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I have this problem where the train on certain sections will jerk alittle. After it goes around a few times the stalling gets better. I have every joint solidered and I have sanded the tops of the rails, I have not opened the engine yet but what else can I check? Oh one last thing, I have...

the fence is made out of tooth picks stained and cut. the fence is 30 gauge wire.

new fotos of work I have added the barbred wire fence for the farmer. I have added a new river making and started on hills that will have a water fall and a tunnel for the road leading out of town. I used a dremel tool for all the cutting of the wood and used newspaper and cardboard wrapped...

if you are not caring of scale size then I would use toothpics, cut the pointed ends off and paint. If you do care about scale size then go to the hobby store train or other and get some hollow steel tubing and paint. good luck Joe in Houston

Say man I live in a very small apartment and I chose N scale over ho for this reason and you can cover more ground with N as opposed to Ho. I cut a 4x8 sheet in half and made a loop with a father loop. I now wish I would have made an L shaped layout but this works good. Choose wisly Joe in...

Very good work, as I see tons of pics, what set this one apart was the extra ties on the side, never would have thought of that. That seems to be the experienced modeler coming out in you. Keep the great work. Joe in Houston

Progress report 3 Yea, that is what I do, and the first cloth worked best , the second seemed brittle and it didnot take the water verywell. I was also thinking about your graffiti, On the net it shows the pics of the graffiti decals, at internettrains, that way your wife can get some ideas to...

CP, I would say that the first looks very planned, (a solo that was written out as we would say in music) the second looks like some low lifes were out drinking and painted the car. Joe in Houston

C T, I was only saying that cause I also play guitar and on other forums I visit if you say something other than what the romans say than it causes a big uproar. I personally want as much info as I can get. Joe in houston

I was waiting to put the tunnel in after I finishd the mountain.

I am not trying to start an argument, just sharing my thoughts. I am a novice modeler and started with a ez track then made a transition to flex track. I ran into the same problem as C T. The bump looked bad and one car the 40 footer would come uncoupled. I fixed the problem by sanding it...

wayne, I live in Houston, Texas and we don't have any mountains, hills, cliffs or anything that resembles a hill side, just those freeway under and over passes. As far as what I am modeling, No clue just thought it would be nice to have a mountain for the train to go through. On the opposite...

Dash10, Suppose that I don't have one of those hand vacs but I needed a free way to get the excess, I tried a rub with the finger that worked but then the excess looked like clusters and not all fine like it was prior to use. What do you think?

"that foam bedding i tried to use" I used the foam bed because it was easly bent into shape. That was my main reason over cork. I also had a transition from Bachman snaptrack to flex and the foam fit nice. I also did not glue it down just nailed the track and the bed right to the ply...

reclaiming excess the bottle of turf tells me to pour and then reclaim the excess turf, what is the best way to reclaim it, I mean I paid for it right I claim the right to reclaim it. Seriously what is the best way?

Wayne, I have no mountains here just over passes that go really high in the sky. I was thinking that it looked realistic but as I was excited to see the board come to life I wanted everything green. Guys here I have attached a side view of the cliff, I like the natural formation of the...

attathed is the side of my mountain, I was wondering if any modelers have devised a plan to get turf on the side of a mountain that is already attached to the plywood? I have tried throwing it at the side but that is just not cutting it, I tried to put it in my hand and blow it to the side of...

pics and radio nice pics. This radio thing is kinda interesting, do you play music or do you just have a talk show? Also I saw a movie called Pump up the volume with Chrstian Slater, He is an operator of a pirate radio station. Do you do something like that or what? you can check out my...

agree I agree with muddy creeck, leave it and weather the train a little and run with it , could be that when your trainhands were backing away from the stair well at the depot that it got hooked some how and bent. Sthingst happens I say this because I would not like to spend the money to...

I was thinking that you could call them and talk with them. I know they have it because I am saving up to get one so I checked the price, it just might not be in a pic on the web site. also can you post a picture of your layout?