Scratchbuilding Ideas, Post a photo of anything.........

[tomustang]

That can/might/could/will be used for buiding

Spark up some Ideas

Fun pops (Flavor Ice) netted package.




Quick ideas.... Can be used for fencing, net tarp on trash gondolas

[AF350]

Rolling stock made with Popsicle and Corndog sticks.


http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/gallery/i...ge_id=2460

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[Ralph]

Shampoo bottle blast furnace!



Ralph

[shaygetz]

Remotoring locomotives with CD ROM drive motors...





...a pen clicker top for a sand dome, a Rix switch machine contact tube for a stack, department store signage for sheet styrene and a faucet aerator screen for a spark arrestor...



...bridal veil tule (tool) for chain link fencing---it even comes in silver...

[AF350]

Remotoring locomotives with CD ROM drive motors...





...a pen clicker top for a sand dome, a Rix switch machine contact tube for a stack, department store signage for sheet styrene and a faucet aerator screen for a spark arrestor...

I wonder if motors out of bad hard drives would work as well?

[shaygetz]

I wonder if motors out of bad hard drives would work as well?

Thanks...CD/DVD tray motors work well too but the hard drive motors are integrated into the disk, making them too difficult to modify.

[tomustang]

I wonder if motors out of bad hard drives would work as well?

Thanks...CD/DVD tray motors work well too but the hard drive motors are integrated into the disk, making them too difficult to modify.

Only thing useful from a bad hard drive is the powerful magnet

[shaygetz]

I really have become an advocate of the CD ROM motors...they have a flywheel like action, smooth response and should be able to handle DCC well should I ever go that route in the future. I've found that a 1/4 watt 1000ohm resistor helps keep the speed controllable but they are still a bit fast on the upper end of the throttle, your best control being in the lower half. My 0-4-0 has gone from 2-3 cars to pulling over 7 though I've added no weight to the loco itself.







Quite frankly, I love the looks my remotored TYCO Chatatnooga Choo Choo gets when running around with the best of them at train shows...wait'll I get a hold of an A-Team set.. .

[Ralph]

That is so cool Shaygetz!