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  1. francismaximus

    The Magazine Is Awesome!!

    Enough said.
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    I Love The Easter Bunny

    Well my in-laws brougt me this beauty from Austria. I never heard of the company. But this thing runs as smooth as silk. Its sooo quiet and can operate at very slow speeds. Kinda has the same qualities as my broadway ltd. mikado without the sound. How come Bachmann and BdY Ltd. are made in...
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    Monster Terrorizes Harriman RR. Could be Aliens??

    Oh well this proves I have Waay to much time on my hands.
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    Ive gone insane

    I have my camera going on my layout with gamera the monster wreaking havoc anyone want to watch this live action movie log onto msn messenger and look for maliketh@hotmail.com and I'll let ya watch looks cool actually
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    What Trucks for HO 80' COACH ERIE Branchline Blueprint?

    Just wonder what where kind of truck/wheelsets I need for this car? The plastic ones got a little buggered up from me having to take them apart since I glued them together backwards. So I guees I need to fix my brand "new" coach.
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    Making crushed rock roads

    I am currently making roads with a spackle base then sprinkling fine medium gray ballast on top pressing it in, then spraying with wet water and putting more ballast on top. I figure to just trim the road when the spackle dries and either paint the edges or use foliage to even out the roadside...
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    Great Idea: I hope

    Since I aint got much to give to this forum as far as "yeah use hydrocal its much lighter" or "oh yes the blue foam is sooo much better for your layout". I figured what could I add? SO since I am dying for spring and ideas for places to take my daughter, I'm going to hike (I have a harley so...
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    Well Ready To Post pics.

    Ok I finally think I want to show you guys what I've been doing. And I'm sure I will get plenty of "helpful hints". Since After looking at my own pics I'm wondering "you spent all this time on that?". But honestly Everytime I look at my layout "as is", I still feel like its my baby. I know I...
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    Width for HO Scale Roads?

    Can anyone tell me the width for a one lane crushed stone road, and a two lane road in inches (or metric I can convert that) in HO scale. I'd really appriciate it. Or if you would like just tell me how to do it my self and I'll never ask a question like this again. Thank you. :confused:
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    Great Moment To Share

    I drove to ridgefield park Nj on my way to my sis's super bowl party. I sqaure mile long town with a railroad avenue. I heard the train twice every night, and counted cars many times at the signal with my dad. Well as we come into town guess what. I hear a train coming I rushed to the...
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    Ramblings of an unplanned layout...

    Well I laid the track (ho triple loop with 4 turnouts) wired everything and even did 3 cab control circuits. While i think its a nice feat for a beginner, I think I made the biggest beginner error of them all! I just discoverd that the town I live in was named after and had a very influential...
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    Coupler Question

    Ok here goes. I started this year with with "just a train under the tree" for my daughter. When I went Ebay crazy and bought a ton of tyco stuff. I went tyco since thats what I had as a kid. Anyway its only 3 weeks after x-mas I have a 4x8 table in my office trackbed all atlas nickel silver...
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