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    brain storm for g scale

    well as for the loco it want to try to do it to a gp38 or a gp60 but if i can get my hands on a sd 80 mac i would do that i would only need the shell,trucks and chasey nothing else i have 4 magnum .30 motors from my brother and we been working on a gear box we almost have it down it would...
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    brain storm for g scale

    i would try it out and as for cooling the motor that wont be a problem with a fan but if the oil is going to be a problem getting on the track then i might have to work out a self power system and a way to try to keep the over flow from getting everywhere but then it wount be dcc it would have...
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    brain storm for g scale

    now the gear thing it wont be a problem but the biggest thing is how to work out statring the loco i had a plan that would use a dcc decoder and model plane servo and for the motor it would be from a rc car becouse you can contorl the speed of the motor a little better the plan on...
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    brain storm for g scale

    i been looking at g scale locos and was looking at a model plane gas motor i was wonder if any way to put the motor in the loco and make it run
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    changed my mind

    i have my wife telling me that if i add any more on to the layout she will move it out side i looked at her and said well look you have tyour water garden and we live on 4 1/2 ackers of land here is what i will do i will take one of them and turn it into my new layout i can play with from...
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    Fake Water & Styrofoam

    jon that wouldn't be a gold fish it would be fish zilla (lol) unless you get a white one then you gan call it moby dick as for the ripples if the water is moving fast it is not to scale but you get it to run at a trickle and it looks good and the pumps are used to move the water...
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    Fake Water & Styrofoam

    well you can be an out law like one of use here and go with the real thing i used the real stuff on my layout not with the head banging and water here and there but now it runs like a champ i went and used plaster and two fish pumps the 50 gal ones i have the water start at a high point on the...
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    My genius cat, hiding from me under the model railroad

    here kitty kitty kitty here kitty kitty kitty i have somthing for you
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    well good news on my son

    well guys we got the date for the testing we have to be out their on the 15th of sept and i am planning on a foundraiser for the middle of augst it would be a golf thing we are going to call it (golf for a cure "the fight against canavan's" ) it will be held here in west michigan. for the one...
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    What airbrush to buy

    as for an air brush i have the paasche h model i got it about 6 years ago and it is the best one i found to use if you are just starting out i went and bought one of the vl's and used it a couple of times and it went back in to the box and on the shelf i get better control with the h model...
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    Painting ballasted

    luis that pic you showed was done bye an air brush if you look on ebay. go to search and type in air brush you can find some on their for 5.00 and maybe a compressor i just got a paash air brush from a guy it has a spray of 1/32 - 1 inch for 29.00 and it is sold for 250.00 in my l.h.s i...
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    Ebay Question

    qustion what was his name on ebay i am going to start selling off some of my dads ho stuffhe has and i been thinking on selling off the that carnival ride i been building in n scale but on other note i seen things i bid on and at the last min the seller pulls it from ebay hapend twice this month
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    Locomotive Problem

    here is somthing i do with all my loco's new,used or when just fully cleaned i have a test loop i take the loco and run it at 1/2 speed for 5 min in both forward and backwards and then i turn up the power to 100% for two or three laps both ways agin and then when finshed i open it up and blow...
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    well good news on my son

    well guys and gals we got the news we wanted to hear for awhile we are going back out to philly in sept for more testing and then any time after that he would have the surgery that would slow it down or just might stop it they called me last night and i talked to the dr's out their for 3...
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    the frist carnival ride at the fair (n scale )

    tyson as soon as i figer it out this ride will be motorized but still working on how to do it as for this ride goes in a loop but i hope to get it in to the paint shop this week
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    CTI computer control

    that is a good size to layout to start with i have mine programed so a train would leave the yard as one pulls in and stops i had to program the decoders in to the c.t.i software and to keep it all easy i just used the road numder on the loco so when i want that fav loco all i need to do is...
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    the frist carnival ride at the fair (n scale )

    here is a couple of shots of it with some of the gide cables in place and the train
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    Correct wiring of two wires together

    their is a way to save on your wire useing the negative wire you only need one ran from the control box to your frist switch from their you can just run all of your negative wires together as one wire and then just run you two other wires to the control box i did this on my sons layout and my...