Going to wait until all the track work is bug free, then I'm nuts with the glue...

I knew it, I knew it. I had 2 bridges in hand yesterday and put them back. Guess this gives me another excuse to visit the hobby store again. Jody :)

Well I decided that a double track main was in order for the un-named railroad and I've hit a snag. I need a bridge to span a scale 53' (4in) with the ability to run under it also. Now I can lengthen the span another 2 in but would like to leave as is. I've searched the world over to no avail on...

Well, I did the fire test on the blue foam board. It melts real easy but does not take to flaming. I really had to hold a piece straight up and down and put flames to the bottom edge to get it to light off and that was after holding the flame there for about 45 seconds. I then held the board...

Thanks Lynn, I will do that before I start placing items on it. Jody :D

That yard is huge. The cotton Bowl? Nah I think New Jersey would be about right for doing it? Really website too. I really good like the aerial photo graph site. Found my parents house. I think if one were to model that yard, it'd have to be in either N or Z scale unless you have and empty...

Now you all got me wondering if'n I should treat the foam board with some sort of fire retardent stuff. Whelp I guess I'll have to visit the hardware store and see what I can get myself into trouble with. I'll do a fire test on the stuff tonight to see how easy or hard it is to light off. I'll...

The blue and pink foam board is normally used around concrete foundation walls of homes to aide in insulation and prevention of moisture into the home. The stuff is really great a sound deading device. Yes it is flammable, but so is just about everything that you place on top of it for your...

Bill, Thanks for the idea. I know the brushes you are talking about very well. I have used them to clean corrosion off of different hardware on airplanes (yes the real ones), in fact I may have one or two laying in some dark, remote cubby hole here somewhere. I will definitly try them out...

Hello all. After being out of model railroading for about 20 years I am finally able to spare some time to build a N-scale layout. It'll be of the freelance variety with no specific era being modeled. Basically using this layout to brush up on all the new materials that have come around in the...