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Those are the only manufacturers I could find for code 83 turnouts, if there are others please enlighten me. I've pretty much decided against hand-laying my track due to time constraints, and since I have a supply of Atlas code 83 flex track I thought I'd look for turnouts to go with it. I...

I'm looking for ideas on manual turnout control. Here are my requirements: 1) Must be absolutely reliable 2) Must be cheap (because I am) 3) Must be usable from the edge of the layout. I'm clumsy and would rather not reach into the layout more often than I need to. 4) Must be able...

As promised, I've been working on an article for the e-magazine on building the scrap load for a gondola. Scrap load in a gon I've run into a snag though, I put all the stuff in the gon, added glue, and waited a few days. I checked it, it seemed like the glue was hardening, so I pulled...

Has anyone here built Eastern Car Works heavyweight passenger cars? If so, would you tell me about them? Specifically: Do they come with interiors? Will the versions with 4-wheel trucks handle 22-24 inch curves? How's the level of detail? How much time do they require to...

I was playing around with making a removable scrap load for a gon, and here are my results. The gon is a P2K model weathered with craft paints, the load is mostly cut-up blue foam with hunks of stuff (balsa scraps, pieces of wire, gears from an asthma medicine inhaler), held together with...

I have a question for you folks who've done resin casting. I'd like a moderate number (say six to twelve) of each of a couple types of passenger coaches to haul my LPB commuters to and from work. I found a couple prototypes in Carston's book on passenger cars. There're no commercial models...

While waiting for my 12-inch-to-the-foot commuter train this morning, someone I see there every morning was wondering how close the tolerances are on standard gauge track. I know the gauge is 4' 8 1/2", but how far off can they be and still be considered "in gauge"? Anybody know?

My wife wants to know what I want for my birthday, and I came across these two saws: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42307 and http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=46379 Does anyone here have either of these saws? How are...

I posted this in RR-line too, if this looks familiar that's why! Well folks, I just built the first of my Yardmaster boxcar kits, so I thought I'd tell you about it. I got four of these at a train show last Sunday and on another thread I said how nice they looked, but I hadn't yet built...

I posted this on RR-line too, but thought I'd pass it on here too. I bought four Branchline Yardmaster USRA 40' boxcars at the Montvale show yesterday, and I thought I'd offer my first impressions of them. I didn't build any of them yet, so these are just kit impressions. I did't compare...

Shamus, Didn't you say you were looking for the copy of RMC with your article in it? Did you get a copy? If not I'll try to get to a magazine shop that might have a copy and buy you one and mail it to you. (Sorry, you can't have mine!) :D

I'm just thinking out loud on this one, have enough other projects to keep me busy, but I hope what I'm thinking of is possible for the future. I'd like to light my passenger cars, but don't want to take power from the rails to do so because I'm doing DC and that means when the train stops...

There are a couple of engines I'd really like to have (HO scale) that no one is likely to make. There are brass models out there, but they're just too expensive. There really aren't any models that would be kit-bashed either, so that seems to leave me in the realm of scratch building. Has anyone...

I know, another thread on paint-stripping. I've searched the archives, both here at RR-Line, and have a couple questions. First, background, I bought a bunch of Harriman cars from MDC on their clearance sale and want to strip the paint. I contacted MDC and, after telling me I should have...

Since you folks were so helpful with my last question on hand-laying track, here's question number 2: Where can I find PC-board ties, preferably mail-order. I want to try some hand-laying, especially turnouts, and I can find all the stuff I need at First Place Hobbies online, but can't...

OK, in the next few weeks I expect to start layout construction, so it's getting to decision time on track. I picked up a book over the weekend (I forget the exact title, but it was on trackside detail, by Kalmbach), and there was a chapter about hand-laying track. It SEEMS like something I...

I posted this on RR-line too, but I thought I might as well get some more opinions. As some of you know I've been in the planning stages of a layout for quite some time. First in the basement, where dampness and comfort are issues, and now upstairs in a room that currently holds the book...

One of the major industries on my planned layout will (hopefully) be a foundry. Since none of the commercial kits suit me I'll probably end up scratch building. Since I'm frugal (OK, cheap) and I've seen some great work one in cardboard here on the Gauge, I thought I'd probably build in...

Hi all! I've been lurking here for a while, but registered today because I just gotta know, what's LPB stand for? It seems to have something to do with little plastic people, but .... I guess enquiring minds want to know!