Recent content by Ernest Lafleur

Hoi Rob, I have recently perchsed a small band saw and I fiind that it works well with plastic, wood and even thin alluminium. The saw kost me €45,00, that is about $48,00 US, it's the best €45,00 that I have spent in a long time. Good luck with your model. Ernest

Another year has passed, and the new year is coming fast, it is time for joy and good wishes, and with this in mind I would like to wish every body at the Guage a very merry Christmas and a happy and healty 2007. happy railroading in 2007.

Hi Guys, Its me Ernest, it has been a while, but I'm still present. First of all I want to thank those hoe helpt me get my Rivarossi Mallet running again, some one refered me to Val from Roundhousebachshop, andd he has sent me the parts to get my mallet running again, and after sitting on...

Thank you guys, You have all been a great help, Every time i opend up a Athearn loc, I thort "no it is not possible.:cry: Thanks to you I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.:thumb: Happy railroading Ernest

Hi Train lovers,:wave: First of all, a very happy easter to you all, and I hope you all had a very nice easter weekend.:thumb: I have a question, Can anybody tell me how I can build a decoder into a Athearn locomotive? you know thoes with the great big strip of iron whitch goes from the...

Hi Ron, This company you wrote about, thay have a web site, and an E-mail addres, would you send me those addreses please, I would like to see what thay have in stok. No Ron it's not metal bases, It's strips of circuitry board whitch I cut my self, then stik these strips on the drawing at...

Yes Miles, Sorry for my spelling, some times I write in english and think in dutch, thats calld dubbel dutch, I'm sure you have heard of it:D :D :D Ernest.

Hi Jim, That's right, the lower section is a staging yard with room for 10 to 15 wagonsand one loco. the drawing is not kompleetly to scale. I have a small camera to view that yard. The overall size is 6meters x 5 meters (19ft x 16ft) The tabeltop is 3ft from the floor Min radius 26 inches...

Hi rail fans, This my layout plan at the moment, it's the fifth layout that I have built sins I live here in this house, and that 27 years already. I can run in DC and in DCC, this is because only 7 of my +/_ 35 loco's have a decoder as of yet. It is a freelance BNSF/SF/UP/SP and some CSX and...

6 of them Jim, One good thing about it, you don't have to vizit the barber shop so often, HA HA.:D :D :D 6 of them, and how do thay perform, to your satisfaction. Do you have a photo of one, I would love to see what thay look like. I bought my self one today from peco, €45.00 and I must say...

Hi again Jim, here is a cad drawing of the dubbelslip wissel i was talking about. ONE OF THESE DAYS!ONE OF THESE DAYS!!!!! Ernest

Hallo Jim, I have made a drawing of one, two actualy, a llarge and a small one but I have not built one. I have converted some Fleishmann doubbel slips and thy work fine now, I changed the guide rails by making the gap smaller. One of these fine days I will try to build one. Ernest

My wissels Hi guys, Here is a photo of one of my wissels I built, I got the tip's from a story in the modelrailroader, Sorry I don't know witch number it was, I have been making these wissels for a while now and don't need instructions any more. I draw the wissel I want with a cad program...

Hi Nick, You think it's expencive in America, I went to the hobby shop and arsked the price of a solenoid switch from peco and thay arsked €20.00 for one,(about $20.00), and all it is, is two short peaces of small pipe amd some wire, and if you want to change currant for the frog I also had to...

Self made switch motor Hi Nick, I have been busy with this hobby for many years now and I also say,"A dollar saved is a dollar ernd. I build my oen wissels annd switch motors, I have had a few missers but I kept at it and I kept getting better, and the thing is I gust used what I could find...