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I saw the thread for voting for additions to the acadamy for May. For us lazy guys, it would be great if there was a link to the thread so we could review it.

David, I checked out your building and that is exactly what I am after in terms of height and width. My feeling is that buildings need to be larger in N scale. Most manufactures copy what they do in HO and it doesn't quite work in N scale. We need higher buildings, and N scale can handle...

I'm not new to model rail roading but to kit bashing and scratch building I am, so a not so young newbie here. My question is this - how do you cut out windows for buildings using styrene without problems, like jagged corners etc? And is there a jig you can use if your building has lots of...

Since you really don't say much about width it is difficult to asses what you can do with your space; but if you can pull of some reversing loops with 16 inch curves, so about 40 inches across, you can have a wonderful layout in the size you propose.

Bright Boys, the grey ones are beginning to lose favour with some as they will put scratches in your rail which collects dirt over time. Find out if your rail is brass, and not the more common stuff now used - just blanked out on what they are called. If your rail is brass, don't use them...

Also, when mixing, stick your hand in the glop and run all the hydrocal through your fingers, squishing it. You will find there are many lumps in the mess and this is the best way to find them and get rid of them. By the way, hydrocal can really plug up a sink quickly. So dump your water...

I'm one of those at the Atlas Forum that is interested in PC control of trains. I was directed to Railroad & Co (do a goggle search for the company, the Yahoo groups is another entity that supports it - like Digitrax group, but Digitrax company has its own site) at Yahoo! Groups. You will find...

I used to follow the party line and say to almost everyone to stick to 2% to 2.5% then realized I hadn't followed my own advise and it worked. Small layouts can have larger grades because you are pulling smaller train lengths, and often the entire train length isn't on grade. BUT PLEASE PAY...

You can store pictures at www.trainboard.com for free. I think the button is Image something or other. As you can tell, I don't use it myself, don't have photo's up anywhere. However, I do know you can use them.

This is a post from another forum off of Yahoo, in which this chap never received a reply. Does anyone know the answer to his post? And I quote him now: Dear hobbyfriends, as I'm interested in the history of western Canadian lines, I have learned on my visit in 2000, that the tracks...

Mike, The percentage of respondents who say they have dcc in this forum is much higher than the estimates of North Americans who have it. I believe the estimate is around 20% But because people who are responding on this quiz also are able to use, and want to use a computer, skews the...

Mike, I agree - simpler is - well - simple! I can remember in the good old days when flying my model air craft. Things were much easier then, you had two strings and you flew your air craft in a circle, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...

I'll sic my son on the picture search, he's the railfan guy, I'm the model railroader guy. He should come up with something. I've seen pics of it before, just can't remember if it was in a mag or not.

Jonathan, Thanks for the welcome. My post count here isn't as high as at trainboard and the Atlas forum... lol!

DC - run trains DCC - run trains - removes reliance on blocks - light control - sound control - eventually coupler control - eventually less reliance on track to wheel contact (decoders with USP) - consisting - latching - speed steps to match up engines - all the...

This thread isn't new, but it is very well done and I suggest it be placed in the Acadamy. http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2906&highlight=clouds

Tyson, When you say you use water and white glue with the AMI, I'm assuming you mean at the ballasting stage.

If you can recall, CN had an armoured plated engine during WW2. My Uncle Don Hardikopf was one of the engineers on it.

Thanks for the site. I had it bookmarked but in a hard drive format had lost it, so I appreciate the effort and now it is a "favourite" again.:D