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    Cutting cars down to size

    Weight Problem I do not know if you have solved the weight problem yet on the cars. i realize that taking the interior out kind of makes the cars look,. well un realistic. Have you thought about some way of placing photographs of the interior inside the car once you remove the interior, so...
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    derailing prob - need track finetuning tips

    To prevent the jointer problem as I joined each section of track on my little layout I soldered the section in wile the jointers were still tight and this insured I had the rails as tight together as possible. Although I had de-railment problems it came from the ballast not the joints
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    Big Boy N Scale

    Good Evening, fine day today in Hootersville AKA Murrysville are you also into N scale or one of the other scales?
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    Big Boy N Scale

    Hi everyone, I currently have a Challanger N Scale engine which I cherish greatly, I had a question does anyone know if Big Boys are made in N Scale and if so who makes them? Thanks:cool:
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    Brass Dash 8-39 B

    I have no absolute reason why for you other than brass engines do not reflect what was/is really run on the rails, more a novelty of something that is a novelty model railroading. I am curious what are you asking for your engine?
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    Confused!

    You Bet I would Return The set, as hard as it maybe to part with it, I would get it back, or file a claim with the carrier. Mike
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    Gondola scrap load article

    I have had with some good success using super glue and accelerator. I do some wood butchering and I got into using the super glues for wood. I accidentally tore out a section of rail when I was cleaning off of the bed's excessive ballast. I had to replace the bed, track and ballast It was a...
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    Free N and HO scale ruler

    An inch By any other name would be but as long :) The real thing is that one uses the same measurement, any amount it might be off by printing it does not matter as alon as you use the same scale, so it really does not matter, just be consistant.:wave:
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    small pond

    I have a small H2O on my N scale, using olive drab, some regular green paint, a dab of brown, a dash of black, I came up with a color that looked like a pond! I took that mixed mess brushed on to a piece of 1/32 plexglass. After it dried I put the painted side down on the layout, a few sprigs...
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    Glue vs Pins

    I have used the rail bed that kind of looks like.....black top???? I do not remember the nane of the stuff but I will tell you that it stuck to the plywood top like mad and I gently pressed the track into that stuff amd man I tried about a month later to take up a piece or track segment it was...
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    Wire Gauge

    Thanks Guys, Seeing as I already have the 18 I will use it to the bus and for long runs, 4 ft or greater and perhaps 22 for the shorter runs. I know at some point 22 will have a power loss, even on my small set up each track has 2 feeds 180 degrees apart. Currently I use straight DC not DCC...
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    Mixing N & Z Scales

    Thanks Everyone for the responses. I am going to have a go at it.
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    Wire Gauge

    Being rather new to this hobby and before finding this place I dove in an did a small 3'X5' layout, I used almost exclusively #18AWG. Now I am planning a larger an wiser layout is stranded 18AWG still sufficent for both the AC & DC sides. Thanks Mike
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    Mixing N & Z Scales

    Great site, after just finishing my first N Scale layout, I discovered this site, well better late than never. My question is I am planing a second N Scale layout approximately 40" by 8 or 9 Ft. In one section I had planned on building a small mountain community and possibly using z cale as...
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