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- I've been working on another engine. I have been posting photos all along in my scratch build album. I was going to do it here as each step progressed. I got hung up for awhile with some old resin that wouldn't co-operate. I enjoy the scratch build CN SD60F build more than my own! http://largescalecentral.com/albums/scratch-builds/11857 click on the photos to make them larger
  
  Scratch GE ES44AC build
  Last reply by Joe Paonessa on Mon at 9:02 PM
  
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  What have you built lately?
  
  Way back in 2009, I bought a few AMS flatcars from Ridge Road Station for the ridiculous low price of $30 each. I'm not particularly fond of flatcars, but I couldn't resist the price - less than couplers and trucks would cost me! And the underframe is done! I've used a few of these already to make some ventilated boxcars, but I have some left.    Seems like a good starting point for a LSC 17th Anniversary boxcar. Sure, it's a bit dusty, but it's been on the shelf for ...
  
  Building an LSC 17th Anniversary Boxcar
  Last reply by David Maynard on Mon at 9:09 PM
  
  Rolling stock
  
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  Rolling stock
  
  I'm trying different links from Pintrest to see if they last longer then the damn ones on FaceBook ALCo HH 660 ALCO T-6 ALCO/MLW RS-10 low nose RS-10 ALCO RS-11 Low nose RS-11 ALCO RS-27 ALCo RS-32 ALCO RS-36 low hood RS-36 ALCO C-415's    ALCO C-420's    ALCO C-424 ALCO C-425 ALCO C-430 Baldwin RF-16 (Shark) Baldwin RF-16b Bombardier TRAXX F-140 EMD GP-30c EMD SW-1500 (Designed by Daniel Noree) Business...
  
  Current 3d printed roster
  Last reply by R.J. DeBerg on 6 hours ago
  
  Motive Power
  
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  Talk about your locomotives here.
  
  https://www.hathitrust.org/ So just came across these guys today while searching for online copies of the Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice. These are great references for scratch builders of early era cars. These guys have a very good collection available online. But they have tons more. Stuff on everything railroading from back in the day.
  
  Hathi trust Digital Library
  Last reply by Cliff Jennings on March 28
  
  Reference
  
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  Discussion area for reference drawings and information.
  
  I'd like to tee up the next building project I'd like to work on, and it represents a mine complex of the Comstock Lode called the Hale and Norcross. It's one of several I'd eventually like to make, and in fact my layout is designed around these things. I guess I'm obsessed. Here's a shot of the H&N in its heyday, taken from its main waste tram trestle. A rear view, where the V&T tracks permitted delivery of timbers & cordwood & equipment & e...
  
  Hale & Norcross
  Last reply by Cliff Jennings on 2 hours ago
  
  Technical Modeling
  
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  Discussing techniques for using 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and other computer-driven modeling tools
  
  As some of you remember I made these last year. Finally got some finished and installed. Got some more in the works. Will post more pics as I get them done.
  
  People for Hubley / Gabriel 1/20 Scale ...
  Last reply by Dan DeVoto on July 18
  
  Figures
  
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  Make your own figures, or modify existing ones? Share your techniques with the rest of us.
  
  When the local mine is pulling out gold nuggets that weigh more than Volkswagons, you tend to get a lot of claim jumpers. In the past we've dealt with them on a one-by-one basis. Usually leaving the skeletons to swing in the wind is enough incentive for people to leave things alone. But things are getting out of hand and it was decided that a new deterrent was needed. The Tortoise Town Board of Aesthetics approved the construction of a ...
  
  Toddalin's Gallow's Humor
  Last reply by Todd Brody on June 2
  
  Annual Build Challenge
  
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  Every year LSC has a build challenge, in memory of a long term member Mik
  
  In the words of General MacArthur....." I Have Returned!" Its been a long while since I've done much railroady, real life gets in the way, work, health problems, a divorce etc etc all conspired to keep me outta The Shop and away from the rails.   A heart condition diagnosed in February and also renal problems (yes I was a bad diabetic for far too long) have pretty much ruled out me doing any heavy work thats gonna be needed to repair and maintain my 1:20 scale line outdoors...
  
  The Cedar Mountain Railroad
  Last reply by Bart Salmons YOG on July 20
  
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  The smallest Large Scale
  
  One of my long time retirement goals has been to build a switching layout in HO, mimicking the prototype trackage of south St. Louis in the area between the Budweiser Brewery and the Mississippi River at the Foot of Arsenal Street. Between 1982 and 1989, I was assigned to the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Office and the Captain of the Port of St. Louis. As a Chief Boatswain Mate, I was responsible for the boat operations, and we kept our larger Ports and Waterways vessel, CG32314...
  
  Building Log of the Manufacturers Railwa...
  Last reply by Ric Golding on July 20
  
  Other Scales
  
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  For discussion of any other scales. N? 1 1/2"? Sn3?
  
  I need help solving a problem. I'm trying to drill a #52 hole in a piece of brass about 1/4" thick. I clamped the brass piece to the drill press table, and lined up the bit. As I'm drilling the bit wanders from 90 degrees vertical to a 80 to 70 degree angle. I'm using a light oil as cutting fluid, but what else am I doing wrong? My only guess is that I have too much of the drill bit shaft out of the collet, and as I cut it bends. The other question is can I plug the hole with a brass rod, and...
  
  Non vertical drilling problem?
  Last reply by Craig Townsend on June 22
  
  Tools and Tips
  
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  Tips and Tricks for everything from X-Acto knives to Zona saws.

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