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- All ready for paint. This is similar to the CN hopper, but different in many ways. Once painted, I'll post some photos with the CN hopper. Shane
  
  BC Rail Ballast Hopper
  Last reply by Chris Kieffer on 1 hour ago
  
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  What have you built lately?
  
  I'm working on my stash of kits and trying to get this 7/8ths scale combine finished. It's slow work, as it was originally a Twin Mountain kit by Carl Malone that Ozark took over, and the instructions are, shall we say, deficient. The parts added by Ozark aren't wonderful. (I got an early one, so maybe they are now improved.) My current problem is making the feight doors stay closed in a reasonably prototypical fashion. I'll glue them if I have to, but I would rather not. Here's the fre...
  
  7/8ths scale freight door latches - Grrr...
  Last reply by Jon Radder on March 29
  
  Rolling stock
  
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  Rolling stock
  
  Aloha, "Gustav," our venerable 1980-s vintage LGB 0-6-2T, finished an adult beverage run on Sunday and, upon return to the rural community of Dogwallow, froze and made a horrible grinding sound as if he was eating his gears. I will warn you in advance, electric motor theory eludes me. I opened "Gustav," found no obvious sign of wear on the worm gears or the axel-mounted helical gears the worm gears drive. I did electrical connectivity checks, all were OK. Putting test leads to ea...
  
  LGB 0-6-2T: BadMotor, Bad Gears, Both, ...
  Last reply by Bill Barnwell on 4 hours ago
  
  Motive Power
  
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  Talk about your locomotives here.
  
  This evening I ran across this supplier of thin vacuum-formed styrene sheet. If you hunt for 1:24, there are several patterns of brick / stone / etc.. I thought their price (2 sheets of 7x12" for $15) was reasonable, so I ordered a couple. https://kitkraft.com/t/categories/model-building/model-building-materials/styrene-plastic/styrene-patterned-sheets
  
  Patterned styrene sheet
  Last reply by Ken Brunt on March 20
  
  Reference
  
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  Discussion area for reference drawings and information.
  
  My wife has been really patient with my model building making, which has been dreadfully slow. The area representing Virginia City on my layout (which is pretty much half the layout) has been bare forever, and last summer, Linda reminded me that I needed to do something about it. So, here goes. The area involved is long and very narrow, and I've always planned to use a series of facades or "flats" (in theatrical terms) to represent some of Virginia City's buildings. Here's the plan view...
  
  Virginia City Flats
  Last reply by Jim Rowson on March 29
  
  Technical Modeling
  
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  Discussing techniques for using 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and other computer-driven modeling tools
  
  Looking for American railroad figures in the 1:24 to 1:22.5 range, there are a lot of 1:20:3 figure out there but they are a little large for LGB, like the Just Plain Folk ones but they are limited to Railroad workers, any others?
  
  looking for figures
  Last reply by Pete Thornton on February 23
  
  Figures
  
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  Make your own figures, or modify existing ones? Share your techniques with the rest of us.
  
  AND THE WINNERS ARE This years Challenge was at the top of entrants ever. And the saying that everyone is a winner sure comes into play this year. GREAT BUILDS all around, and if any one of them would like to contribute their build to me, I would be proud to place it on my pike. All of them!! Well maybe not Vic's The most prestigious annual award is presented in the honor of the build challenges founder, Mik just Mik. Is proudly presented to: ...
  
  2020 Mik Build Challenge Winners
  Last reply by Mike Wlez on March 9
  
  Annual Build Challenge
  
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  Home of the Napkin Builder. Every year LSC has a build challenge, in memory of a long term member Mik
  
  So someone, Pete, accused me of Devoning. Well at least of Devoning the On30 stuff. Well given that I was a tad distracted with the MIK I wouldn't exactly say I was Devoning the On30 stuff. But now that the MIK is over I have returned to some On30 stuff. Trees. One thing I have been critical over the years about is the sparseness of most indoor layouts. Trees are used sparingly. For good reason, they are expensive and/or time consuming to make. A tree here and there for accent is nice but a fore...
  
  O scale trees
  Last reply by Devon Sinsley on March 3
  
  O / On30
  
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  The smallest Large Scale
  
  Well, this is an entirely new world for me. I've never worked with Resin. So having learned of a new little 7/8th scale Feldbahn style, (but bashable), industrial locomotive kit, I bought one. Photos of the kit pieces are best seen in a very recent post, "3D printed," items, by Joe McCummins. (I got too excited to think to photograph the parts). The kit came from the SWC3DBackshop store on Etsy. I am posting this as a New Topic because the seller has oth...
  
  I enter the world of 7/8 Resin w this Fe...
  Last reply by Devon Sinsley on March 25
  
  Other Scales
  
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  For discussion of any other scales. N? 1 1/2"? Sn3?
  
  I don't know how many on here will care about this but I am pretty fussy when it comes to so called metallic spray paint (or any metallic paint). From my model car days looking for a good chrome to now trains and wanting a good polished brass I have never been satisfied with the finish of silver or gold paints even the so called metallic ones. They just don't have that super smooth ultra shiny look I want. Until now. When hoarding at Hobby Lobby i picked up a can of Krylon Gold Foil Metallic Thi...
  
  Krylon Foil Metallic Paint
  Last reply by Devon Sinsley on March 29
  
  Tools and Tips
  
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  Tips and Tricks for everything from X-Acto knives to Zona saws.

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