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Anyone know how I would go about making copper water tower rings (HO scale)? Or are they available for purchase? I'm afraid if I cut them out of sheet copper that they will not turn out well, but I'm willing to try :) I want to scratch build a water tower out of wood and copper. Thanks!

Hi all, I installed a Digitrax DZ143 in my Bachmann HO 80-ton 3-truck Shay. Everything is working fine. I'm just curious if I am supposed to have a wire attached to pin 3 on the NMRA connector (8 pin connector)? All I could find on the web is that pin 3 is optional, and depends on the...

Hi all, Below is a picture of my layout. I'm wondering how to attach the feeder wires to the track while maintaining separate rail polarity. Along "S" curves, the inside rail becomes the outside. How do you handle the polarity change? Assume rail A is red, B is black. After the S turn, the...

Hi all, I'm in the process of wiring my layout and I need some direction on wiring my Atlas custom line turnouts (HO, code 83). I will be using DCC (digitrax Zepher or Empire) and Tortoise switch machines. Does anyone have a schematic showing where I need to solder wires? I plan on having a...

Hi all, I have not been on in a while because I've been workin' on the railroad :) I finally got my benchwork done yesterday. Here's a pic of the custom benchwork for the Granite Gorge and Northern from the Atlas book. It's 5' x 9', made from 1 x 4 and 1 x 6 "select white pine" Legs are 2 x...

Hi all, I finally decided on a track plan. I'm going with the "Granite Gorge & Northern" from the Atlas "Seven Step-by-Step HO Railrods" (Chapter 6 in the book) I Google'd around this morning and found some saying that the benchwork shown in the book is flawed, and they had problems with it...

Hi all, Hope this is the right forum... Anyway, I have my benchwork plan pretty well nailed down. Now I need to decide on the surface material(s) and method of raising the trackbed. I am considering (what I believe to be) the cookie cutting method of raising it up off of the grid work on...

Hi all, Here is a drawing of the room I have to work with. I'm looking for ideas on where to place my benchwork. This will be for an HO layout and I'm leaning towards a mining or logging industry. I don't have a track plan in mind yet. I want to see what kind of benchwork I can fit in...