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Renewed my NMRA membership

I was one (of many, I'm sure) who renewed for five years right before the big dues increase in 2001. I just got me rene...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mark
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by mark

Bending Masonite Backdrops Revisited

I've been collecting a long time and am now working on my first layout with my grandson. It is a two foot shelf (wider...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dontwantany
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by dontwantany

GP wheel diameters

I'm planning to convert all my diesels' wheels to NWSL 0.088" treads. What's the prototype diameter of GP-30 wheels? Th...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by otto.von.chriek
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by otto.von.chriek

Masonite backdrops

I am starting the framework on my new layout and am going to use 1/8" Masonite for the backdrops. It is my first around...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by richard.foster1
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by richard.foster1

Ore jimmy truck

I would like to build some free-lance four-wheel jimmies but I need a source for the four-wheel trucks. Some years ago...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gagnonrchrd
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by gagnonrchrd

Trucks

When replacing wheels and trucks on my HO freight cars, how do I determine if I need to order 33 or 36 inch scale wheels...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tomlc
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by tomlc

intermountain vs. kato

I'm considering getting some N scale carbody units, and I'm thinking either Intermountain F3s or Kato F7s. The Kato uni...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tbdanny
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by tbdanny

Advice needed on modeling project

To make the gauge on a 1/24th scale water tower I'm modeling, I need to cut a lengthwise slot in a 1/8" diameter brass...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by raydunakin
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by raydunakin

Atlas TR12 demonstrator

I recently acquired an ancient Atlas/Rivarossi N scale SW1200 in the GM TR12 demonstrator livery. The TR12 was a cow +...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dbromage
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by dbromage

Branchline coaches vs. Bachmann coaches

Compared to Branchline HO coaches, how well detailed are Bachmann HO coaches? I've never seen the Bachmann passenger ca...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rashputin
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by rashputin

Gluing Rails to wood?

I've Scratch built a 5 bay roundhouse for my Grandson's HO layout. The bottom is Mahogeny veneer and we want to glue th...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Klikos
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by Klikos

Converting Athearn Rubber-band drives

Greetings, I have an Athearn RDC-1 which has the old-style rubber-band drive. I bought a plain bag of rubber bands, and...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by delsun251
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by delsun251

HO Locos

I would like to build an American layout HO scale. Can anyone advise me on what rail companies I can run on a layout es...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by paul.chall
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by paul.chall