Recent content by momac

Nick, here is my solution to this problem. It IS a project, one that I probably would not want to do again. It has been in place for about 8 years, used almost every day, and has required very little in the way of maintenance or repairs. The secret to one of these things is to first...

I have found http://www.mcmaster.com/ to be an invaluable source for small screws, drill bits, brass tubing, etc,etc. The site is easy to navigate and their prices for parts are a whole lot less than Micro-Mark, Walthers, or your local hardware store. Angus Macdonald

The shipping on my order was $7.95, which seems to be pretty standard, anymore. And as far as having newer equipment, they seem to be up to date, as far as I can tell.

This has probably been noted before, but I just wanted to pat somebody on the back-namely, 1st Place Hobbies- http://www.1stplacehobbies.com/ . I placed an order with them on the 19th of July, and received it today. Order was complete and extremely well packaged. I got an email confirmation of...

Maybe in a month, folks. We're leaving this morning for a month in Montana and there-abouts. Get to watch the MRL! See ya. Angus Macdonald

OK, as requested in another thread--here are some MORE pictures of the drawbridge, As you can see, scenery has not reached the left side of the bridge, and there's lots of clutter on the floor. But then, I'm not a professional photographer, either. These should show the scale of things. You...

I'm now convinced that I don't care that Atlas closed up their forum . I'm very happy here at the Gauge! I can post pictures without having a website or attempting to use Railimages, which I could never figure out. Their instructions are too complicated for me, obviously. I also think that the...

You know--I wish I did have drawings or specs, but I started with a 1/2 N-scale drawing of a drawbridge, scaled it up to HO, and just started building it. I checked girder sizes in the Plastruct catalog and ordered what I thought I needed. I think by the third re-order, I finally had everything...

Unfortunately, I can't take credit for most of the scenery. It's been a collaboration between myself, Brad Lloyd, Dave Connery, and Denise Showalter. She is the artist who has done the background paintings. I did all the track, bridges, yard, etc (The easy stuff, not requiring any artistic...

OK--couple more pictures and then I've got to get back to work on the railroad. Angus Macdonald

The drawbridge is built almost entirely of Plastruct. All bearings are steel pins in brass tubing. The hardest part in building was getting all the pivot points in the same plane, so it didn't bind. That, and I also had to figure out how one of these monsters functioned! This one works exactly...

Hi there--I, too, am a refugee from the Atlas forum, which I found attached way too much importance to the number of posts and not enough to the content of those posts . I am also very glad to see that I can attach pictures without having to have a web-site, or mess around with Rail-Images...