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    Wheelsets for Rivarossi Passenger Cars

    Ahh. So that's it. Darn wheelsets look like they ought to work, must be a very small contact area. Thanks bunches
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    Wheelsets for Rivarossi Passenger Cars

    Merry Christmas, Crew! I'm trying to convert my heavyweight passenger car fleet wheelsets to something compatible with Code 55 rail. The " cutters" on the Rivarossi trucks really chatter over the spikes. Anyway, I had some of the Atlas low profile wheelsets for MicroTrains trucks, but they...
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    Old Rivarossi Heisler

    I have an opportunity to acquire one real cheap. Electrical pickup seems to be left wheels of leading truck and right wheels of center truck. Not good. Anybody ever add additional pickups? How? Thanks from the Skunk Valley
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    Weekly Progress Report. The track is weathered and ballasted on one of the FoamRail Modules. Backdrops have been scenicked a bit. Stuck in a few trees for effect, and it looks like this....
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    Something smells all right!!!!
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    Ummmm.... There's no ballast there, yet. That's coming in the next week or so. Opinions sought: While some of the main objectives are light weight and ruggedness, the pictures strike me as showing a quite flat scene. One side is intended for an industrial setting. The rest is to be "out...
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    And here's the latest...
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    Progress Report on the FoamRail Project: Weathered the track by hand brushing some rust over quite a bit of it. Followed that with an air-brushing of railroad tie brown. Probably need to go back and lightly rust a little more. Oh well.... Also planted a lot of grass on a few areas...
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    ...and an overall view of the module looking down the divider.
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    Project status: Foamrail module is constructed. Track is laid, Electrical stuff is done. Scenery has just started: a little bit of grass is planted and some work toward a small rocky hill completed. This week I'll keep planting grass and maybe work on the backdrop / view dividers a bit.
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    Trolley Modelling Question

    Update on the experiment: Laid a section of flextrack with a 7 inch radius 90 degree turn. Popped the top off the Bachmann Trolley. The unpowered truck followed the curve ok. The power truck wouldn't. It only took a little filing on the frame where the truck snaps in to free it up...
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    2ND Gauge Layout party

    Me too. Couple of potential projects. But I hink I'll continue with the FoamRail module project. Local club has a display opportunity on May first. I'd like to have the modules looking good for that.
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    Trolley Modelling Question

    Thanks for the info, guys. Looks like it may be time to set up a test track. Thinking a "racetrack" with 8, 7 1/2, 7, and 6 1/2 inch radius turns oughta cover the spectrum. I have one of the Bachmann bargains and a Dremel. I'll probably start off as ...gasp... and then see how an...
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    Trolley Modelling Question

    Any trolley experts here? I see an article occasionally about a trolley line or layout. Our club has a spot for one on a city scene module. Can you really get HO models that'll handle a 7 - 8 inch radius curve? If so, who makes them? Anything else I need to know before trying something...
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