Recent content by dwight77

This may not be the answer for everyone, but making a “sound box car” has really brought me to a new level of satisfaction in N Scale sound. I used a Micro Trains 50’ Express refer for my project. Additional parts (with approximate costs) were: Digitrax SDN144PS Sound Decoder $ 39.10 (Litchfield...

Just for grins, I sent a copy of my "Letter to the Editor" to MRC to see if they had any comments. Below is my email to them and their response. It is almost too funny. To even think that they would market a sound product that they expected to be heard a whopping "almost 1 foot away" is...

Hi All: I subscribe to Model Railroad News and have found many of their articles very informative. Recently, in October 2010 and February 2011, they had articles espousing how good an MRC decoder with sound was when installed in an N Scale Kato SD80 and a Kato SD45. Since I have a couple of Kato...

Hi Mountain Man: Check out this site. It gives a pretty good history of the Inglenook puzzle. http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-inglenook.html dwight77

And the last of the pictures for now. We do need to add a few more people.....and if anyone has any suggestions, we are always open to constructive criticism. dwight77

And some more from our puzzle module. dwight77

Hi All: We have been making progress on our scenry. Here are some pictures and I will have more to follow. dwight77

Hi All: We are slowly making progress with our switching puzzle module. The roads, paths, and groundcover have been completed....see pictures. Next will come trees, bushes, vehicles, and people. dwight77

For us people that are doing our best to have a nice n scale layout on a 5'x10' board, I am not sure if I am just envious of your space or overwhelmed by what you consider limited space. You must have a basement, here in Florida, we do not know what a basement is. dwight77

Hi All: I have noticed a considerable drop off in topics. I just thought it was the economy. I have to ask, one member here said, "I'm already there". Where is "THERE" ? dwight77

Hi Jesso: The switching has been good. Have only had limited use as we have been still working on the scenery.....but those who have tried it have enjoyed it. We are going to start keeping a log for those who work the puzzles.....and I believe it will count toward hours on the dispatch...

Hi Ralph: Check my post in the N Scale forum under " Inglenook / Time Saver Switching Combo" I have posted some pictures of how our switching module is coming together. It has both the rooming house and the box & crate factory on the module. dwight77

Buildings added - scenery to follow Hi All: Following are the buildings we have built and tentatively placed on our switching module. We have tried to allow ample room for people's big hands to come in with a bamboo shoot and un-couple cars for the switching operations. Our next step will be...

Hi john12212000: Thanks for the compliment. The kit included roof material, a paper product with a sticky back. While the strips were long enough to go the full length of the roof, I cut them and overlapped them laterally and of course they overlapped top to bottom. I painted the roof with...

N Gauger: Thanks for setting up the league. My third year I think, and I have enjoyed it once again. I don't think Jesso can catch me in points if all my cars finished 40, 41, 42, and 43, except that we are tied for wins. I will look forward to your startup again in February and would like to...