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Hi Ian the can motor is always warmer as the open frame one. However I would not be happy when the motor reaches untouchable temperatures. I had this issue in one series of MDC Shays with can motor. This motor was simple underdimensioned. (It looks like that both NWSL and MDC include motors...

In case of tunnel it is probably easier to use a photoresistor to switch the LEDs (like you garden or gate lamp). :thumb:

Nice job. Congratulation. If the motor also after 10-20 minutes remains just warm (you can touch it) do not worry it is maybe normal for that motor. (I have an open frame motor in my Keystone Shay).

I have no brands (here in Europe anyway they will be different:) ). The best way to visit a dollar shop (or similar) and take the first one and experiment. We really do not need all those mystery what is included (and sold) in the top toothpaste products, we do need just the sand (kaolin) what...

What I forgot :mad: Those grinding solutions does not work well on some modern material used for gears (like delrin etc.) This technology is perfekt for metal gears of any kind. With the plastic anyway the main problem is their not exact size (excentricity etc.), what usually cannot be...

You can also use toothpaste as well. The cheaper in this case are better (filled just with polishing powder and nothing else).

Hi Pat I am sure you will get the extra size of those windows from them as well. They speek quite well English. I have a few of them, here are the dimensions. The light braun with 6 glass segments has the dimensions of 7x13 mm The darker braun one with 8 segments is 9x18 mm, similar...

Sometimes it is easier to use a high capacity capacitor (named as GOLD CAP). This works with low current LEDs few hours and you cannot overcharge. The only limitation they may not get more voltage as specified (you have to add a small Zener diode (stabilizer) and in series with a resitor. You...

Hi Ian the grind compound is not to improve the movement (like oil or grease) but is a kind of very fine abrasive material (mixed into water or similar solutions), which takes off material from the gears to get them into "proper size". When this is achieved you can add a drop of oil to smooth...

Hi my Friend I try to link their WEB sites with those windows, they have quite a lot (but the structure of the WEB is strange for linking. Let me try. Article Numbers are 48647, 48648 , 48650 and 48550 If this does not work, go to Selbstbaumaterial and...

Hi Pat, a little bit smaller (I think it is about 9x13 mm) you can get from Auhagen in their WINDOWS Kits. They have one bigger size as well, I will check for you the size.

Look at those windows, all are printed. Good luck

Hi Belg do not worry about your budget, your work is better than what could get for money. Congratulation.

Hi Jon be careful with the digital SLR cameras, those are designed really for professionals and even for those it is a costly issue. The main dissadvantate of those cameras in comparison with the classic film cameras is the CCD chip itself, wich is always the same, always on the same...

Hi to everybody recently I tried to scan in my old slides. Unfortunatelly however my high end HP scanner can scan up to 4800 dpi on the slides it is somehow limited to 300 dpi (I could not find any answer yet from HP). When I increase the resolution the copy is bad, wrong colours etc. The...

Something else. In the 80-ies I was very often in UK, and once I could visit an NMRA (?) convention in a church very close to Victor's model shop in London. I saw there an excellent logging layout (I do have some bad quality photos). This was the first real pulse to me to go in this...

Hi Shamus, excellent job. Congratulation and thank you. :thumb: :thumb:

Yes something similar, but not in the reality, rather in model.

Hi to everybody, thank you for the help and explanations. Yes, jetrock and shamus were the closest to the thing I am looking for. Mainly right now I want to collect some kind of experience with those areal cable vehicles for transportation of coal, stone etc. and their equipment in model...

Hi Ricardo it is very nice trolley (specially I like the N gauge tracks). However I am looking for an another type of cablecars (sorry for the insufficient information), which are moved by cables on tracks like in San Francisco or in the air like the cabs in mountains or in Lissabon over...