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Peco makes a really stiff code 55 track with cement ties. I thought about getting it, but it was double the price and I have code 80 track allready.

I'm planning a new layout and with sectional track before I've always laid out the layout to trace around for the bedding and ran trains over the layout to check for thinks like sharpness of curves and bends.

I have a question about flex track. I'm using Atlas code 80 N scale. With sectional track you can put a test layout on top of your board before you put down roadbed and lay out and ballast your track. Now with flex track on curves it flexes out unless it's glued or nailed down. I have not done...

I think a bright boy would do the trick. It's like an eraser that your hobby shop should have. I think you can also use a regular eraser as well. Make sure to brush away the crumbs. I also think a rag soaked in alcohol could do the job. I've always wondered about blue window washer fluid. I...

Thanks for the advice. What I did was to take a putty knife and slide it underneath the track and break the glue bond. I didn't use a lot of glue so it was pretty easy. I then lifted up the track enough to slide it out and back in the rail joiner.

I am using atlas sectional track code 80. In my layout, one side of the track slipped out of the rail joiner. Of the four rails of track that come together by railjoingers one of the three is out of the rail joiner, but only one side. So out of a combination of four rails joined by two rail...

Have any of you tried the new and improved formula for ballasting. According to the advertisments that I remember and the directions you do not need wet water to ballast. Is that true? Have any of you tried the new and improved formula to cement your ballast without wet water? How did it work?

Did you just nail down the cork? I always use white glue and hold it in place with push pins until dry. Re. the track laying...Hold the track in place then use a pin vice with a fine drill bit to pre drill through the cork and the plywood. You can then tap in your nails easily and push them...

I'm using atlas sectional track code 80. I've decided to try nailing track down. I was able to nail down the cork and I sort of liked the result. Now, I've tested out nailing one piece of track and I ruined two little nail holes because if the nail goes in the least bit crooked the plastic tie...

Do you guys notice that when you first layout your track on top of the wood board before you place down cork and so on that there are parts of the track if your using atlas section that are wobble or do not rest completely on the board? I working on a new layout and I'm test running it on track...

Thanks for the advice. I removed the switch from the layout and took off the unrealistic black cover of the switch mechanism. Man those screws are small. It appears that the plastic piece which lies under the rail and is connected to the prongs was not properly smooth. It appears that a little...

It works in one direction, but when I try to switch in the other direction the knob-lever will move, but the track won't switch. I can do it manually by using my finger to move the metal prongs after moving the lever and it will then move back. About 1/4 four times it will switch by moving the...

Thanks for your help.

How do you guys oil your engine? How much of it do you take apart? Any websites that show how others do it? I'm just curiouis to see how others do it. I don't think I'm doing the best job possible.

It's more difficult to build structures in N scale from kits because of the size, but then again, it's easier to hide mistakes in N-scale and harder to find them. There is a lot of more selection of structures in HO scale at your local shop, but online seems to make up the difference. I went...

If it's just track on a board why don't you wrap it up in newspaper and cardboard and tape over it and ship it that way. Or go to the U-haul store and see if they boxes big enough for it. I actually think you could ship it in decent cardboard. Freight companies ship most of their stuff in...

Do you use Aleene's to attach foam or lichen for trees? Hob-e-tac can be found at the Woodland's Scenic display at the hobby shop. I like hob-e-tac, because it comes in a jar with a brush.

I got it at a craft store called Michael's. I was intrigued by the tacky in the title and thought maybe it's a lot like hob-e-tac. They both seem the same--thicker than Elmer's. I really like Woodland Scenics stuff, but it can get a little pricey for their glues. Their scenic cement seems like...

Are they the same? I mean hob-e-tac has tac in it. Are they the same thing basically? I like hob-e-tac for making trees, but Aleene's is cheaper.

Hi, I'm sort of doing the same thing--a small town setting with roads and houses with green yards and so on. I'm just starting. I'd reccommend real dirt or sand you can get outside. It's cheap and it's the real thing. Look for a place where the rain water has created little streams and...