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Thanks Jim I went down to the basement and laid down an 18" radius circle of flex track. Hooked up the Forney to a coach and let it go. It is willing to stay on the track as long as I run it extremely slowly but it was definitely much easier when I increased the circle radius to 22" and then...

Has anyone acquired and used one of Bachmans On30 2-4-4 Forneys? What is the minimum practical radius for these units? I am guessing 24" minimum with 30" minimum preferred? Cheers Will

Re; Tsunami in On30 Shay Thank you gentlemen! I have seen a photo of the new mini Tsunami and it does appear to be dimensionally small enough to fit. Again Thanks! Cheers Will

Scale & Gauge I am making it in 1/35 scale on 16.5 mm gauge track. Using this scale/gauge combination should yield a model close to 2 foot gauge or 500 mmm gauge. Cheers Will

overhead wire Thank you all for your help bill937ca I have ordered some poles AND overhead wire from weisman. I may actually yet be able to burn my fibgers hanging overhead and it only took me 30 years! This internet thingy is GREAT! Cheers Will

What distances are folks using for track centre seperation on linear and on curved track in On30? Cheers Will

Has anyone installed a sountraxx Tsunami in a Bachman On30 Shay? If so was it a lot of hassle? Cheers Will

Thank you 60103! I do have a concern with regard to using copper wire. I have been advised that even under the low mechanical tensions required for HO scale overhead the copper wire will stretch and sag. Apparently the phosphor bronze wire was "standard" in the last Century and nickle silver...

Thank you for your help, doctor wayne. I am still very new to this web business and so never thought to add the "photo" part of the query. Cheers Will

Thanks hmas! At least that gives me something. Now if my photogrammetry skills can be revived I might just be able to at least produce the outline of one. I am attempting to produce a model of a Henschel or an O&K or even a Deutz to 1:35 scale. Cheers Will

Over the last three decades I have aperiodically dusted off my traction equipment. I have NEVER RUN IT UNDER wire! On an impulse while at North York Hobbies I acquired a Suydam PE Interurban, a Steeple Cab, a Box Cab and three street cars. I tried to acquire overhead from Suydam but at the time...

I'm a new guy here and a stay at home dad, but I check in here at least daily.

I am trying to find drawings for a german WWII 600 mm gauge Henschel 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 locomotive, failing that one of the WWII 0-6-0 Deutz diesels should do. I have looked at Marklin, eckardt et al but no dimensional data is given! Cheers Will

Has anyone had any experience in installing a soundtraxx tsunami sound unit in a Bachman On30 Shay?

Hi. I would agree that white beadboard is used for land forms. I don't recall the MR article ( Mason do you have an issue date for the MR article?) but I would suspect that Frary covered the beadboard with something like celluclay or one of the types of plaster. I have never done this myself. My...

Oh boy! If you can't use extruded foam then you really can't use foam!The only alternatives are white bead board or florists green foam neither of which has any real mechanical strength. The only other "foam" I can think of is the very expensive high density foam they use in display work. The...

I am trying to find drawings/plans for an 0-4-0 or an 0-6-0 Henschel locomotive 1938 - 1945. I particularly am trying to find a front view of the 0-4-0! Any help is appreciated Cheers

Hi! I use Dow Cornings 2" extruded insulation foam ( usually coloured Blue but also comes in Pink). It is fairly easy to use. Most folks seem to use a serrated edged bread knife to cut it. If you use a jig-saw then I would recommend a smooth edged blade be used as it reduces the dust. The...