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I'm looking for references on malting plants and grain elevators. I caught the ( great ) thread in The-Gauge started by Robin ( in 2003 ). Here is a link I found today, it's about what looks like the grain elevators paradise ( Thunder Bay )...

I'm ready to assemble my 1st N scale laser cut wood kit. Start small think big, so I decided to start with a small tool shed. Could someone please tell me where I could find a picture for such a CN structure. My rolling stock is mostly 40' boxcars with the CN noodle logo I checked the CNR SIG...

When running his/her model railroad ? Post your picture here. Next week I'll pay my annual visit to Exporail in Montreal and I think I'll get a wooden engine whistle to go with my engineer cap. Jacques

Last week-end I took the DCC plunge and purchased one MRC Prodigy Advance2 system + an Atlas GP-9 DCC equiped N scale engine. After fiddling for about 2 hours I was able to have the engine running . I'm not completely satisfied because I can't adjust the starting speed: the engine starts to...

Having a very noisy Life-Like ( non Proto-N ) GP9-RM engine ( see a previous thread Lifelike GP9RM , started by Supaned , I found that great PDF file format document about how to reduce noise in 4 axles N scale engines at http://trainweb.org/passengercars/Bearingblock.pdf And the best part...

I'm looking for a transition era coal hopper. Could someone please tell me if an Atlas 90 tons hopper is appropriate ? If yes, is there any other manufacturer than Atlas who build such a hopper ? Jacques

Is it common for CN engines to run long hood forward ? On friday, it was the 1st time I saw such a CN engine running that way. I thought it was specific only to Norfolk & western . It is impressive. Now I won't be ashamed to run my N scale CN engines long hood forward. Jacques

Is the roof of 40' boxcars made of galvanized steel ? I know the roof of 50' boxcars is. Jacques

Atlas released a new N scale CN GP9. The short hood is high ( see picture ) but so far I never saw any CN GP9 with a high short hood ( in real life or in picture ) . I only saw real CN GP9 with a low short hood such as this #7016 one ( I'm lucky, I just took the picture today ) Is it a fake ...

Could anyone please tell me what would be the equivalent Polly Scale paint for the 40' CN boxcars ? Here is a pic of the N scale one. Tia, Jacques

I have some Sw9/1200, RS-3, GP7 and GP9 engines ( my layout is very small so I can't afford to run 6 axles engines ). I have 40' boxcars , reefers and one 8000 gallons tankcar. Would it be historically correct to add some 50' boxcars ? Jacques

No one has an excuse for not having a model railroad layout at home. Lack of space ... nonsense. No idea, then first check the bible of micro-layouts: Micro/Small Layouts for Model Railroads My layout has 1 sector plate, 2 peco turnouts and uses peco flextrack. The main reason I started that...

I have an N scale SW9/1200 TH&B Life-Like engine and I would like to keep it for as long as I can because it is a very smoooooth runner. I know that Life-Like has been purchased by Walthers but Walthers doesn't have any " spare parts purchasing" on their website, while Atlas does. So, where did...

I've never seen any article about the subject. What kind light bulb is best ? ( I've heard about rice bulb, what is it exactly ? ) How about LEDs ? What if the light bulb burns ? do you have to tear the structure off the layout to replace the light bulb ? How do you light the structures ...

Just received my 1st issue of N-Scale magazine. I really like the mag . What attracted my attention is on page 2 a big ad from Athearn " Our new era in N scale" about the new 50' PS-1 double door boxcar. I don't have any engine nor rolling stock from Athearn. Is it worth to get some of those...

I tried twice to make a road using WS smooth-it material. Both times I had the same problem: When pouring the material, it creates bubbles. My road looks more like a piece of lunar landscape , or as it was hit by a squadron of Stuka dive bomber. Any suggestion to fix that problem will be much...

I have an airbrush that I use to paint the structures etc.. I would like to use it for painting the white clouds on a backdrop. Of course I don't want to waste my expensive model paints such as Polly Scale or Tamiya acrylics just for painting clouds on a backdrop. What kind of "airbrushable"...

I'm working on an N scale weathering project., I just purchased some oil color and pastels today. I want to do some heavy weathering , not just a wishy-washy gray wash :) The selected boxcar candidate is the CPR 40' red "pacman" boxcar. See the picture. My problem is that I couldn't find any...

I'm reading book "HO ( gasp ) Railroad from start to finish ". The author uses some 3/16" thick foam core board for the roads. He then uses that same foam core as a base to raise the buildings flush with the road. I wanted to adapt the idea for my N scale buildings. N scale being roughly...

My brother in law is a mechanical engineer and kindly offered me some dirt samples from his big ( 100+ ) collection. As suggested by various threads on this forum, I baked the dirt ( about 2 cups ) in the oven and run a very powerful magnet to remove any metal particles. I used a very very...