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The new compilation of useful threads
Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:29 PM

Since the old topic of the same name was no-longer useful because of URL changes in the new forum, I thought I'd put a new one with working URLs on.Big Smile [:D] I'll put in URLs leading to some of the original topics, and possibly some new ones.Big Smile [:D]


NightCrawler tells how to make an SP SD40T-2 step by step.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/272167/ShowPost.aspx


jfugate's topic on making realistic scenery.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/412388/ShowPost.aspx


jfugate's clinic on designing for satisfying operations
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/346454/ShowPost.aspx


AntonioFP45 tells how to upgrade passenger car interiors.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/268136/ShowPost.aspx


This thread has some ways of applying decals posted in it.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/269420/ShowPost.aspx


mtrails tells how to make Athearn motors both quieter and better running.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/786028/ShowPost.aspx


TA462's "The Great Proto 2000 Endurance Test," which mostly just says how reliable P2Ks are.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/789487/ShowPost.aspx


And my very own way of slowing down diesels made by Mehano.Big Smile [:D]
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/718310/ShowPost.aspx
NOTE: I found out recently that doing this will make the engine a little noisier, but it'll at least be slower.


Remember, next time you see a widely useful thread, you can post a URL here.Big Smile [:D]


And I would like to thank AggroJones for the idea of making this topic.Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by fiatfan on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:04 PM
Here's Joe Fugate’s (sorry) Bob Boudreau's clinic on photography:

http://www.geocities.com/fundynorthern/PhotoClinic1.html

Tom

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Posted by jfugate on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:10 PM
 fiatfan wrote:
Here's Joe Fugate's clinic on photography:

http://www.geocities.com/fundynorthern/PhotoClinic1.html

Tom


While I would love to take credit for this excellent photography clinic, I'm afraid it's not mine. It's Bob Boudreau's clinic. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

http://www.geocities.com/fundynorthern/PhotoClinic1.html

Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Friday, September 15, 2006 2:12 PM

It's been about 2 months since I started this topic, and it seems it hasn't worked out like I'd hoped. Maybe it just needs a kick start, so I'll add another link.

Some detailed explanations on stripping and repainting plastic engines, which could also work with plastic cars, started by zgardner18.Big Smile [:D]
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/903307/ShowPost.aspx

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 6, 2006 9:16 AM

Agro's origininal "Compilation" was kept alive by several of its participants "editing" earlier posts to bump it back to the top of the forum at regular intervals to help eliminate the constant repetition of identical questions, and to give both new and experienced modelers a place to find "answers" more easily. Darth a big thank you for your efforts to keep a needed "index" of good information available. Now some of us can keep it alive for the benefit of the forum. A page 8 rescue! How quickly the topics roll in !

Jon Grant shared some of his weathering techniques using acrylic paints as washes and dry brushing. You can find his post at Topic #  916813.

Enjoy! Again thank you Darth for your efforts.

 

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, October 6, 2006 9:52 AM

Lots of info on DCC installation, operation and troubleshooting:

Wiring for DCC by Allan Gartner

http://www.wiringfordcc.com/

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Posted by edkowal on Saturday, October 7, 2006 5:01 AM
 Darth Santa Fe wrote:

Since the old topic of the same name was no-longer useful because of URL changes in the new forum, I thought I'd put a new one with working URLs on.Big Smile [:D] I'll put in URLs leading to some of the original topics, and possibly some new ones.Big Smile [:D]

NightCrawler tells how to make an SP SD40T-2 step by step.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/272167/ShowPost.aspx

jfugate's topic on making realistic scenery.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/412388/ShowPost.aspx

jfugate's clinic on designing for satisfying operations
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/346454/ShowPost.aspx

AntonioFP45 tells how to upgrade passenger car interiors.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/268136/ShowPost.aspx

This thread has some ways of applying decals posted in it.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/269420/ShowPost.aspx

mtrails tells how to make Athearn motors both quieter and better running.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/786028/ShowPost.aspx

TA462's "The Great Proto 2000 Endurance Test," which mostly just says how reliable P2Ks are.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/789487/ShowPost.aspx

And my very own way of slowing down diesels made by Mehano.Big Smile [:D]
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/718310/ShowPost.aspx
NOTE: I found out recently that doing this will make the engine a little noisier, but it'll at least be slower.

Remember, next time you see a widely useful thread, you can post a URL here.Big Smile [:D]

And I would like to thank AggroJones for the idea of making this topic.Big Smile [:D]



AggroWho????!!!!

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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, October 7, 2006 7:22 PM

 edkowal wrote:


AggroWho????!!!!

-Ed

WHAT!? You don't know of the legend? LOL Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by ukguy on Saturday, October 7, 2006 8:19 PM

Heres a link for you......

Aggro(The Legend)Jones'   thread detailing a tree making technique.

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/357967/ShowPost.aspx

Have fun & be safe,
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 13, 2006 11:31 AM

Hmmm.... New forum format does not work quite like the old one, in which an "edit" moved the topic back to the top of the forum index. This topic may grow long with "Bumps".

