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Today, 09:16 AM

sid replied to a thread The Soo's P-Line in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

very good paint job. aint nuttin wrong with that at all.

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Today, 09:14 AM

sid replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

one of them new fangled buildings , office or government something of that nature. maybe on top of another type of building to give it a modern...

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Today, 08:58 AM

bicknell replied to a thread Tomix Camera Train in Photography/Videography (Techniques & Equipment)

Oh, you can do way better than that! I have on a flat car a version of...

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Today, 08:27 AM

mosslake replied to a thread Need some guidance picking a steam engine in Steam

No mention of the Model Power line. I have one of their 2-6-0s with DCC & sound. It's worth the money and with couplers fore & aft, doubles as a good...

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Today, 08:19 AM

dave68124 replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

All of the suggestions above but it looks more HO than n scale for an electrical sub-unit or cooling unit, then really only 1/4 of it with the rest...

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Today, 08:00 AM

el Gato Gordo replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

Cooling unit for a meat packing plant.

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Yesterday, 10:58 PM

Komata replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

FWIW: IMHO, if you add chimneys and various amounts of wire and smaller boxes,voila; 'Power Station' - perhaps even with rail access (unless it's...

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Yesterday, 10:44 PM

MetroRedLn replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

With some creative styrene wall additions, this can be a unique single-story business. Or you can just give it to your G scale friends and they...

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Yesterday, 09:36 PM

victor miranda replied to a thread Need some guidance picking a steam engine in Steam

advice on steam engines... for n-scale... What I have a hard time saying is which new models are 'reliable.' You should consider the Kato FEF if...

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Yesterday, 09:27 PM

badlandnp replied to a thread The Soo's P-Line in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

You know, I didn't notice they were hand painted until I read the post. Soo, I suppose you did good!

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Yesterday, 09:20 PM

baronjutter replied to a thread Baro's 3x8 in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

That was basically my first plan but it really didn't turn out, will try again :)

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Yesterday, 09:15 PM

dwwojcik replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

It doesn't really look like anything other than a heatsink to me. So I'd probably lean into that and build some sort of electrical substation for...

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Yesterday, 08:11 PM

mastergeebo replied to a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

Looks like an art installation in front of an office building or in a fancy park.

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Yesterday, 07:24 PM

Gary Rowan started a thread How would you? -or- would you? (Salvaged Materials) in Structures & Scenery

I have this nifty heat sink salvaged from a dead computer and I'm thinking it might make for an interesting structure. It's shown next to a...

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Yesterday, 07:14 PM

AlohaMilton replied to a thread Briggs Models is asking for ideas for our next N scale locomotive project in Diesel

I cant buy from shapeways because my home DLP printer does 10x better surface quality. The prints in the advertising images look pretty bad compared...

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Yesterday, 06:55 PM

WP&P replied to a thread Choctaw Railway Plan in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

I like The Baron's suggestions regarding curve radii; you give up some scenic context, but then maybe on a 4x8 you have room aplenty. You could, in...

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Yesterday, 06:11 PM

WP&P replied to a thread Baro's 3x8 in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

If it were me, I think the approach I might try would be to cut out a thick styrene "screed" tool, basically a rectangle that has notches to fit...

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Yesterday, 04:55 PM

African Pirate replied to a thread Baro's 3x8 in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

Hi i have never used this but some Ready Grass from Woodland Scenics might work. ...

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Yesterday, 04:18 PM

lawrence replied to a thread How Old is too Old for N Scale? in General Rail Discussion

I think Jens has hit the nail on the head with his succinct post. If it's still fun, keep doing it ;-)

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Yesterday, 03:05 PM

Heiko replied to a thread Layout 14425 Official Build Thread in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

IMHO it depends on what you want to do with it - a circle is better for constant speed (and I think the Accutrack II should fit over a reasonable...

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Yesterday, 02:47 PM

baronjutter replied to a thread Choctaw Railway Plan in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

My only worry about this plan is that the curves seem very tight even though there's more than enough room to relax them. On a 4x8 that's still...

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Yesterday, 02:13 PM

SteamPower4ever replied to a thread How Old is too Old for N Scale? in General Rail Discussion

How old is too old - for anything? When you're not having any more fun doing it. Simple as that. Jens

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Yesterday, 01:53 PM

baronjutter replied to a thread Baro's 3x8 in Layouts, Design, & Planning.

I'm shocked at how difficult this is. Did 3 more test tracks and none of them turned out. Trying to pre-flock the cardboard also didn't really...

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