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- - So I found out today that all of the big box stores in the PNW region don't stock PVC 4x8 sheets. I was interested in buying a sheet to use as a building base as I get ready to start building. Apparently, PVC is just a east coast thing. The box stores do carry PVC trim but its only a max of 1' wide. They can order in up to a 2'x2' sheet, but the cost is super high. I asked what a 4x8 sheet would be if they could order.... The sheet would be $75 plus a 2 pallet delivery fee of $250-275.....
    
    PVC substitute?
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    I have been searching for a template to use to build a trestle bridge, the only thing I have found is references to the cabbage patch railway. The site I keep getting directed to appears to not be there anymore. Does anybody have or can direct me to a pdf template that I can use, the scale is 1:20.3. Thanks in advance
    
    Trestle template
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    Hey . . . who has pictures of videos of the triple header ? I've been expecting to see some.
    
    the triple header narrow guage
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    Prototypes
    
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    Talk about prototypes here. It's not just trains through the tulips!
    
    I will admit that, until now, I have shown no ability to keep plants alive (I once killed a cactus by underwatering it, for example). Given that the Durango & Jasper is meant to be a garden railroad, this clearly needs to change. Starting from such a stunning position of ignorance, I've decided to take advantage of a lucky coincidence and hire Nancy Norris, the gardening editor for Garden Railway magazine, to plan, install, and teach me about these living things that I will be nurtu...
    
    Planting the Durango & Jasper
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    Uncropped,unedited,but it must be an image from developed film ......you can do scanned pics of the pics you have or however you prefer to load images of your RR back in the day. You must show the picture parameters like you are flipping through an album. Any takers ?
    
    Polaroids or (35 mm) of your RR
    Last reply by Paul on September 9
    
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    Discuss your camera, your techniques, and other things pertaining to photographing your models, or your layout.
    
    Our local live steam group had our last run on the 2019 season yesterday at a train show in Indianapolis. I took a short video of my Pearse Welshpool & LLanfair Earl with prototypically correct mixed train and my friends Roundhouse quarry Hunslet Lilla, also with a prototype consist other than the "bunny" drumming away at the rear. Both are 16mm UK style narrow gauge locomotives, butane gas fired and full RC control of both valve gear and throttle. Happy Holidays!&nbs...
    
    16mm live steam for the Holidays
    Last reply by Joe Zullo on December 8
    
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    The big Largescale Operations of the year is the next event on the BS calendar. This is always the biggest event of the year and the temperatures, historically, have been the best. Its less than a month until everyone is gathering at the Clarke's and I guess it would be nice to see a head count of who is coming. Jan and I plan to be there, and we hope others interested in this part of the hobby, can beg an invitation from Andy and Jane. Its always a great time.
    
    Bluestone Southern October 19-20, 2019 O...
    Last reply by Ric Golding on November 26
    
    Operations
    
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    Into more than running your trains around the patio? Discuss here!
    
    I have created a route in JMRI that I call the West Willow Turn. It departs from West Willow Hill and works all industry spots going East to the yard at Tyrone, then goes back working all the same industry spots Westbound. JMRI likes the route just fine and builds a train with enough work to keep me busy for over an hour on my small indoor layout. The problem I am having is available space on sidings. JMRI wants to spot cars on the Eastbound leg that don't have a place to go...
    
    Question for JMRI Ops experts
    Last reply by Jon Radder on December 6
    
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    Anyone know does Kadee make a G scale coupler that fits in place of the factory loop couple on the front of a LGB 2010 or 2020 engine?
    
    kadee coupler
    Last reply by Bill Barnwell on December 8
    
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    The majority of my construction projects have mostly been getting the Outside layout working. Any work on the inside was basically done to make the freight yard for the outside operations.. Since the weather has turned cold, efforts have been spent on working out the track plan for the upper level inside portion of my layout.. I had previously created my industrial switching portion of the layout and it is against the further most north wall.. For the past few days, I ha...
    
    Bluestone Southern Indoor Upper level la...
    Last reply by Joe Zullo on November 18
    
    Indoor and Micro
    
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    Not all of us have a yard, or want an outdoor empire.
    
