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Hello all, My freind and I were perusing our local Wally World's looking through the toy section when we stumbled upon some HO scale vehicles. A company called Motor Max has a line called "Fresh Cherries" that includes such Gems as the Ford Pinto, 1981 Ford Escort, 1984 Ford Tempo...

It's been a while since I have been active here on the Gauge. Been busy. I have relocated from Fletcher, NC to Tacoma, WA and bought a house with a partially finished basement. Looking to build a layout and, as usual, I have managed to find myself brimming with far too many questions...

here are a couple of pics of two new mini scenes on my layout

Hello fellow Gaugers!!! I have been on a sort of detail oriented hunt for things to improve on my rolling stock and Locomotives lately as any of you who have seen my recent barrage of pictures have seen. Well I though I would post a how to on how to put real chains on the front and...

Has anyone here tired out the digitrax signalling system? I have been looking at it as a possible solution for my layout but I would need to completely rewire everything to add occupancy blocks and such. I would like to actually use a "live" signalling system on my dinky little...

I made up a programming and test track for my DCC setup today. (well actually it is still drying) I used a scrap piece of 2x6 and three pieces of Atlas code 100 flex track as well as AMI instant roadbed to put it together I plan to have one track connected to my programming ports...

I have a Stewart F7 that I have installed an MRC AD370 sound decoder in. It has run great now for over a month when suddenly tonight in the middle of running it suddenly acts like the direction control has been reversed. It was very strange. I was sitting here at my computer letting...

I took these pics a few months back at and around the Norfolk Southern yard here in Asheville North Carolina First one is of an old Coach of some form that i am not sure of that was in a parking lot on the way down to the yards next to the tracks

Hey guys and gals, I am at it again. I have taken a couple of old Athearn Cupola Cabeese and I am sort of kitbashing them into a new Clinchfield caboose for my layout. I have already taken the working parts from the two kits (some of the detail pairts were broken or missing...

Well I finally got around to putting some finescale grab irons on some rolling stock. I took some pics to show my MOW Crane and Flat car. The Flat has the irons on it.

Well I woke up to a pleasant surprise today. Mom has discovered how to make groud cover using a cheese grater and florist foam.

I am curious as to what the best techniques, Materials, etc. for scratchbuilding Scale Handrails on HO scale locomotives are. I want to replace the handrails on my Athearns with closer to scale wire handrails but I am not really sure how to do the vertical supports on the handrails. The...

My mother has a beautifully superdetailed and weathered BL-2 loco that unfortunately will register a direct short even with nothing but the truscks and frame on the track (with the wheels of course). Is there any way to get this loco to run on my Digitrax system short of spending 3 times...

I haven't the foggiest idea what the differences in Pulman cars are. I bought my mother a 4 car set of pulman cars by MDC Roundhouse and I can't identify which one is which to save me now. I know the one with the funky yellow handrails on the back is the observation car, but there is...

I have a model 250 Badger Airbrush kit. I was wondering if this is adequate for using to apint my rolling stock and locomotives. I have never used an airbrush before to do etal painting and the like and I am hoping that this one is good enough or can be upgraded somehow if it isn't

ok I must be a complete moron because the resin kit I am working on was going along so smoothly. The car itself is turning out great. however, the crated load for the car looks like a bunch of drunken beavers put it together. I am going to have to do some serious tweaking to get it...

Well I have made some major progress on the Layout this month and though i would share a bunch of pictures I just took of it. Please wait to post because I have a LOT of pictures to upload this time.

I pretty much have every box from every piece of rolling stock and locomotive I have bought since I got back into the hobby earlier this year. The problem is I am starting to trip over things and I was curious wether or not those of you on the gauge keep your boxes from your kits and such...

Looks like I finally managed to get some LPB's out of the dance hall long enough to do some paving on my layout.

I was looking up the decoder manual for my Atlas Locomotive witha 4 function decoder on the Atlas site and noticed that the PDF of the maunal says that it is a Roco decoder. I never knew Atlas and Roco were partnered for the DCC that Atlas sells. I had a chance to get one of the Roco...