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The primary reason the Broadway Imports ones are the price they are is that they are made out of Brass. I've never seen a brass model run, but they are reputed to be superbly detailed units... Probably one of the more experienced modellers could shed some more light on this...

I'm not sure if anyone else has tried it, but superglue accelerants can also work well. The upside is an immediately cured bond, the downside is that it tends to be a bit more brittle if handled regularly. It also generates a bit of heat, but not enough to melt stuff...

I guess a follow-up question to the white glue issue for tracklaying... Because white glue does soften up again once it gets wet, does this mean there might be a danger of loosening the track when one goes to ballast? I'm going to be using primarily Kato Unitrack for my first layout, but I will...

The place I did the search on was Pacific Western Rail Systems out of Vancouver BC. Their online price listings are in US $$... They may not be the best priced ones out there, but they do have a great online catalogue and product line. What I like about their online catalogue, you can do a...

N-Scale allows for greater track-to-scenery, longer trains, more track in less space... etc... The disadvantages can come if you have trouble seeing things up close, because the equipment can be quite small... Almost everything that's available for HO is avaialble for N... you just need to be a...

David, You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of that there layout would you? I'd like to see what you have done!. I have plenty of Ivar Shelving kicking around here, but used "out of the box", it's not nearly as stable as the Gorm. I would likely replace the screws that hold it together...

The above design allows for access on each side of the wings, with the long edge up against the wall. My preference would be to extend the wing on the right hand side further into the room, but because of an odd angle in my space, it's not really feasible as it will end up blocking a door...

All my DCC equipped locomotives are in storage boxes, so well away from power. However, they are properly programmed with their respective road numbers on their chips. The technology used means that once the decoder is programmed, it isn't necessary to keep power going to the decoder in order...

I just acquired the Prodigy Express as well, using it with Kato Unitrack. Since I've converted all of the turnouts to non-power routing, I expect that I will have to run a feed to each siding. I think the recommendation I read is that with DCC it's a good idea to connect a feeder for every four...

Sorry, I should have specified... the squares are in metric because the design uses Kato Unitrack, and all their specifications are in millimetres or centimetres. Therefore the blue lines are 50cm, which works out to just over 19.5" wide... so they are a bit bigger. The centre aisle is about 40"...

Well, I managed to cobble together a very rough trackplan using a demo version of 3rd planit and doing some screenshots. Everything, of course is subject to change, but I wouldn't mind some opinions. I am hoping to do below-main-level staging, but that may not be possible, given the size of...

I haven't even got space negotiated for my Layout yet... well almost... but I just acquired a Prodigy Express about a month ago, and was able to install and run my 3rd decoderified locomotive on the dining room table tonight. Wow... I'm actually in control of my locomotives... not block...

I figured it was something to do with the CV's of the locomotives, but I wasn't sure. In terms of programming CV19 to the right setting, I'm not quite sure if I am comfortable doing it with the Prodigy Express Console. It works the same as the Advance, with a few less features, but setting...

Hey all, Well, I set up my unitrack, rekeyed two of my #4 turnouts, set up a programming track and set about to run my first two decoder equipped locomotives. I have the Prodigy Express system, which is basically the Prodigy Advance minus the whistles. In terms of initial programming, I...

For those of you who haven't seen this, I posted these over on N-Scale.net... I know some may find these pictures disturbing, but I just finished up my first modelling project with an N-Scale locomotive. I had originally purchased an undecorated Kato SD70Mac... as well as some Microscale...

I think I may pop one of these units open when I upgrade the couplers next. I've upgraded couplers on one of them already, but wasn't brave enough to try opening the shell to see what was on the inside. I may find that there's enough room for either a Lenz or a Digitrax mini decoder... My...

I have 3 of the CN Lifelike Canada chopnoses, and they're wonderful in terms of the way they both run and look. My current question has more to do with the ability to upgrade these little gems to DCC.

I followed the link, but it seems to be for an HO model rather than the N-scale version. The reason being is that the decoder the person was using isn't small enough to fit inside an N-Scale frame. I think I would have a better idea of what I was up against if I actually opened up the frame...

Well, I bought a Prodigy Express unit today, but have yet to buy the decoder upgrades for my locomotives. For four of my Locos, it will be a simple board replacement: Kato SD-40-2, C44-9W, P42DC, and SD70Mac... I'll begin acquiring those shortly. However, for three of my Locomotives, which...