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    Sawing or Cutting Plastic?

    Hoi Rob, I have recently perchsed a small band saw and I fiind that it works well with plastic, wood and even thin alluminium. The saw kost me €45,00, that is about $48,00 US, it's the best €45,00 that I have spent in a long time. Good luck with your model. Ernest
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    Question for the Christmas weekend 12-22 through 12-25

    Another year has passed, and the new year is coming fast, it is time for joy and good wishes, and with this in mind I would like to wish every body at the Guage a very merry Christmas and a happy and healty 2007. happy railroading in 2007.
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    manufacture information

    Hi Guys, Its me Ernest, it has been a while, but I'm still present. First of all I want to thank those hoe helpt me get my Rivarossi Mallet running again, some one refered me to Val from Roundhousebachshop, andd he has sent me the parts to get my mallet running again, and after sitting on...
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    DCC in a athearn locomotive

    Thank you guys, You have all been a great help, Every time i opend up a Athearn loc, I thort "no it is not possible.:cry: Thanks to you I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.:thumb: Happy railroading Ernest
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    DCC in a athearn locomotive

    Hi Train lovers,:wave: First of all, a very happy easter to you all, and I hope you all had a very nice easter weekend.:thumb: I have a question, Can anybody tell me how I can build a decoder into a Athearn locomotive? you know thoes with the great big strip of iron whitch goes from the...
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    Hi Ron, This company you wrote about, thay have a web site, and an E-mail addres, would you send me those addreses please, I would like to see what thay have in stok. No Ron it's not metal bases, It's strips of circuitry board whitch I cut my self, then stik these strips on the drawing at...
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    My layout plan.

    Yes Miles, Sorry for my spelling, some times I write in english and think in dutch, thats calld dubbel dutch, I'm sure you have heard of it:D :D :D Ernest.
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    My layout plan.

    Hi Jim, That's right, the lower section is a staging yard with room for 10 to 15 wagonsand one loco. the drawing is not kompleetly to scale. I have a small camera to view that yard. The overall size is 6meters x 5 meters (19ft x 16ft) The tabeltop is 3ft from the floor Min radius 26 inches...
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    My layout plan.

    Hi rail fans, This my layout plan at the moment, it's the fifth layout that I have built sins I live here in this house, and that 27 years already. I can run in DC and in DCC, this is because only 7 of my +/_ 35 loco's have a decoder as of yet. It is a freelance BNSF/SF/UP/SP and some CSX and...
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    6 of them Jim, One good thing about it, you don't have to vizit the barber shop so often, HA HA.:D :D :D 6 of them, and how do thay perform, to your satisfaction. Do you have a photo of one, I would love to see what thay look like. I bought my self one today from peco, €45.00 and I must say...
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    Hi again Jim, here is a cad drawing of the dubbelslip wissel i was talking about. ONE OF THESE DAYS!ONE OF THESE DAYS!!!!! Ernest
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    Hallo Jim, I have made a drawing of one, two actualy, a llarge and a small one but I have not built one. I have converted some Fleishmann doubbel slips and thy work fine now, I changed the guide rails by making the gap smaller. One of these fine days I will try to build one. Ernest
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    My wissels Hi guys, Here is a photo of one of my wissels I built, I got the tip's from a story in the modelrailroader, Sorry I don't know witch number it was, I have been making these wissels for a while now and don't need instructions any more. I draw the wissel I want with a cad program...
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    Hi Nick, You think it's expencive in America, I went to the hobby shop and arsked the price of a solenoid switch from peco and thay arsked €20.00 for one,(about $20.00), and all it is, is two short peaces of small pipe amd some wire, and if you want to change currant for the frog I also had to...
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    Anyone try building snap switches?

    Self made switch motor Hi Nick, I have been busy with this hobby for many years now and I also say,"A dollar saved is a dollar ernd. I build my oen wissels annd switch motors, I have had a few missers but I kept at it and I kept getting better, and the thing is I gust used what I could find...
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    Doubbelheader

    hi train fans, By the sound of things I have to change over to another system, At the moment I have the Roco system, This came with a starter set from Roco, I was planing on buying a lenz controler, these are more advansd than the first Roco controlers but the Lenz controler is quite expencive...
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    Doubbelheader

    Hi Harold, Wel you have got my attention, talk to me,announce1 I have two different loc's, one is Atlas, and the other one is from Roco. Do I just put then both on the same track and start programing, or do i program them one at a time? I am all eyes and ear's. Erne:thumb:
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    Doubbelheader

    Hi TrainNut, As you say the B unit has to run backwards, that is wat I wanted, and I thought it had to be done with my cab controler, but how? what adress?how do I program that?????????? You talk about DC een DCC, by DC you mean direct current, as AC is alternating current or is this Digital...
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    Doubbelheader

    Hi Harold, Thank you for your wisdom Harold, I thought it was something like that, but I didn't know witch adress, but I have done wat you said and PRESTO:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: One runs forward and the other runs backwards GGRRRRRRREAT. Thanks form the help. Erne
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    Doubbelheader

    Hi phoneguy, This I understand, but to get them to do just that, that is the $100,00 question. I thought it had something to do with the adresses, but I was not sure and I didn't want to fool around with thoes adresses because i'm not sure of what i am doing. Thanks for your reply Erne.