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  1. Edavillenut

    Turnouts

    atlas makes code 83 in ho and code 55 in n scale i think
  2. Edavillenut

    Turnouts

    what is the difference between #4, #6, and snap-switches. i only use atlas track and i think i made the mistake by buying snap-switches.:mad: well this is my first layout so does that make a difference :confused:
  3. Edavillenut

    Wood Trestle Bridge

    they are 2" on center. the way you said to do it is how i thought i would have to do it. but wanted to see how someone else would do it. thanks
  4. Edavillenut

    Let's Talk SOLDERING

    i use to use 22 gauge but the dcc book sause to use bigger so i did and it works
  5. Edavillenut

    Let's Talk SOLDERING

    for the track feeders i solder the wire to the rail joiner before i put it on the rail this way i cant melt the ties and you can hide the wire better. because i use 16 gauge speker wire going to the track and then 12 gauge bus wires running under the table to my DCC system well to where my DCC...
  6. Edavillenut

    Wood Trestle Bridge

    i want to make a WOOD TRESTLE BRIDGE for my HO scale layout but i don know ho to do what i want or if it would of been done that way. i have a straight track in the back and another track in front that both ends are curves how would i go about making the bents for there. look at the crude...
  7. Edavillenut

    My freelanced railroad

    i have done that before, what i do is paint the color i want to match on a white piece of the evergreen plastic and let it dry then put it on my scanner and scan it in. then i bring it in to photo shop and use the eyedroper macth the color (get the numbers of the color so you dont have to dont...
  8. Edavillenut

    Let's Talk SOLDERING

    Billk the thing you are talking about is called The Helping Hands the work great i have two of them
  9. Edavillenut

    trying to find a track plan

    thank you that is the only issue i cant find out of my 30 some odd years of model railroader i am trying to get every issue ever printed. i but them all on ebay
  10. Edavillenut

    My freelanced railroad

    yeah but they look really really good
  11. Edavillenut

    New Homes & Basements

    no i did know there was one. where is it what town. i go to the whitman train show and the Greenburg show at Shriners Aditorium Wilmington, Massachusetts
  12. Edavillenut

    New Homes & Basements

    eightyeightfan1 i am in the same boat as you, my parents stuck me in the attic also. i hate it because when i am out of school in the summer when i can work on the layout all day i cant because it is two hot. then when i am in school in the winter i dont have time to work on the layout because i...
  13. Edavillenut

    trying to find a track plan

    sorry about that i forgot to put that it was in model railroader and it is ho scale
  14. Edavillenut

    trying to find a track plan

    there was a 4X8 in either december 1995 or 1996 it was called something Central. i cant find my copy of either year so if any out there has this copy could you please give me a copy of the track plan and track list. i remember that i liked it and it would fit on my last 4X8 table that is free.
  15. Edavillenut

    My freelanced railroad

    do you have a close up of the backdrop
  16. Edavillenut

    Airbrushes

    good news the Lacquer thinner did not eat the plastic and it really cleaned it it looks new:D
  17. Edavillenut

    Airbrushes

    it is a testors aztec
  18. Edavillenut

    Airbrushes

    will Lacquer thinner eat plastic. my air bruch is all plactis and i dont want to mess it up
  19. Edavillenut

    Most Annoying

    i have another one. crawling under the layout to repair a under table switch machine:mad:
  20. Edavillenut

    Help

    do you have a picture of the one you did