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    Need help on Lighting & power for structures

    I purchased the wheat lights at hobby shops ... I don't think Radio Shack has them ... in fact, Radio Shack has very little in the electronic stuff they used to carry. Local Hobby Shops are the best. You can also get them on line at various model train outlets. Good luck, and let me know how it...
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    Need help on Lighting & power for structures

    Here are the lights I use, and a photo of the house with white, red and green lights.
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    Need help on Lighting & power for structures

    Xavier ... I use many types of lights, mostly wheat bulbs ... and basically speaker wire to go from the Radio Shack Power Strips to the liights. I use all colors, but find that basic white lights up interiors, and I use color on walls, etc, to give the room color. My last house, however, has...
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    Need help on Lighting & power for structures

    Here is the photo of the stip used from the trasnformers in my layouy. There are two strips from Radiuo shack, for each side of the line. On top is the line from the transformers (#1) and on the lowser half (#2) are connectors for lights, etc, in the buildings. I have four of these under my...
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    Need help on Lighting & power for structures

    I had a similar problem with my layout in the beginning ... but found an easy solution. I purchased some of those cheap train set transformers from train shows, etc. I then connect the transformer to connector strips from Radio Shack ... and use it as the main strip for buildings. The first...
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    March 07 photo competition: trains aren't the only way to fly

    Waving at the train Passersby wave at the train, while out for a buggy ride.
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    shingle road bed?

    I have been using old roofing shinges for highways for a while. The older the better, because it shows wear and tear on the highways. I really like the way it looks, and I can put a lot together and cut out curves.
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    What do you like moste about modle railroading?

    I really enjoy all of these things, but like to take the basic structures and change them a bit to match my layout. I kit-bash some things, alter others. I just enjoy being on the bench and adding things to the layout. Sure is relaxing to "be in control" of my H-O world that operates on my time...
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    Combining hobbies

    Yes, the train does run on a track supplied in the box ... but I was pleased to learn that the train also fits my H-O track on my layout. But, because it is more of a "toy", I keep it in my computer room as a reminder of my layout in the basement. It was a gift from family, and has sentimental...
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    Combining hobbies

    Does anybody combine hobbies besides me? I have several hobbies, and several are incorporated into my layout (golf, etc) ... but this may be the first time I incorporated model railroading into another hobby. One of my other hobbies is square dancing. Over the weekend, our square dance club had...
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    What do you listen to.

    I usually just grab one of the many CD's in the computer room and listen to it, regardless of type (Classic, pop, Zydeco, Jazz, bluegrass, etc) ... but the main fallback is usually Country ... I have always liked C+W ... and have said for a number of years ... "If it ain't Merle ... it ain't!"...
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    April 04 photo contest - Archive

    Sure is nice that the snow is gone, and we can get down to John's Hardware and Lumber store. Other folks are there, too, jogging along the road, loading lumber on the pick-up truck, etc ... isn't spring wonderful!
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    WS plaster cloth/hydrocal fun

    hERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE ROCK OUTCROPS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS POST.
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    WS plaster cloth/hydrocal fun

    Here's my two cents worth ... when I started my layout, I realized I had a LOT OF SPACE to cover ... so after putting the builders foam in place, I talked with someone at the local hospital ... and was able to get some of that plaster material used to cover broken bones ... plaster rolls. I also...
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    November 03 photo contest - Archive

    Georgetown Railroad Switching Engines on the Georgetown Railroad in Colorado. What was once a working rail line to transport silver ore, is now used to transport the public on a ride through the Rocky Mountains in Georgetown, Colorado.
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    Where is your layout located?

    I have taken over a large portion of the finished basement in our three bedroom log home. It is paneled, has a drop ceiling and linoleum on the floor (old stuff that ALREADY has stuff spilled on it!). I built a layout table 8' X 8' for my HO layout and it remains a "work in progress" (it will...
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    What's your favorite scale?

    When I was young (too many years ago to mention!) there was an American Flyer under the Christmas tree ... and that was the first "bug". Years later, I saw some HO trains in a toy store, and felt that was my next step. Since that time, I have worked with just HO and find items available and the...
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    Digital Camera Poll

    I have been working with the Sony Cyber-shot DCS-F-505V for about a year and a half, and have several thousand photo's on file (burned onto CD's). It is a 3.3 megapixel camera, with a 10X zoom (including the digital ...but the digital mode usually adds "noise" or distortion) and I usually shoot...
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    My early days

    This is GREAT STUFF! You obvously are the Les Paul of the harmonica! He set the tone for guitar music today ... and you obviously have raised the standard for the haromica! Wow! Is your music available by CD? Cassette? Sure would be another inspiration for us ... seeing your RR talents AND...
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    layout pictures

    Thanks for the thoughts! The radio tower is a kit-bash effort using an N-Scale high tension power line tower kit, and shaping the triangular top from some plastic left over from other kits. These towers are everywhere on the landscape, these days, and I wanted something like that for my layout...
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