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One of the bugaboo's of modern avaition electronics (and other areas) is static electricity. Thats the reason for the anti static plastic wrappings on a lot of new computer components. The micro minaturizing of various components and the low current required to make them function can cause...

Please, don't give me another option. By the way. Look up Blackman Brothers in western Washington state. They used home built logging loco's in the 1880's that had 7 1/2 foot and wider, wood rails.

Have you tried an art supply store? One that caters to professional or advanced amateurs? I'm curious, are you using the modeling clay for permanant landscaping or just temporary use? Gee, I didn't answer your question but asked three. That isn't much help.

May I suggest using your detailed trees in the foreground and making background trees with less detailed trunks. If your forest is going to be really dense then the trunks won't show except along the edge of the forest. Painted dowels and Woodland Scenics or some other clump foam would do the...

Here are some photo's of an MRL equipment train, shortly after reloading, near Polson, MT. A big change from the days of hand spiking rail and the crew being housed on site in old passenger cars. Everybody but the engineer went home by highway. Taken from a public road by old tech 300 mm lens...

No problem here in MT, Russ.

Bill: I subscribe to Timber Times (a quarterly magazine) and also TallTimber Short Lines (also a quarterly). Some hardcore hobby shops here in the West carry both publications. Here's the address for TimberTimes. P.O. Box 219 Hillsboro, OR 97123. Hillsboro is a suburb of Portland. Both...

I do the water thing first and add the scenic accents afterward. The areas where you have the glossy surfaces can be covered with sand and/ or ground foam. Brush your adhesive on carefully and add the dirt, sand, ground foam. You can carefully vacuum up any loose material from the pond...

This looks like a good exercise in priorities. (1) Eliminate the moisture problem. (2) Lighting--to correct the " dungeon feeling. (3) Make sure you can get in and out with big boxes ie. that stuff that is in the area that you don't use. (4) Painting of walls and any other areas that will become...

Mine came with an exploded view and all of the other paperwork that you mentioned. Yep, it's a great model. Was the clear plastic wrapper intact when you got the model? Did you get it on Ebay by any chance? If all else fails I can photocopy my paperwork and mail it to you.

Here's some additional info on the Lombard and other similar tractors. See the current issue (#42)of Timber Times magazine. There are several pages of photos.

Are you planning to do the work yourself? Do you have the skills and equipment to do major surgery on the models? I hate to agree with everyone else, but, the end cost will be as much as buying real N scale equipment. There is the old story about the 20,000 dollar cord of wood. Cost of chain...

You are not the first person to have negative comments about the above company. I emailed them about their poor service several months ago and received a reply that "they were updating their computer system and would be back on schedule soon". I guess they didn't make the schedule. I don't...

who dat: Thanks for the info. I'm glad that you got a working flash unit. As I mentioned, I have lots of film camera equipment but none of my strobes will adapt to the new digital wonder.

I'm not familiar with XtrkCAD so I'll leave that to the experts. To answer your question about code 100 vs code 83, it's the height of the rail in 1/1000 of an inch. Code 100 (.100) represents a prototype rail size that was only used by a few major carriers on heavily used routes. Code 83 is...

Looks better with each passing photo.

Hello Martin and welcome.

There is a product called CleanSafe, a pressurized gas that can be used for blowing the dust out of electronic equipment and models. Try the eloctronics department at Walmart or some other store. As for the brushes, I haven't changed any in quite awhile. I'm guessing that you have some older...

Can you go beyond the 24"X47' size by extending your layout over the ends of your desk a bit? Just a thought.

I like it. Great job. Don't forget to paint those walls before you get too much scenery finished. :mrgreen: