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Woops again, i ripped them off LOL! go newb power! lol.. How do u put them back on, glue em?

Radioshack I went to didnt have any... :( WHy cant I use the waterbased stuff I got...it wont hold? it will deplete my electric current or corrode my rails?

Everyone says for DCC (im in HO scale) to solder everything to something..or something like that... What about a lot of turnouts together? Do I wire feeders to all the turnouts? I dont realyl want to solder them together... Mabe solder 2 together? How do I make a good power connection for all...

I just realized that I took off too many ties when i was trying to solder my tracks together... I was putting my soldered track down and then BOOM i found out there was no hole in a tie for my to pin down... :( lol... I simply used a push pin next to the track to hold it in place.... So I am...

lol, but I have no idea, how many on average can that pull? 300? 400?

THis is the only stuff I could find: waterFLow 2000 Water SOluble Paste Flux The thing I cringe on is that it says "For non-electrical soldering and sweat fittings" I just knew i had to get water soluble so I got this... WIll this work?

I have code 100, guess what i didnt have to look.i just foundout that the switch comes off, if they didnt I wouldnt be able to use them. :)

Woah - this is the most ive seen (im still young) lol... http://www.trainpix.com/ATSF/ACTION/4025XL.JPG Has about 9 or something there, how many cars u think that sucker was towin? lol

lol thats probably the whole idea, make a wrong purchase and not get what u intended to :P (now ur fixed to store credit) lol.. never know lol.. edit: fixed a typo :P

got some nvm!

540? and 541? Those arent the numbers at atlasrr.com 850 Remote Snap-Switch® Left $16.50 851 Remote Snap-Switch® Right $16.50 Look at that price. See hoe expensive? Besides they...

Actually, I bought a 40 watt one :P thanks hehe

Man im stupid HAHA i never thought to look at radio shack... thanks! i found it at their website.. :)

Tell me the product number. Yes I am talking about the curved part of a turnout to be 18"..Tell me a specific part number from atlas and I will tell you what im talking about...

I am having a really ahrd time trying to find 0.015" solder... I am going to use this thin stuff to solder my flex track together at the joiners.. Anyone have an idea where to buy it like department stores or online stores (US, west coast perferrable; california maybe?) I found a canadian...

When i get to soldering feeders to the tracks and soldering tracks together at joiners. I want to know which flux to use. Are any of these 3 good? http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&N=0&Ntk=i_products&Ntt=soldering%20flux Thanks Kenny

DCC - I figured I would use a wire for the track... I cant explain it...basically run a wire directly under the track (one for each rail for each track) following its paths. I figured I would use a 2 pair (+ - + -) for a total of 4 wires under 2 tracks. I didnt know if the power would work...

whatever lol... I thought plastic was an insulator so I figured... I know i what kind of track I want, whatever you want to call it... Im talking about radius... Atlas doesnt provide a 18 inch radius (or other tight turn) by itself (it comes with a manual switch) Note: I bought the manual...

This part I never understood, how do you make a smooth transition from a roadbed track into nothing? I was thinking of just using cork for everything, I have some turnouts with ending track but its not really a "yard" I guess since they arent all jumbled together... I plan to have the turnouts...

What would you guys suggest for bus gauges for this layout. its a 4x8 layout and how many feet should I get? Also what gauge should I get (i assume it depends on the length so im not sure) Also, since I have two adjacent tracks, should i use 2 buses for 2 tracks or 4 buses for 2 tracks. Meaning...