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  rio grande models uk
  Last reply by Iain Collingwood on Fri at 10:07 AM
  
  Modeling
  
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  What have you built lately?
  
  Guys, Show me your body mounted KD ideas you came up with for your USA well cars. Again, asking for a friend....................
  
  USA container cars
  Last reply by John Crayton on July 12
  
  Rolling stock
  
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  Rolling stock
  
  OK, The ho'oilo (rainy season) is nigh, and it is time to go from the garden to the lanai as the frigid 70-degree weather descends upon O'ahu... Seriously, after "Rooster" offered the requisite detail parts to resurrect a shattered LGB M2075 shell my kids named "Little Thomas," I ran out of excuses to put off an effort to turn this: Into a side tank approximation of this (photo courtesy of "Rooster" from an overview of the Oahu Sugar Co.): I had hashed this idea around privately previous...
  
  Challenge Accepted - Large Scale Fantasy...
  Last reply by Eric Mueller on Fri at 1:59 AM
  
  Motive Power
  
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  Talk about your locomotives here.
  
  So came across this track ballasting car while looking for work train stuff. Pretty cool and a fun project to add to the work train. Patent Track Construction book * if you can't tell there are two links. The one that says Patent has the description and all the drawings of the spreader. The language of the patent does a good job of describing what it does and how the part work together. I think with some creativity a person could make this from the patent information.
  
  Scott Ballasting Car
  Last reply by Devon Sinsley on January 7
  
  Reference
  
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  Discussion area for reference drawings and information.
  
  Over the last few weeks I've been toying with the idea of making my own archbar trucks. So I sat down at the puter, fired up Fusion 360 and started drawing. After several iterations, I've come up with a prototype. They are printed in 3 parts and then put together with the wheel sets to make a complete truck. The bolster is inserted in the pocket of the side frames and then it is screwed in at the top. Here is the first print. I've...
  
  3D Printed Trucks
  Last reply by Dan Hilyer on June 17
  
  Technical Modeling
  
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  Discussing techniques for using 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and other computer-driven modeling tools
  
  For the new year I decided to find out just how well figures will hold up in a hostile climate. Or possibly I just like to torture figures.... Since New Mexico has some of the highest background radiation and UV levels in the country I would say that most of you should get as good or better results than this from your people. If not I highly recommend torturing them until performance and moral improve.. I have attached factory painted figures from 8 different manufacturers to a 2X4. Be...
  
  Figues Durability Test 2019
  Last reply by David Marconi,FOGC... on July 10
  
  Figures
  
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  Make your own figures, or modify existing ones? Share your techniques with the rest of us.
  
  Ok guys, If I can still participate, this is what I decided to build. This will be going to friends railroad when done...It is a water tower. I had on hand a section of 6 inch dia pvc pipe I cut of at 8 inches long it will be cladded with wood. below is a start of what I have....... Here is what I have started.......
  
  Travis's Mik challenge 2019
  Last reply by Sean McGillicuddy on March 20
  
  Annual Build Challenge
  
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  Every year LSC has a build challenge, in memory of a long term member Mik
  
  Well, this has been an interesting weekend. Photo bucket which had hosted my pictures since 2008 has become ransomeware and is requesting $500 to allow them to post here and the other fora I participate on. Now that is the cost of a very nice On30 locomotive with DCC and sound. I would rather use the money to purchase a locomotive. So................. I am restarting the thread for the original Kittom Lumber Company, a backwoods logging railroad set in 1910 on the Kentucky/ Tennessee border. I ...
  
  The "Original" Kittom Lumber C...
  Last reply by Tom Grabenstein on June 24
  
  O / On30
  
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  The smallest Large Scale
  
  Chuck Inlow had asked me a few months ago to get photos posted of our 1/8th scale trains. I told him I would as soon as I built a railroad on which to photograph them. Well a few days ago, I started building the track for this "little" layout around our house. I had some rail leftover from a 7-1/2 inch gauge railroad for my kids from thirty years ago. But the problem was the wood ties. I found the solution to that problem from a company called Northwest Foundry and Railroad Supply in...
  
  Building a BIG "little" shortl...
  Last reply by Gary Armitstead on May 3
  
  Other Scales
  
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  For discussion of any other scales. N? 1 1/2"? Sn3?
  
  I recently painted a loco shell with Rustoleum spray paint. The paint job came out just fine, but I decided I didn't like the finish and wanted a different color. So, I need to strip it. I assume most of you would recommend Alcohol for the task, but a well known loco painter claimed that if using Alcohol, it could take a month to completely strip. But what about using Super Clean or Purple Power? Have any of you had success with these products?
  
  Spray Paint Stripping Options
  Last reply by Ross Mansell on June 30
  
  Tools and Tips
  
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  Tips and Tricks for everything from X-Acto knives to Zona saws.

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