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Sowell Engine Wow those are great!!! Now i have one of those modelers itches and cant seem to subdue it. After looking at the Sowell and hearing that they dont think anyone could do it I am wondering... Does anyone have any ideas on how to make one of the sowells? Especially on how to gear...

Good hope you like it. Give some feed back if yu get the chance. I would like to know how it works for other people. Eric

This is the link and it is the companies owner's website that is why it isnt XtrckCad.com. http://sillub.com/ Eric

Creating A Real Steam Engine Model I have been in search for plans for an actual steam engine and info on how one works. So far i cant find much. Now I wanted to try something I didnt think anyone had done before. My plan is to make a brass Steam engine that could theoretically run...

I downloaded the XtrckCad program and began playing around with it. I found it to be the easiest program to use almost simpler than RTS. PLUS YOU CAN RUN TRAINS ON IT. The Downloadable version does have its drawbacks just because it is the least intense version. But you can download updates...

Wow that is a great layout. Wish my dad would let me put the layout in my room. So until he caves or i get done with school next year and go off to college i am limited to a 4X8 in the basement. O well it will have to do. Eric

They nead to be almost a quarter of an inch long and about 1/8" in diameter it is for my American Flyer Post War New York Hudson. Any good ideas for getting the lead out without breaking the lead? Eric

but it is something like 2/16" in diameter So i would need something a little larger and still dont know what kind "hard lead" is Eric

Where could one come by some if the hard lead you speak of but in a larger diameter? Eric

What section in Big Lots did you find the emry boards?

How about for an American Flyer Ho Scale Post War New York Huson Any ideas for brushes for that it is a horizantal brush mount on both sides. Eric

Thanks but your post was so great that it inspired me to make my own Transfer caboose and I am currently working on an interior and lighting system. I guess it is pretty ambitous but for my very first scratchbuilt rolling stock I think it is pretty good. I actually only used the caboose to...

To create a Gate Our model club has one such thing which actually has two trakes one in a tunnel the other on top of the tunnel. We just took a door and its hinges hut the door in half leaving two of the hinges and the door knob on the section we needed and then mounted the track and benchwork...

Well when you are backing an engine into a siding to pick up some cars the pins do help guide the couplers together so they are straight in front of eachother then as the two couplers move closer it pushes open the clasp on the coupler allowing them to meet then when the couplers are...

I can am limited to the 4x8 table That is all that I can use in the basement Eric

RAY The P&LE #9236 is almost the exact model i have in my basement that persists not to run. It also refuses to yeild any information on its maker or any instruction sheets. The motor is also shot in it. Do you have any of the instruction sheets or any info on the motor you put into...

WoW Can I ask what the building in the background of the second picture is? Is it a full building or just a half-build half backdrop? Would it have any use next to a coal mine or tripple? I was also wondering about the grafetee on the building in the first picture. What did you use to make...

WoW WoW That is awesome!!! How Long Did it take to build? Does it have an interior? Do you have any idea what they were used for? Such as why does it have flat car ends? Young Railroad Tycoon Eric

Layout Thanks for Resizing the picture I was attempting to enlarge it and was having a not so fun time trying to do so So thanks Happy Modeling Eric

Hey Guys!! Hows it going!! Yeah the Forum is up and Running!!! Here is my thought...dun...dun...dun!!! I am beginning to dislike my current layout and have been searching for another layout. I couldn't find anything I like. So I thought maybe the guys at the forum could help me out. So...