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Kevin, I run into problems because no matter how much figure variety is out in the market I seem not to like something about them (ie pose, clothes, etc) So i buy mine unpainted and hack them up to match up with how I see the figures in my mind. You can buy a bunch of unpainted figures from...

I notice this too. But on the other hand I almost lost it the other day when I saw a U boat still kicking in the middle of some of the new units. How exciting that was! I can;t tell the others apart unless I see it written on the side like on BNSF dash-9s. Oh well there are still some varieties...

Michael, I myself have gone through bouts of depression and anxiety, albeit not to the extent of your situation. I kept focused on my trains, the things that I could control, and everything worked out for me. I really urge you to get a second opinion on your situation whether it be through...

Scenery Here is a picture from my good friend Steve Hayes Western Pacific Layout. This is the point where the track continues on to Salt Lake City through the Tunnel, While I am standing on the tracks leading to the Reno Branch. Cory in Turlock

Well, my work (The Bank) had this great idea that we were going to dress up for Halloween and also decorate pumpkins for the customers to judge. It took me awhile to think of an idea on what to be (about 2 seconds) but it took me until tonight to decide how to do my pumpkin (by the way its not a...

The pennies have actually had a Zinc interior since 1982, so all your pennies before are about 95% copper, now it is the other way around. The difference is about .6 grams but i am not sure what that works out to in ounces. I guess i hadn't paid that much attention, but that is a really good...

Russ, Are you weighting to some particular benchmark with the shot, for example do you weigh it before hand or have you just found that an equal layer works best? I am definately liking the ideas that are going on here, making me think of more stuff =]. Has anyone tried that low temp stuff...

Now you may ask why I use both white glue and CA. I tried it with just white glue and they don’t stay together very well since you are not supposed to use Elmer’s to glue metal! I also tried it without using white glue and just using CA and the pennies didn’t have any thing to keep them “tacky”...

Now you have a bunch of weights, they can be stuck in cars using any kind of glue you prefer or taped down (my preference):

Now you need to apply super glue CA adhesive to the three exposed sides of the pennies and let dry:

Put together your assembly line:

Stack the pennies up and insert them into your homemade jig as far back as they will go:

Lay out the pennies in a row and then dab a little bit of white glue on FOUR of the pennies:

This topic came up on the HO Railroading group on Yahoo a couple of months back so I wanted to do a little tutorial here to try to give something back. It could easily be adapted to other scales too. To paraphrase the post on Yahoo the gentleman was tired of paying high prices for ¼ oz lead...

Rubber Doohickeys Hey Guys, A friend of mine uses little rubber doohickeys to slow down cars and even hold cars on a grade. I think it is the stuff that Koosh Balls are made of if that makes sense. Anyway, my idea would be to have a system that could be raised manually or automatically...

Laws Turntable This is a picture I took of the turntable at Laws railroad museum. This is the old SP narrow gauge. Neat place.

My friend John's Sierra Trestle Took this photo on my friend John Zach's HO scale Sierra RR layout.

Playing With Trains I too am a rediscoverer to the hobby. My Dad and a friend got me my first HO scale trains when I was 3 or 4. Old Athearn and such. Way to young for those kind of trains. We ended up building a 4x8 on a piece of plywood, buying bachmann and life like along the way, not...

Digital Camera My first digital is the Fuji Finepix E510. The only problem I have had with it is taking night shots, and seeing the digital screen in low light. Other than that it takes excellent pictures of both model and prototype and I have been pleased with how easy it is to use. Go to a...

Problems with posting I looked to see what kind of resolution i have on my two pics. The 115K picture is 640x480 already, i think it was taken at 3mp. The other monster is 980 by 12something. I think it was taken at 5mp. Does this help? Cory