Recent content by spookman

I made the mistake of buying some Hotwheels for my train set up and got hopelessly addicted to collecting hotwheels. Man it is worse than a cocaine addiction. http://henryslureworld.com/hotwheels/hotwheels.html

More pics. I have 3 ho trains and one o scale running on this 4 by 8 ft setup. Thats why no natural scenery.

Ok I haven't updated in a while so here goes. No ryme or reason to my setup. God bless this mess. I got tons of stuff but haven't decided how to arrange it to make the streets. If I ever get it right I will wire lights in all the buildings. I have several boxes of Ho stuff with no where to...

cool. Thanks

What is the best way to cut it?

What styrofoam is best for layouts? I am thinking of raising part of my layout so I can have a couple tressels and some better scenery. Do I use just plain styrafoam or the kind with plastic impregnated into it?

My setup is all 18 inch eztrack. I have two new Athearn U28C six axel jobs that go through the curves and over the switches smooth as silk. They go around the corners like greased lightening. I think I will grab about 6 more of them while they are onsale. I have tried several other brands and...

Gus I am going to use velcro to wrap my wires and stick then to the bottom of the table top. This should keep them nice and neat. Also I will put tape labels on the ends of the wires so I can identify them. Will bind them all up nice and neat in one strand with velcro entering coming into my...

Thanks Gus I just bought 6 of them from the website. Now soon as I get my awitches from Ebay I will go nuts on turnouts. HAHAHA

Also can I operate the electronic switches without DCC by switching the buttons on the control panel or do I need DCC.

I want to put two electronic turnout switches on each side of my 4 ft by 8 ft layout and have all the switches on my control panel under the front of the table. The wiring instructions says plug this into that but they only give you about a foot of wire between the plugs. I need over 4 ft. Do I...

Not much scenery here yet but this is what I see in mind as I watch these trains for hours and get lost in thought. A big red Santa Fe engine is just leaving the Colorado mountains heading out across the desert headed for a small saw mill near Santa Fe. Sleek and fast it hammers the tracks...

I am still rather new at this but right now I would say Athern. I bought a couple new engines and two 5 pack build it yourself kits of 2 bay hoppers for coal cars. I am adding Kadee couplers and Nickle silver Proto wheels. They run smooth at glass and the athern engines are smoth and powerful.

Jules I sent you a message about the ez track but you did not reply?

Are thos HO scale flatbeds or O scale? Looks cool.