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    But it's a dry heat!

    Well I don't feel so bad now. It is a cool refreshing 98 outsdide. I ride a motorcycle to work and I feel like I have been in a blast furnace for the hour drive. The worst part about the heat is the fires that come with it. We complain about the heat, yet the people out there fighting the...
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    blue roofing foam

    White Cap sell the foam but it is green. Not surre if you have a White Cap around you. The Depoy seel foam with foil on both side that is close but not the same as the pinik, blue, green foam. It is closer to surf board foam. Dru.
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    Copy machine toner uses?

    When I worked for XEROX, I hated the toner. It would get every where you did not want it and was real hard to get it where you did want it. If you where able to get it for free and used lots of dull coat to seal it in place, apllied it outside, it might work. But for all of the trouble, black...
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    Do any retailers sell hydrocal?

    One trade name for hydrocal is Fixall. Hoedepot and lowes do carry the stuff. Another thing to ask for is hotmud. It is used as a first coat for drywall. If you ask for hydrocal they may not know what you are asking for. Dru.
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    Tony's!! Rocks.

    I had asked the manufacture of my DCC set what decoder would plug right into my Athearn FP59PHI loco. Well after 3 emails to them and not even a peep out of them I asked Aethern if they recomended a decoder. They replied the next day and did not have a decoder to recomend. They said there...
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    Athearn 8 pin, MRC 9 pin

    I may be just trying to over think all of this. The pic of the DCC board in the loco came out blurry but you can sort of see the 8 holes (2 rows of 4) at the bottom. The small board attached to the end of the harness drops right into the 8 holes. There are only 7 wires attached to the small...
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    Athearn 8 pin, MRC 9 pin

    Sorry for the delay in posting. This has been the first day I have felt good enough to sit at the puter desk. I have a serious case of the horrible terribles. I feel right up there with death warmed over. I will try to take a couple of pics. May have to wait until I get to work to post...
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    Athearn 8 pin, MRC 9 pin

    I just opened the big box the brown truck left for me today. I am checking out my new F59 PHI and see it has a nice DCC plug all ready for my MRC decoder with sound. Well looks are not always right. The Athearn has an 8 pin plug and the decoder has a 9 pin plug. Does this mean I have to...
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    code 100 or code 83 or both

    It looks like I will use code 100. It seems to me to keep it all the same. I won't have to worry about what rail size where. Dru.
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    code 100 or code 83 or both

    To me, the look of the smaller rail, just looks better. If the code 83 worked better then I would go with that. After the code 100 is painted and balasted it looks good. So I know what I need to spend on track now. Dru.
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    code 100 or code 83 or both

    I have settled on a track plan that fits what I want to do with my railroad. It is plan #62 Adirondack from the book 101 track plans. You can also see a small version of the picture at trainplayer.com. I have 15 code 100 NS flex tracks, 21 code 100 NS #6 custom line turn outs already. I...
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    Ssshhhhhhhhhhh

    Nguager, I like that idea. Mine will be in the garage that is 300 feet from the house, so slipping a few items in should not be a problem. I just need to get a "test track" set up. A small 4x8 should do until I can get the real one started. I have the track and other stuff so I can do it...
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    Ssshhhhhhhhhhh

    If I were to think about a night out to Block Buster and the golden arches, MRR stuff would be the least of my worries. Now if the Arches were a plane trip, hotel stay, different language and the need for a passport away, then maybe. The dresses are always to short and to tight when I get them...
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    Ssshhhhhhhhhhh

    I think the cat will be out of the bag when I am running trains around a 4X8 oval. It is just some times I feel a little guilty when I spend the cash on myself. I am sure you know what I mean. Just looking forward to seeing them run around a track. Dru.
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    Ssshhhhhhhhhhh

    Well I am most likely going to be in the dog house after today. I am not sure how it happened. I was just flipping pages on the the net. I was at a first hobby and the next thing I know I have ordered a Athearn FP59PHI and 5 Bombardier cars, Prodigy Advance, 3 Diesel decoders. I am just...
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    Hey, it's raining

    Well right now my little escort is snowed in. I am about half way from the ocean to the CA AZ border in Southern Ca. It is 30 degrees and the wind chill is at 0. Yes this is in SUNYY southern CALIFORNIA. I do like to watch the people who can not drive in the rain, try to drive in the snow...
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    Anything in San Diego, Palm Springs or Yuma.

    Yes there is a huge model railroad museum in Balboa Park. It has O, HO, N, Leggo, and Toy trains. It is easy to spend most of the day there. They may have some of the building done on a new section of the HO layout. Here is thier web site. http://www.sdmodelrailroadm.com/ Dru.
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    Its FRIDAY 1-27-06, Weekend Modeling Plans!

    Well I am going to go through two big boxes of train stuff and fuigure out if I have more N scale or HO scale stuff. I am going to use what ever I have the most of. It will be a 5' X 9' foot layout. That is my goal for this weekend. I am also going to try and figure out if I want the Prodigy...
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    Train ride.

    Well I went on my first train ride in a long long time. It was just a short ride from the Sante Fe station in San Diego to San Juan Capistrano. We were sitting on the top deck of the Surfliner. I was impressed at how smooth the ride was. I remeber the noise of the train going over joints in...
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    Just a check on my sanity????

    Well 5'X9' is still alright for me. Well itdoes not seem I am to far out of my mind then. Since I am going N scale with this, I should have plenty of axtra room to add a few tracks for more yard and switching stuff. Thanks. Dru.
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