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Putting together a model train display... Hey Gaugers, I work at the Toronto Public Library, North York Central Branch. I was just asked by one of the Children's Department Librarians if I could help put together a Model Railroading Display for the month of March. The stuff will be...

Elbow Grease... Here's my three part solution. #1. Clean the rails with a rag and either alcohol or windex to get up any grease and grim. #2. Follow that with a good buffing with a "Bright-boy" rail cleaner. #3. Get an artists' Graphite stick at an art store and rub it onto the rails...

I saw an article in MR About using multiple dioramas to build an entire layout. Or at least sections of it. You can "super-detail" the scene while sitting comfortably at your workbench and then plug it into your layout. This also allows you to bring parts of your layout to Train-shows...

Heat shields Even thought the light bulbs don't get hot enough to cause a fire... You might want to put a piece of thin sheet metal above each bulb. This will prevent the heat from the bulb from drying out any wood too much. You can use metal from large juice cans, or sheet metal that is...

Aristocraft Crest HO Train Engineer The poll dosn't have a "None of the above" option... I'm using DC right now, but I'll be going with the Aristocraft Crest HO Train Engineer For operating module layouts on DC, you need to set up temporary control panels and cabs. There are the...

Keepin' a low profile... Hi Chris, I've mostly been hanging my head in shame.. :cry: I've spent so much time talking about model railroading and too little time actually doing anything. So I thought that I would keep a low profile until I actually had something to show. As it...

Hi Chris, If you've gpt the cash, there is some nice Proto87 Girder rail and some other great traction stuff available from the PROTO 87 Store: http://www.proto87stores.com/p87stores/strass1.htm

I'm Positive that there is an HO scale brass import of the GMD1... I'll have to look through a couple of back issues of MRC, to find the details... CANADIAN RAILWAY MODELLER magazine has an article for updating the brass model. And Miniatures by Eric has detail parts (Bell, smoke stacks...

Hot wire on a budget.... Hi Cactus I built my own hot wire foam cutter with some brass rod, ni-chrome wire and a transformer.... PM me your e-mail addy and I will e-mail you a *.txt file with instructions on how to build your own for under $20.... Or you can join the "The-gauge" yahoo...

Well... Eliminating the reverse loop does simplify wiring... But then you have to use your 0-5-0 switcher to reverse trains. I do like the third layout design too.... But you need to have some prototypical justification for the added mainline curves... How about one of these? The...

Welcome!!! To On30!!! Hi Charlie, Wow! It's a big leap from N scale to O! I've had a hard time adjusting from HO to O.... On30 is my passion now, but I resisted it for a long time... How much real estate do you have available for this venture? I know that you tried HOn3, but...