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    German Railwaystation "Klingenmuenster"

    Hello all, actually, I'm working on a part of a modular layout from our local modeltrain-club. As we started to build this layout many years ago, we've tried to rebuild a abondend line from our region. The branchline from Rohrbach to Klingenmuenster is only 9.5km long. The layout is designed...
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    Tuning the new Atlas-Shay

    Hello, I'm very sorry tell you, that I'll have no time to finish this project the next weeks. I'm working on a layout for our local modellrailroad club. We'll have a show at the end of the year and I've to build a railwaystation in H0-scale with over 16feet long. For some pictures please...
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    Tuning the new Atlas-Shay

    Good morning. In the next weeks, I'll redesign my new Atlas-Shay. I like the old style wood-burner much more then the modern oil-burner. Here are some ideas : - Set the couplers closer to the frame - New ballon stack - Conversion to woodburner - New open woodpanel cab - Detailing -...
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    Good news for some of us waiting

    Good morning, my Shay arrived last weekend and is a great model and runner. Next time, I'll start some conversions on my model : - Couplers (nearly done) - new stack (done) - open cab with new watertank - conversion to wood burner - weathering - details
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    Good news for some of us waiting

    I'm too... I think my one will be swimming over the ocean at this time...
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    New rolling stock on Melina's Lake

    This is a small drawing from the Railbus.
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    Good news for some of us waiting

    That Looks good and sounds great. I hope my Shay will arrive this week.
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    New rolling stock on Melina's Lake

    New rolling stock on Melina's Lake Lumber Co. Hello, after a break of some days, I've returned to my workbench and finished some more cars for my N-scale Logging railroad. Some time ago, I've presented my 30' Logcars. I've added 4 more, so I have 12 of them on my rooster. After this...
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    Good news for some of us waiting

    I know... Yesterday I've got an eMail from my dealer, asking if I still interested in my ordered shay. The model will be shipped tomorrow :) :) I've wait more then one Year... But the next two weeks I will be more impatient.
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    Question to stripes on WSLC-sceletons

    Hello Marc, thank you for the link. This is a great ressource for WSLC-stuff. And I've got a answer to my question. The "safety stripes" were painted to rolling stock, to make them more vissible at night. The WSLCo has some railroadcrossings over public roads. At night, a logtrain is not...
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    So, what does your wife think?

    Do you really want to know ??? Last week, we were buying some new furniture for ours new living room. She stands in front of an shelf wall and means "This one would be great. There is a place for tv, dvd-player, reciever and a nice showcase on the left. On the other side, we can install ours...
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    MLL - scratchbuild sceletons

    Good morning I'm sorry about this :oops: But take it easy. 10 years ago, I've started with a small handsaw and an old minidrill. To buy this mill, I've spend money over some month and stopped smoking. It's all a question of what you want or like :thumb: Hmmmm. Is any one interested in kits? It...
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    Question to stripes on WSLC-sceletons

    Hello loggers, I've a question about the two white angeled stripes on Westside-sceletons you can see on the right in the following picture. What is the meaning of this stripes or is this only color. Thank you ;-) picture from http://www.wsrestoration.com
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    MLL - scratchbuild sceletons

    Hello. Yesterday, I've scratchbuild eight 30' sceletons for my new "Melina's Lake Logging" railroad. Most parts are cnc-milled out of 3 or 2mm thick styrene. This parts are the main bars milled out if 3mm styrene. I've used 2mm styrene for the bunks. The assembling has started. I've...
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    Need pictures of 36' oldtime boxcars

    Here is my first drawing of a 30' boxcar. EDIT: And a 3D-model
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    Need pictures of 36' oldtime boxcars

    Thank you very much for any kind of help ;-) The pictures are great. I'll try to build some out of styrene or wood. Gerd
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    Need pictures of 36' oldtime boxcars

    Hello, I'll try to build some wooden oldtime boxcars with 36' length in n-scale for my logging railroad. So, I'm searching for some pictures of underside, side and front of the boxcar. Can any one help ? Thank's, Gerd
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    unloading log cars

    I like this version, used by the SantaCruz Lumber Co.
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    How to make Buildings... The modern way.

    Hello, I've got my cnc-milld from EAS. http://www.easgmbh.de/ The small one (called BGS 60) will cost round about 770 Euro + 420 Euro for the interface. This maschine is designed to hold a dremel and can be used to mill wood and styrene. No brass ! The big mill (called Easy 300) will...
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    How to make Buildings... The modern way.

    Hello over there... Actually, I'm working on many small buildings in H0-scale to rebuild parts of the modular H0-Layout in our local railroading-club. We are working on an old railway station, so the buildings should look like the old originials. All 15 models have to be scratchbuild. I've...