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    small trestle project

    no, i plan that thats the whole length of the bridge. its a 4x8 layout so thats all the room i have. ive worked on it a little more so theres some more detail. still not sure how to weather/paint it yet though
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    small trestle project

    this is something i threw together today in about 6 hrs. Dont ask me what i fordeit in order to accomplish this though. anyways, its going on my layout soon hopefully once i get around to painting it. i built this one cause the plate girder i built originally just didnt look right. im pleased...
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    Atlas Bumpers, what to do with the hole?

    its always fun to learn from mistakes, especially when it involves smoking electronics. I got the LED's online pretty cheap though so no worries. although im back to radio shack now for some resistors. who knew that a bumper would create this mess. lol
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    Atlas Bumpers, what to do with the hole?

    the putty idea is also pretty good, never thought of that. i thought itd be funny if i put a tree in the hole. how do you guys have the LED's hooked up, cause i soldered it directly to the track, but then it blew the LED. The voltage is too high, plus the LED isnt always the same brightness...
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    Atlas Bumpers, what to do with the hole?

    Well it looks like im off to radio shack then to find some bulbs. thanks for all your help. I like those walthers bumpers, but theyre out of stock for awhile.
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    Atlas Bumpers, what to do with the hole?

    I have a pair of the Atlas bumpers and would like to use them on my layout. My problem is that im not sure what to do about the hole thats in them. The hole is about 3/16 inch small. My first thought was a red LED and have it light up, but the angle at which you can see the light is very small...
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    An unusual car needs identification!

    http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverWeb/harvesting/transportation/boats/timeline.html I found some other websites, but all that i could find was that it was a River shipping industry. nothing on the railroad. sorry. try googling it yourself and see what you can come up with. good luck.
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    Painting a river?

    Ive made a few attempts at painting a river on my layout and each time it looks horrible. Im using the woodland scenics realistic water as the water. as far as colors go im using burnt umber, raw umber and yellow ochre. im having one hell of a time blending all the colors so theres no sharp...
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    Cornfields???

    thanks everyone, this helps a lot. still if anyone else has any ideas dont be shy.
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    Cornfields???

    Ive seen two different ways to model a cornfield so far (astro turf and Alkem brass corn) and i was wondering if anyone else has any ideas on modeling a cornfield. Thanks
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