FWIW Niles Canyon is just a few miles from my home. A local Club runs a steam train there with open carriage rides. Check out the Niles Canyon...
Nice BBQ! Family project too. Beautiful. Loving your Hotel. Ever thought of having one of those Arduino or whatevers turning lights on and off...
If we are picking favorites I'm going with the shot from last Friday, 5 SP locos, the power and the glory!
This is an interesting development that Marklin is developing and selling Can style motors to replace 5 pole motors in older locos. Hopefully...
Beautiful, Still waiting for that large format coffee table book ;)
Congratulations Rob! I love that while this accolade is for a single locomotive, for all of us who know you in our Z scale world, it recognizes a...
While not specifically related to Z, or any scale, you probably have too many model trains if your wife gives you one of these for your birthday:...
All good suggestions, anything but a putty that softens and runs!
That turned out just great! I love the rivets being more to scale and the dry brushing on the trucks. It has just the right amount of weathering....
In case this will be helpful, or maybe you can learn from my mistakes ;) I wanted to weigh down some very light Marklin 2 axle cars. They tend to...
I repaired on of these a while back. I guessed that the wire just burned through. I did what rray said pretty much. Honestly I was surprised when...
Maybe… “By definition, a Guy Wire is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure. They were commonly found on ships...
https://www.cnwhs.org/ageir/ageir5.html in this description they refer to it as a “guy-wire” maybe that means a hand hold or safety wire for...
I have Evans Designs Pico LED's 5-12V. They are pre made one piece so I don't know the specs but I'm guessing the resistor that is prewired is...
Thanks guys!
Kev I like the height your bodies are sitting at, that looks much better. Good idea about the UV Resin. I got a tube of that a while ago but...
Holy Moly! FWIW I think you are a great "non traditional" author. Your posts and threads are very well written and complete. But if you do write a...
On the subject of DCC. I have another thread for a decoder install on a Shorty. But specific for lighting on this boxcab I measured the holes for...
For the decoder install I see two motor wires at the top of the Shorty chassis. It should be easy enough to cut them, scrape away the coating and...
Here is my Northwestern boxcab. I'm afraid painting the chevrons on the ends is a bit beyond my ability... Comparing the stairs on it to the...
