05-07-2010, 03:44 PM
Wow, I did not think that I stayed away from the forum for two months. I was so busy that it felt much shorter. Sorry that I did not reply to your posts. Don’t know if you are still interested in my reply, but I’ll give it a try.
Tetters, I am with Gus on this one. I too work a lot in front of a computer, so that I don’t want to use a computer to controol my railroad. I like to flip the turnouts old style
... and throwing turnouts manually makes wiring much easier ... I hate wiring.
frankcombe, to throw the turnouts I use the toothpic that I use for coupling. I stick it into the hole in the throwbar of the turnout and move it that way. I am using a small Lenz DCC system. It is the same as the Atlas Commander. It is not very powerful and it does not have many functions, but it is good enough for my small switching layout. I am having three DCC engines with sound, all equipped with LokSound decoders.
The roof of my Ornamental Suppy is made of waterproof sandpaper that I painted with acrylic paints.
Larry, I paint the tulle of my fences with a soft paintbrush. I am using solvent based paints and never had any problems with melting tulle. I don’t know what tulle is made of, but it does not seem to be any sort of plastic.
Herc, thank you for you always encouraging and well meaning comments.
FCIN, your kind words are much appreciated.
Josh, I did not work on the layout for almost two months. The last thing I did, was putting some greenery in the yard between these two warehouses. Since then I did nothing, I did not even run a train.
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Tetters, I am with Gus on this one. I too work a lot in front of a computer, so that I don’t want to use a computer to controol my railroad. I like to flip the turnouts old style
... and throwing turnouts manually makes wiring much easier ... I hate wiring.frankcombe, to throw the turnouts I use the toothpic that I use for coupling. I stick it into the hole in the throwbar of the turnout and move it that way. I am using a small Lenz DCC system. It is the same as the Atlas Commander. It is not very powerful and it does not have many functions, but it is good enough for my small switching layout. I am having three DCC engines with sound, all equipped with LokSound decoders.
The roof of my Ornamental Suppy is made of waterproof sandpaper that I painted with acrylic paints.
Larry, I paint the tulle of my fences with a soft paintbrush. I am using solvent based paints and never had any problems with melting tulle. I don’t know what tulle is made of, but it does not seem to be any sort of plastic.
Herc, thank you for you always encouraging and well meaning comments.
FCIN, your kind words are much appreciated.
Josh, I did not work on the layout for almost two months. The last thing I did, was putting some greenery in the yard between these two warehouses. Since then I did nothing, I did not even run a train.
Kurt