    Tonight, I thought I'd take a break from my usual practice of using others' experiences and add to the body of knowledge instead with Clan Mueller's experience with PIKO's "Clean Machine" variant of its new GE 25 Tonner. BOTTOM LINE: This is a fun little fire-and-forget loco that looks good pulling short trains around our small layout (~100 feet of track) while providing at least rudimentary cleaning service. It would probably be most appreciated by folks with similar small,...
    
    PIKO Clean Machine -- A Tropical Take
    Last reply by Eric Mueller on April 15
    
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    I've posted an article on my 3rd reincarnation of the RGS garden layout. This is the first installment and show the progress made so far. This plans on being a multi-year affair and as more progress is made updates will be added. It's also something that been in the planning stages for a couple of years, but that's covered in the article. As usual, any comments, suggestions, positive or otherwise, will be greatly appreciated.
    
    A Raised Road Bed: A build log for the R...
    Last reply by Fred Mills. on August 8
    
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    Change of plans on what I am going to do in live steam, So I am offering my nearly new Mamod Brunel MK3 Vertical boilered live steamer for sale. Has optional canopy and boiler cladding. Cladding is installed and stained, Clevedon steam condisaate tank installed with seperate chimney up thru the canopy, Regner lanterns(non lighted) installed on both ends. Has LGB loop couplers on it now but will come with the original center buffers for chain link couplers. Vertical boiler has a...
    
    Mamod Brunel MK3
    Last reply by Mike Toney on December 8
    
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    7 January, 2019 Location - Ridge Live Steamers, Dundee, Florida Yesterday, we completed the Ridge Live Steamers First Ops Session of 2019. We'll have 2 more this Winter/Spring. One in 2 weeks and then another in March. These are great fun and lots of good camaraderie. Always room for interested train buffs.
    
    Jan's and Ric's Great Adventure 2019
    Last reply by Ric Golding on 2 hours ago
    
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Modeling
- - After rebuilding a couple of switches that Bruce had given me and replacing 2 out on the layout, and with colder weather moving in, it was time to bring in some buildings that needed maintenance. First up was Mancos Freight Forwarding. It looked like all it would need is a coat of paint, but a look/see at the underneath revealed major problems. Most of the bottom half of the sub structure was in very poor shape. The wood inside it had the texture of paper and just fell out. Which...
    
    Winter stuff...........
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    OK....A few mods(which I call easy) that can be done too these cars that make them look a bit better. As Tim Brien stated in another thread these cars are really good looking and well made right out of the box. One of the issues I didn't like was the clear marker lights on the end of the cars as they should be red. This is an easy fix as you just slide the doors open and remove the clear plastic sprue. I then just dabbed some red paint on the back of the sprue and reinserted it. This makes for v...
    
    Building and Bashing Amtrak Equipment
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    I begin my journey of this CP Huntington build with what little background information I could find. This “Build a Classic American 4-2-4T Locomotive” Mini Masterclass by David Fletcher was offered back in April of 2005 on MLS. It is inspired from a Danforth Cooke 4-2-4T and is generically based on the 1863 Collis P Huntington preserved at the California State RR Museum in Sacramento. This class was about Basic Kitbashing. Unfortunately, the original files and bu...
    
    Building 1:20.3 Narrow Gauge CP Huntingt...
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    Anyone know the colour code or equivalent colour to the accucraft rio grande southern coach colour ?
    
    RGS Colour code
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    Some of you may know that I've used Shapeways a lot over the last 5 or 6 years, especially for model-making for my full time job. I've generally used their (cheapest) SLS nylon, because it's... cheap. Not fantastic detail, but very rugged, and the build volumes are large. I don't use FDM much, because my machine no workie, and the SLS doesn't have the layered effect. Recently (for a couple years?) they've offered "engineering plastic," which has finer detail and better ...
    
    A possible Shapeways alternative for nyl...
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    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
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    In Memorial to Allan Bupp, aka: Mik, Mik just Mik. Founder of the challenges. Train Guy, Builder, Scrounger, Steam Guy and friend to all. We miss ya buddy! MIK’s Build Challenge 2019 Let the fun begin. All aspects governing the Challenge are to be applied under Mik’s build challenge Rule #1 Rule #1: Remember this is a “Fun Bui...
    
