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    "N"ewest warehouse project

    catt most of us n scaler would like to know what kind of plastic you use we all who model in n scale knows how hard it is to find what we want and when we do find it is is to high in price so we spend the money on that pice of rollong stock thats been calling our name for months "not...
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    a quick hi and update with good news

    hi all been a long time from my last post . nothing changed on the layout. went and bought stuff for the new add on but it is still sitting their with the track in place and the new buildings in my work shop i had a little time lasti night to see where to start this weekend the frist thing...
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    4 track bridge

    cacmage how long would it be i have a t single track bridges on my layout and building a nother the longest one i hav would be 30 inches when it is done as for powering mine i use the hook up parts for a rc car the ones you see on that hooks the battery up and as for making the...
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    DCC computer control

    well guys when it come to pc control i have it and it is up and running the hard thing is to find the program the one i have my dad found a year ago and he gave it to me i used a bus bolck and a pc decoder driver for i can re program decoders on the fly the hard thing is getting your layout...
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    have you seen this

    what i know of this is they used it in the ship yards and in bridges i seen it roll down the track and i talked to the enginer and he told me that the jet motor is made to angle and it has a safety gard on it when the jet motor is all the way up you can't turn it on that would be on good...
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    looking for pics of ww2 german rail gun

    ron i got on the site and that kit goes for 534.92 in us funds that is out of my budget for this project i have 50% of what i need in n scale and all i need now is a good side view
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    have you seen this

    Designed to melt and remove snow using J-57 jet engine producing 7,000 lbs. of thrust. Engine exhaust nozzle can be tilted and rotated. Uses 275 horsepower diesel engine for propel. Optional attachments allow conversion for working ballast.
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    have you seen this

    here is a pice of snow remover i found it uses a jet morot to melt the snow
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    here is a site i found on m.o.w

    i found this site surfing the web in surch of the bug task i have on hand so i thought it would be helpful m.o.w rolling stock
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    looking for pics of ww2 german rail gun

    thanks for some of the pics guys i know i have a big task on hand but i think when it is all done and i get it how i want it. it would make a good talk peace on the layout or in the train room i went out to day and got the axels i needed for this and also got brass tubing and styrene i spent...
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    looking for pics of ww2 german rail gun

    here is one of the photo i have
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    looking for pics of ww2 german rail gun

    i been looking for pic on the german rail gun to scratch build i want to do it in both ho scale and in n scale the one i want to do is big butha the biggest gun rail gun in world war 2 i found one in walther but it is way to short i have some pics of the one i want to do but they are taken...
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    Our loss

    hi michael sorry to hear that. i know and understand what you and your family is going though it is hard to lose any one in your family and even more painful when it is your own child i live with that fear every night when i put my boy to bed he has a very rare gentic brain dissorder...
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    Grades and clearances

    don the easy way to do the track is to get a 2% incline starter incline set from woodlan i used them on my n scale layout it brings it to 2 inch high a little more then needed but it look good and you can't see the differnce and it is alot less stress. on the under pass if you have a...
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    Controlling Signals

    hi tom good qustion you have the do you frist hav a program to run them off ? their is many ways to wire them in to the layout i use a switching decoder ran off my switch contacks when the switch is thrown the decoder picks it up and turns it from red to green or green to red you can go...
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    Mrc Sound Station 312

    hi jwmurrayjr hi have two of the mrc ss312 they work reat for the price but they are limited to the length of the wire running to the speakers i only have 5 steam locos and the rest is more of what you would see today the sound is great for both but you have to play with the placement of...
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    DCC or DC to power trains

    well guys as for me i have to go with dcc with the size of layout i have now plus the add on it is alot less work in wireing the thing i know in modle railroad craftsman they been doing a long study on dcc and with my own layout i switched it over i had wire running every where for...
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    wish me luck

    thanks for all the thoughtsand prayers. my 15 month old was nothing like this one. but i have to get it in my mind and stop worrieing that this one doesn't have what my older son has so it's a long hall down unlaid rail. well with all the long nights and many feedings i found one thing...
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    wish me luck

    well guys i am going to be gone for a bit me and the wife had our new son friday and they came home yesterday and last night it was not so good with the new baby and our other son so till the new baby gets used to time and wife getts alittle better i'll be very busy with them so no train room...
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    in search of motor brushes for old atlas fmc units

    well every one the surch is over i found brushes for old atlas units. i had motors from the newer atlas locos in a box so i pulled the brushes out and put them in the motors of the old units and they worked (hee hee hee) this guy from atlas called me to day and told me good luck on finding some...