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...tatistically back in to model railroading after a many year absense. Even back then, I never made my own layouts, my granbdfather made them for me and got me interested in the hobby (and the HO he ...
What are the preferred materials for baseboard construction? I will shortly begin building an 11ftx11ft layout with a central area approx 4ftx2ft. This will be in my loft. It will be semi permanent, i
I would be grateful for some advice about a track base for my son's N gauge layout... 1. Is a base really necessary or can I stick/nail Peco track directly onto the MDF baseboard? 2. If a track base
...h one. You can see these on the Lima model. 17) The general proportions of the roof sections, and detail layout, looks very good with everything the correct way round. The one compromise is with the ...
... radii? For example, what is the radius of a No. 6 turnout? I guess a No. 4? I`m trying to plan my first layout, and would like to put some switches in curves, so any information would be a great he...
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Does anyone have or can point me to an N guage track template so that I can accurately plan a new layout.
... recommend some decent free (if possible) software that I could download for planning a brand new N gauge layout?...
Sorry you havn't heard from me in a while, but I have been busy problem solving the design of my new layout. I decided after much debate to start with an out-of-the box design, the atlas scenic and re
Anyone put one of these together? I'm particularly interested in the Silbertal one from Noch or the High Sierra one from TfT. Eurorailhobbies.com has the Noch one. -Alex To email me, remove 'remov
Having just laid the track on a new layout I'm in need of some quickie buildings in "OO" as a temporary measure. There was a site in "N" that I could download printable buildings from. Is there one f
I'm looking at a Turbostar or two for my new layout. I've been looking everywhere for the length of a three-car unit, all connected together to run properly, but can't seem to find it. I will definatl
I have been planning a layout for my loft with no 2 and no 3 radius curves and was intending to put some curved points in the layout aswell. Although the layout will be predominantly British I do also
I have recently bought Designing a layout by Barry Norman. This book has track templates so you can plan a layout, but it does not say which points and crossovers in the templates match the Peco ones
... to visit my one remaiuning cousin and a freind that lives there. I`ll be building an "around the room" layout in an 8 X 11` room. In a sense the room is also my home office/work room/newly practic...
Today someone asked me for plans for HO and N scale versions of John Allen`s Time Saver puzzle. The two links I had are now dead. Worse, they were the same two links that are commonly found in a sea
...g whether any one out their has experience runing Fleischmann &/or Minitrix locos & decoders on digitrax layouts. I plan on using either the Fleischmann or Minitrix DCC system for my owe layout, but...
I have almost completed my first n-scale layout (3x5) that my son and I have been building. Since this was my first layout I deciuded to use the standard Atlas remote switches (you know, the ones wi
...Hopefully tomorrow, as I've got Thursday off), I'm wondering how I'm going to ballast the track on my new layout. I was rather suprised to see that finescale flex-track has no holes for track pins - a...
Any good train stuff to see in Boston MA? I don`t mean model railroad stores, I mean layouts or museums, displays, whatever?
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...allast. Easy to cut - I used an old craft knife - and I'll certainly use it again. Major progress on the layout today - the Instant Roadbed can be seen in places on this picture; http://www.geocities...
I want to start an N guage layout completely from scratch, something I have always wanted to do. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good books, videos, websites etc that woud get me going.A
Hi all been lurking for a couple of weeks Finally got my wife to agree to me building a layout in the loft (only took 12 years) and she even brought me a starter kit The Hornby A4 Pullman set But I
I can currently afford either "Designs for urban layouts" or Mainlines in modest spaces". What are the experiences of others on these titles? I assume "Designs..." covers yards etc as well as stations
... AH-1G kit & yet another loose Monogram AH-1G. Well, the kits are not the same. Not even close in sprue layout & breakdown, tho they`re both AH-1Gs. Where & how did the tale about the Matchbox & Mo...
...n has no problems. The tyres on the Hornby seem wider and may be toutching two rails. As this is my first layout i am stumped , can you help?...
Planning for my new layout has rapidly progressed - from buying the baseboards early last week to having them fully screwed down and covered with 9" cork for tracklaying by yesterday teatime. Now I co
Given that most people start out small and even a big layout needs the odd shunter/station pilot and given that the group has a wealth of cumulative experience could we suggest the most reliable small
...n, and therefore cannot be modelled using the Tri-ang RMB which I am currently painting. (c) My proposed layout is based on ex-L&Y/ex-LNW territory in the West Riding of Yorkshire, therefore it's...
...us ugprade to the Australian Narrow Gauge Web-Exhibition for quite some time. There are five "new" layouts appearin: - The Chili Line (HOn3) To illustrate - winner of the small layuot competi...
Hello Fellow modellers, I am thinking of making a small z gauge continental layout, probably a mountain scene. The scale is 1.5mm to the foot. I have done a lot of british OO gauge modelling, so this
... requiring any change to existing wheels. So your stock remains interchangeable with every other 00 gauge layout. This compares with the daft 00 finescale standards published by D0GA, which require m...
But then again in the 1980`s I had an HO layout but switched to N scale in the 1990`s. Regardless now I`m legally back to HO scale & goin through the process of happily building up a fleet of freigh
...a selection of numbers and other items on the sheet such as warning signs for over head power. Do you get layout details on positioning of the decals. How many can be done with one sheet. Who do the ...
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