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  1. RobL

    Removing glued down flex track

    My Uncle is in the process of getting out of the hobby and has a very large layout with flex track that was glued down. He has offered the track to me, which has to be in the range of well over 500 linear feet as well as a ton of switches. Does anyone have any secret recipe for removing...
  2. RobL

    Help Me Dream

    My wife and I are in the process of putting an addition on our house... we live in a raised ranch and are making a master suite / larger bathroom on the second floor... that means there is going to be a nice, unfinished room directly below the bedroom, yup, you guessed it... a new train (hobby)...
  3. RobL

    Pricom Design Dream Player

    I got one of these for Christmas from my wife. Basically it is a circuit board with an SD card reader that allows you to play .wav files out of amplified speakers connected to the board. The board can be rigged up with switches to trigger the playing of the sound files or it even allows a DCC...
  4. RobL

    Coloring Sculptamold

    I have recently begun making my mountains by wading up newspapers and covering with plaster cloth. I attempted to color the plaster cloth once dry and noticed it didn't quite look right (could still see too many holes from the cloth, etc). I placed a skim coat of Sculptamold over the dryed...
  5. RobL

    Proper weight for rolling stock

    In doing some test runs on my track, I noticed some of my rolling stock was wobbling along the rail to varying degrees... some very little shake, some exhibited an obnoxious amount of shake. In reading some reviews in Model Railroader, I noticed they talk about the weight being under or over by...
  6. RobL

    Layout Opinions

    Hello everyone. I just stumbled across this board and am really enjoying looking through everyones layouts and design thoughts, etc. I have attached some photos of the layout I just started working on. The room is small (our laundry room) that I did some remodeling on to make it look nice...
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