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    Need Help Planning A Helix In HO Gauge

    :confused:Hello, has anyone built a multilevel helix in HO scale? I could use any help in planning, ie. need Angles to cut the Circle or Octagon pieces, I hope to build 2 helix using double wide track 6 ft X 6 ft square, with 16 ft of track between. If anyone has ever built one and has the...
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    Help with MRC Reverse Loop Module

    Thank's again baldwinjl, but as far as changing module manufactures, I am pretty well stuck, as I have bought 5 of them, as I have 5 reverse loops in my set up. Duane
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    Help with MRC Reverse Loop Module

    Thank You, baldwinjl, you guessed it, I'm using an MRC Prodigy Advanced system, and I think you have hit the nail on the head, but I still don't know what to do to correct the problem. I have gone to MRC, and read all they have on the Prodigy Advanced system, and didn't find anything about a...
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    Help with MRC Reverse Loop Module

    Hello Woodone, I'm working with HO Gauge, and my system is MRC Prodigy Advanced, Thank you, and any advise will be well appreciated. Duane Hampton
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    Help with MRC Reverse Loop Module

    Hello Woodone, I'm working with HO Gauge, and my system is MRC Prodigy Advanced, Thank you, and any advise will be well appreciated. Duane Hampton
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    Train Sim 2 from Microsoft

    Not familiar with it Hello, I'm not familiar with the Train Simulator, is it something to be used in conjunction with a computer as a game, or can a person use it to interface with their layout, with DCC? Please advise. Duane Hampton
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    Help with MRC Reverse Loop Module

    :curse:Hello all, I have just picked up a few MRC's reverse Loop module's, AD 520, and when I hook them up as the directions suggest, my diesels all run fine, but when I try my Challenger 4-6-6-4, it stops and after a few seconds it takes off and runs fine again, has anyone on the gauge run into...
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    Custom Storefront

    Great Work Spitfire Hello Spitfire, I appreciate your keen eye for detail, and your ability to carry out your ideal work to perfection, you truly are a perfectionist However I for one have always appreciated the original designs of the storefronts of the 1880's, and in Kalamazoo, Mich. where I...
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    300 ton coal tower (winnipeg yard copy)

    :thumb:Ron, I'm highly impressed, this is absolutely great work!! Keep it up, also, I noted in the first photo, there were a couple of extra cream sticks, wish you could E-Mail one of those to me.:mrgreen::mrgreen:
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    Scratch building trucks

    I have one thing to add: WOW!!!
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    My first Kit Bash

    announce1Hello All, a couple of weeks ago, my friend and I were at a local train show, (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and I bought several items in HO gauge, when I got to preparing some of the buildings to be used on my layout, I noticed two were similar in design, upon closer inspection, I realized they...
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    Found Great Model Rr Site On E-bay

    I have been told, that if you get caught bidding on your own item, they may bring charges against you, and for sure, you will never buy or sell on E-Bay again, it would be risky, no to mention the honesty thing.:cry:
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    Manufacturing in China

    THAT'S RIGHT!!announce1
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    Found Great Model Rr Site On E-bay

    I just checked this site Josh, but their priced seem to be about tripple of the other one. ie. $56.99 for 100 lights, vs. $17.95 for 100?, it's still a heck of a deal though, and it's always good to have several sources, Thank's Josh.
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    Found Great Model Rr Site On E-bay

    Thank's Josh, we haven't ordered any trees yet, will be interesting to see how they turn out. :wave:
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    Found Great Model Rr Site On E-bay

    Hello Freelancer, You're right about the scale thing, for instance, he describes his item L111X40 as Scale: 1:87-1:160 Approx. 86 mm Height Complete with wires and bulb Quantity 40, and when we (My son and I) did the math, they come close enough to 1:87 scale, ie. 86MM is 3-3/8" high, seems just...
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    Found Great Model Rr Site On E-bay

    Answer Masonjar No, but my son has, and he called me from Wisconsin, and he was quite impressed with the quality, the drawback however it took him nearly 3-1/2 weeks to receive it, but that doesn't bother me, as long as I am pleased with the quality. To be honest, they only require 6 volts...
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    Manufacturing in China

    In My Opnion announce1 The Corporations of all of the products, American or whatever, that are having the products manufactured in China, paying very low labor rates, and then they are marking up the prices for North American Retail Markets by several hundred percent, where is the fairness...
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    Manufacturing in China

    Wow Dr. Wayne, You put into words my thought's of the last 10 years or so, you're right, we have a long way to go before the cycle begins again.wall1
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    Found Great Model Rr Site On E-bay

    announce1Hello All, I just found a site that sell's model RR items direct from China, and the item quality is impressive, and the prices are WOW, ie. 100 HO gauge working lamp posts, $16.95 plus shipping, and I'm very impressed at the quality, they have many more items ie. trees, etc. I'm...