    2019 Mik's Build Challenge
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    I have wanted to build this layout for a very long time. I have enjoyed On30 for about 10 years now. I have built two mini layouts that have graced the electronic pages of this fine site for quite some time. A sugar cane hauler set in 1920 Haiti and a primitive backwoods logging operation set in 1910 Kentucky and Tennessee. But the ET &WNC RR ,”Tweetsie” has always held a special place in my model railroading heart. When Bachmann came out with their magnificent Baldwin 10 wheele...
    
    The Blue Ridge Stemwinder in On30
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    So what scale is Bachmann's 4-6-0 Big Hauler?
    
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    For discussion of any other scales. N? 1 1/2"? Sn3?
    
    I have decided to take on a project to scratch build a firehouse for my club's holiday train display (WVMGRS at Brookside Gardens). (My first scratchbuild, btw) I would like to build a core structure, and then cover the core with a brick texture. Using this handy ppt: (https://piedmontgardenrailway.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BUILDING-OUTDOOR-STRUCTURES.pdf), I decided that Coroplast or Sintra would be the best material(s) to use for the core, as they are easy to work with. So my q...
    
    Sintra vs. Coroplast
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Power and Sound
- - I want to add MyLocoSound to a Kalamazoo 0-4-0T and it looks like inside the cab roof is the best place for the speaker. Has anyone tried an iPhone speaker? They are flat and highly evolved, I assume.
    
    iPhone Speakers
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    I've been playing with Airwire a bit in my spare time and I've come across a very cheap way to build an Airwire compatible receiver. It will drive any large scale DCC decoder using battery power. No programming, just hookup a few modules that you can get from Ebay and Amazon and it works. All together it costs about $30 (without the decoder obviously) It does require a bit of soldering and a voltmeter but it's pretty easy. If you are interested, I've put together a se...
    
    Cheap Airwire DCC Receiver
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    Over at MyLiveSteam (as someone called it recently) there is a list of Peter Kaisan's huge collection of live steam locos that is being sold by Sam DiMaggio for his widow. https://forums.mylargescale.com/138-live-steam/89752-peter-kaisan-estate-sale.html
    
    Peter Kaisan's Estate Sale
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    Live Steam
    
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    Aloha, Because I cannot have enough projects, especially those involving defunct LGB battery powered m2075, I thought I'd start a new - hopefully easier - one. In essence, the IR controller, on crew's LGB battery-operated m2075 no longer works. As the sound card failed much earlier, my plan is to rip the whole thing out and replace it with a DPDT switch and manual speed controller. Most, like the one here (https://www.mpja.com/DC-Motor-Control-with-Reversi...
    
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Shows and Conventions
- - Back in sunny Florida, and running rights have been established on Jack's Calusa Creek RR. I was testing the MyLocosoud board. The chuff is voltage driven and the power truck is a Piko with big flanges, so any time it gets stuck on a frog or other track irregularity I have to increase the voltage, so the shuff speeds up even if the loco doesn't!
    
    Calusa Creek Stanley Tram tests
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    I have been commissioned to do 2 Baldwin Sharks from Facebook, I figured the one that I scratch built a few years ago is lonely I can do 1 for me as well I started with a reference drawing, the guys measurements aren't 100% compared to the D&H unit i'm modeling but I can correct those issues later and here is the 3d model that's being extruded from that drawwing I should be able to start printing parts by the end of next week if all goes as planned The frame w...
    
    RF-16 Baldwin Shark - Design Phase
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    Remote Control Systems (RCS) has a new Automatic Bind 2.4 GHz Rx available. Works with DSM2/DSMX protocols and has 6 channels. End mount and Top mount servos. A$ 29 (US$20) each post free. Suitable for Live Steam and Battery R/C. Full details about them are HERE
    
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    Am I missing a link to the web site ? It would be nice to have one hear. Sean
    
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- - Hey folks I havent done an update for a while, and I know there are some issues hanging as far as bugs, etc. The company that provides the software I run LSC on has been doing a major re-write of the software. They are adding more security and spam prevention (Oh boy do I get spam), and a bunch of new features. They wont be rolling it out until fall/winter 2019, so I dont expect to even try to have it up on LSC until next year about this time. That does, howe...
    
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