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    Railroad Regalia

    More info A sewing pattern would be good or perhaps a sketch with measurements, and of course if anyone knows where to purchase these hats, at a reasonable price. Contact details would be most welcome. Cheers, Damien
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    Railroad Regalia

    Hats for Railway Workers Can anyone help with a pattern for Hats for rail workers of the Steam and or Diesel transition era ? For Either Station staff, yard workers, engine men or conductors I've searched the web and ebay, and so far found nothing close. Thanks in advance, Cheers, Damien.
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    mountain

    Lynn, Jo sends her congratulations well done. We split the modelling, I do the technical, paint the LPB's & make the structures, Jo's forte`is fine detail & spacial perspection, our layout is starting to look grand. Cheers Damien.
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    The OE part of OE & JP R's

    Thanks Sean, The layout uses 3 walls in the room, only 2 shown on this plan. The other section has an "L" shaped loop of track, with one turnout to the Pier on the bay. which also feeds the Incline Railway to the Ski village on Mt Cablerail. The first section (not shown) JP (Jodam Park) will...
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    Jo's work in N

    The really sad part is it was working, until i removed the motor. The train is known as Great Granny We used to pass a playground on our way to visit Jo's Grandmother, and always stopped before and after so Damien our son "3-4yo at the time" could play trains. Several years later from the...
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    So, what does your wife think?

    Jo my wife is an active modeller, and gets more done than i do. Infact it was her suggestion to go back to Model Rail when i sold my Race car & all equipment, this is the first time we've shared a hobby, and we're having a ball. Although she hates all my helpful improvement ideas. lol Cheers
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    Jo's work in N

    Jo's first kit build & scene detailing, it comprises a Shop/dwelling on one side of the road & a playground with maze on the other. Cheers
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    The OE part of OE & JP R's

    21 turnouts/points will be used, all aquired through great deals with fellow Gaugers. :thumb:
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    The OE part of OE & JP R's

    The OE part of OE & JP R's N-gauge L/O Upon finding a fellow Gauger was selling all his N stuff, it became time to do a track plan for the second and larger section of our layout. It is 2/3 of a "U" & is 8ft x 5 ft or 9ft if measuring full width. On the RH end the original 8ft x 2ft section...
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Wrecked car after the derailment :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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    Happy B-days to......

    Thanks, I had a good day went to local train show, the best part was it was 70% N gauge layouts :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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    Happy Birthday

    Yup have a great day, us Gemini's gotta stick together All the best Guys
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    question

    Lynn, Fellow gauger Absnut put me on to, Feather river trains http://www.featherrivertrains.com/ Chuck is very helpful & friendly to deal with, & for N gauge track/points, the lowest price i've found. No i'm not related & California is a very long way from OZ. Cheers
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    A sad and Bad Week

    didn't work for me either cookies are definately on, using IE. Hard time 4 sure, Andy. better now than after 22yrs like me, still if you want her fight hard to get her back. I did remarried her after 5 yrs divorced, a lot of growing up needed by both of us. Bad health and uncertainty can do...
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    So, what does your wife think?

    After realising i was no longer physically capable of building & racing cars, i was fast becoming a couch potato, until my wife suggested, selling the car & starting some hobby between us, i had modelled most things, with wheels, propellors and sails, over 40 yrs, & Jo is into crafts & Dolls...
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    For discussion - how do you name your layout?

    OE & JP R's Our layout is in two interconnected sections. OE "Over engineered" relates to the way i do everything, as can be seen on our web site. JP "Jodam Park" is from our names Jo & Damien, park indicates the theme/holiday/ski resort section of the layout. As my first rolling stock...
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    what glue to use to glue track to roadbed

    emt, Here in OZ cork is sold in various thicknesses up to 1/8" at all major Auto accessories stores. in 30" x 36" sheets, it's used for engine gaskets. For the aussies i purchased mine at Repco. I haven't used it for road bed, i'm laying my N track, direct onto a foam base. Cheers.
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    Corrugated Metal Roof...

    Caustic Soda is "Sodium Hydroxide" sold as a solution by Dow Chemicals for our purpose a stronger solution is better. I did a web search for Caustic soda, to get this info. Hope it's helpful, Damien.
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    Corrugated Metal Roof...

    Honger, I have used, ribbon cable with success, on numerous occasions for water tanks OZ style and roofing, in both N & HO. For making switch & amplifier panels in the electronic industry, i often etched the shine off aluminium sheet to give a matt finish. a solution of Caustic Soda and...
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    Has anyone using Paypal got this email

    I've had 8 of these over the last 6mths, & i don't have a paypal account, the lastest was from some other similar company, asking me to click here to collect a part payment of $1495AUD, did some checking with the latest Nortons professional, & found Trojan backdoor virus.