Well I am putting one of these on my layout.
   
I decided that it would only make sense for all four points to either make both tracks run straight though or all four set to make both tracks cross over.

I experimented with some thin soft wire to see if I could move both points at one end.
   

This worked well, so next I bent some .032 piano wire to the same shape.
   

This one didn't work all that well. Pushing on the center of the bent wire took a lot of force to move from the closed (straight through) position to the open (cross over) position.

So I made the bent two pieces to make my shape. Each had a small loop at the center position.

Ok guys put your thinking caps on,I am in search of a 2 or 3 bay fire house,not the plastic ones,but a good quality craftsman kit.
Can you help?

Thanks

Mike

Hi guys, im looking for tips on making molds and such.

I was thinking of making some molds for bridges (bridge piers, bridge abutments, and the actual bridge themselves) modeling some modern highway bridges. I know there is stuff like it out there, but there plastic and from what i have found, most of them are not that modern, and only 2 lane bridges (BLMA Modern Concrete Bridge is the only thing moderately close to a nice looking concrete bridge for the modern era for highway traffic in my opinion)

Can anyone point me in a direction on how to cast your own parts? I was thinking of using Hydrocoal to cast parts out of. Yes? No? What would you guys suggest would be good to cast good pieces? I might also try the Anchor Bolt Cement (although the parts may get a little heavy but will be more stronger and durable i think)

Is there any casting tools that i should get to help?

I was also thinking of making the molds from styrene, and making a couple master molds for a couple different style bridges i see on the highways around here. Ay suggestions on other materials to cast parts with or to use to make molds?

Thanks in advance for any help guys, i appreciate it alot

This is an area in the back of my house that gets muddy when it rains. It rained hard yesterday.

Gentlemen,

A friend of ours has an old Lionel standard gauge train that belonged to her husband. The engine is a Lionel 402. She asked my to look it over and clean it. The cleaning will be pretty straight forward but I have found that the insulation on the wires has hardened and much of it has fallen off. Before I get too deep into this I would like to have a wiring diagram so I don't make any errors when I replace the wires I hope to replace them one at a time but I have to remove the motor units and that means disconnecting several wires at a time. Does anyone have a decent wire diagram for this engine? I really want to take good care of it and get it done right the first time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin

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I thought that I should just have my own thread with these question in it then starting up a new thread each time.

So for today....

Where can I buy small steel rod?
The kind that I would poke up through the layout to move the points of my turnout (HO). I looked all over at Home Depot, no luck.

Kent

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Lynn

It's actually 6' long by 3'-2" wide. Also, it's not really to scale but I've tried to be as accurate as I can -- the shape of the two sidings is not that accurate but you should get the idea. I already have a 3x4 layout that I think I could expand into this layout. The inner loop should be ideal for my small British tank engines and 4-wheel freight cars. Only 2-3 of my locos can't cope with the outside 15R curves.

Please let me know your thoughts on this -- I'm trying to make a very compact HO layout as a "side project".

Thanks in advance. I might add a few more details/comments here later.

Rob

   

Hi All,

While searching around the net i found this site with large drawings of locos ..... superb for references ........ some of the images are large but if saved to your pictures go to a good useable size.

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