 

Agro, how quickly Fame fades eh?!  Our short 15 minutes on the stage and off to the catacombs, publish or perish. Most assuredly not a "One Hit Wonder"!

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:02 PM

A litle information on Acrylic paints and thinning them for use

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/898834/ShowPost.aspx

Hope this helps those with getting started in various painting tasks.

 

Will

 

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Posted by fsm1000 on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:21 PM
Darth, thanks for the links. :)
My name is Stephen and I want to give back to this great hobby. So please pop over to my website and enjoy the free tutorials. If you live near me maybe we can share layouts. :) Have fun and God bless. http://fsm1000.googlepages.com
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Posted by edkowal on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:44 AM
Stephen:

What's On30??!!!Wink [;)]Laugh [(-D]Evil [}:)]

-Ed

Five out of four people have trouble with fractions. -Anonymous
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Posted by scubaterry on Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:24 PM
Tom - How about your great "lighting" technique.  I'm too lazy to look it up myself.
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Posted by fsm1000 on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:46 PM
Ed On30 is
"O" scale,
"n" narrow gauge,
"30" inches between the rails. :D
Hope that helps. You also may want to look into narrow gauge railroads. Lots of links on my website about them :D
My name is Stephen and I want to give back to this great hobby. So please pop over to my website and enjoy the free tutorials. If you live near me maybe we can share layouts. :) Have fun and God bless. http://fsm1000.googlepages.com
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 1, 2006 10:43 AM

For the Athearn "owners" who need to service older BB motors. Here is one one of many links:

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/964381/ShowPost.aspx

Hope this is useful to improve performance and quieter operation.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 1, 2006 10:56 AM

The "U K Wizard", Jon Grant shares some weathering techniques using acrylic paint for washs and dry brushing, with a promise of some weathering powders as this topic works to completion. Enjoy!

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/962238/ShowPost.aspx

 

Will

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:55 PM

It seems that I may be the only one to be interested in keeping this alive (see my post from page 60 of the forum over a month and a half ago above). Be that as it may, someone found and old tutorial by Grande Man on producing aspen trees that might be of interest to some of the new members of the forum, as well as some of those who have been here for a while.

Link to follow: http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/578970/ShowPost.aspx

 

Will

P.S. If you find some useful material add it to this compilation as a reference for others, if we add things often enough this will not be buried 60 pages deep into the forum!

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Posted by fiatfan on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 1:17 PM

Here is an instant classic about ballast and track maintenance by a truly outstanding gentleman -  Dave-The-Train.

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1082886/ShowPost.aspx 

Tom 

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Thursday, April 5, 2007 9:55 AM

Here's a thread about overcoming the challenges of modeling the Golden Age of Railroading, from the Civil War to WWI.

Pre-Big One Modelers, Musket and Sabre Club

Chip

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:50 PM
B-B-B-B-B-B  Bu Bu Bump  4 us all!
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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:30 AM
Let's get this thing back on the top!Big Smile [:D] It's been gone for 5 months now.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:45 PM

This is Simon's photo-essay tutorial on building a small wooden craftsman model kit:

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1475964/ShowPost.aspx

It's certainly worthy of inclusion here.

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Posted by jasperofzeal on Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:50 PM

Here are my contributions.

Davidmbedard's thread on using fiber optics:

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1209570/ShowPost.aspx

A "how to video" I found on youtube that shows a decoder installation for Athearn engines:

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1164832/ShowPost.aspx

 

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:52 PM

I hope this is helpful. 

These are threads on metalizing plastic streamlined passenger cars to give them a realistic "Stainless Steel" appearance:

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1353945/ShowPost.aspx - Rivorossi Budds

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1401894/ShowPost.aspx - Metroliners

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Posted by R. T. POTEET on Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:55 AM

"Widely useful" by who . . . . . or should that be "by whom?"

NightCrawlers post on making an SP SD40T-2 was interesting and contained some good general ideas but I am not particularly interested in SD40T-2s so I would have to classify that post as a "less-than-widely-useful-thread."

Joe Fugate's ideas on scenery and operations are quite interesting and I certainly appreciate his efforts in the hobby; I have no comment to make on his scenery techniques and as far as operations go Joe Fugate is a car [i]shover[/i] while I, on the other hand, am a car puller therefore his postings, while "widely useful" to some are "less-than-widely-useful" to me!

AntonioFP45"s upgrading of passenger car interiors is indeed "widely useful" but unless my modeling efforts returns to an era of passenger trains this particular thread, while enjoyable, is irrelevent.

As an N-Scaler making Athearn motors both quieter and better running is also irrelevent.

I will "rain-check" out at this particular point.

From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:08 PM
R. T. POTEET, I guess you are right about the "widely useful" part. I'll change it to just "useful".

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Posted by BlueHillsCPR on Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:26 PM
Some threads in here are widely useful and some post are widely useless...like this one that is just a bump.
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Monday, November 23, 2009 12:48 PM

 Here's Tomkat-13's excellent thread containing a huge number of "Signs" that can be used for anyscale.

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/162879.aspx?PageIndex=1

 

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