Going through the current issue (Dec) a lot faster than usual, since I can't focus on anything but the election results....Here's several things I posted to rec.models.railroad, on usenet, back in the early nineties, that are always good.bricks: I remember reading, when I was about 12 or 13 (yes, there were still mammoths running around...) that the actual color of good (not cheap, clinker) bricks was Venetian red. I used to be able to buy that as a model color, but that may be gone.roads and rooftops: I've seen a lot of things, from sandpaper to styrene painted... I have more road surface and rooftop material than I'll ever need, and it's the most realistic there is, and I paid under $20 for it: go to a hardware store and buy the thinner roll of tar paper. It's about 100' or so, a yard wide. You can also repair real roofs with it.Cutting foam: a 14 or 12 gauge piece of copper wire, about a foot long, replacing the tip in your old Weller soldering gun works really well (smells nasty, though).
thanks for the ideas,much appreciated.
I paint my bricks with red auto primer from a rattle can. Krylon or Rustoleum.
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
whitrothCutting foam: a 14 or 12 gauge piece of copper wire, about a foot long, replacing the tip in your old Weller soldering gun works really well (smells nasty, though).
That is interesting! I'm assuming that you would have to observe the duty cycle just like with a regular tip, i.e. 25% on, 75% off. I guess that if the handle starts to get warm you can just let it rest for a while. Does anyone have any concerns about using copper wire as the element?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!