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Flyboy41, do you have any dirtroad on tour layout ? If yes, how did you make them ?. I tried real sifted dirt ( even through a nylon stocking ), but it's still too coarse for an N scale layout. The last solution I have in mind is with Zip texturing: mixing some artist pigment with spackle...

OK, now I understand your point of view . Jacques

I thought it was the turntable Jacques

A # 4 turnout diverges one unit in four units of run. A # 6 turnout diverges one unit in 6 units of run , so a # 4 frog angle is bigger than a # 6 frog angle. Jacques

Thanks for sharing your work FrankG. I visited your website and were highly impressed by the amount of details you put into your N scale structures. I like the neon signs article too. Jacques

No one has an excuse for not having a model railroad layout at home. Lack of space ... nonsense. No idea, then first check the bible of micro-layouts: Micro/Small Layouts for Model Railroads My layout has 1 sector plate, 2 peco turnouts and uses peco flextrack. The main reason I started that...

Thanks for the info about the backdrop TrainNut. There is no specific thread for my switching layout. I'm starting one just now:) I'm fascinated with micro layouts. Those guys make great stuff just within a shoebox. Jacques

I like the backdrop too. Is it an N scale backdrop that you scaled down at 1/12 ? Jacques

Very cool, well done TrainNut. Your 1/12 of your future N scale layout is ... bigger than my real N scale switching layout ( 11" by 23" ). By the way, shouldn't it be a 1/1920 scale ? ( 160X 12 = 1920 ). Jacques

Wayne, I don't need any spare parts ...yet. The parts I would like to have in stock are: motor brushes, the brass contacts in the trucks and the LEDs Jacques

I don't get it Jeff, why to use both a DPDT AND a pushbutton ? Jacques

I agree with you 100% steamhead. The instructions for the Atlas turnouts warns " DO NOT HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN FOR LONGER THAN ONE SECOND " ( the ONE is underlined ) Jacques

I have an N scale SW9/1200 TH&B Life-Like engine and I would like to keep it for as long as I can because it is a very smoooooth runner. I know that Life-Like has been purchased by Walthers but Walthers doesn't have any " spare parts purchasing" on their website, while Atlas does. So, where did...

First thanks to all the nice members on this forum who took some of their precious time to reply. It looks like the majority use grain of wheat light bulbs. By the way I discovered today that miniature light bulbs are named according to size: grain of sand = 1.2mm diameter grain of rice = 2.2...

Unfortunately Life-Like was purchased by Walthers a few years ago. I have a Life-Like SW9/1200 purchased 2 years ago and when I opened the shell to install Micro-trains couplers 2 contacts out of 4 fell down. I was lucky I didn't loose any. Try to contact Walthers first or buy a spare...

Now I see exactly what you have in mind. So, to resume if you want something that you can just run your trains on you don't need to install the roadbed. And when you'll move into your house 2-3 years from now you won't even have to tear your previous layout down. One of Model Railroader editor...

Jim Krause has a point here, gluing the track directly on the door would be better than nailing it. I'm building a switching layout, the track is glued directly on 1 piece of kitchen shelf ( leftover from our kitchen improvement ). I glued the kato flextrack using DAP Kwik Seal tub & tile...

I've never seen any article about the subject. What kind light bulb is best ? ( I've heard about rice bulb, what is it exactly ? ) How about LEDs ? What if the light bulb burns ? do you have to tear the structure off the layout to replace the light bulb ? How do you light the structures ...

Maybe it's out of topic here but I don't see any runaround track in the yard. Why don't you first submit your layout design in the layout planning subforum. They have some very good layout planners there who will be helpful and come back with some positive criticism. Jacques

The roadbed won't have any influence on the performance. But it looks like you plan on doing some nice scenery with grades hills and cliffs, so why not take some little extra time to make a realistic track with a roadbed. Jacques