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you could put some sort of mechanical 'resistor' on the axle of the pulleys to keep it from going too fast. Also, I got the idea somewhere to use the lift mechanism of a camera tripod to raise/lift a train elevator. This would be cheap and strong enough to hold your elevator (probably). I would try contacting a local camera club and see if anyone has a tripod with busted legs or something where the lift mechanism was still in working order.
[quote user="IRONROOSTER"]...and the advertising is nicely handled and not overly intrusive. Plus all the ads are things I might be interested in and not dishwash detergent ads[/quote] Quite True. Some sites are really bad. BroadwayWorld.com and RGTonline.com are amoungst the worst.
[quote user="dgwinup"] Uhmmmm, it IS their forum...... and we're just guests............ 'Nuf said? Darrell, quiet...for now [/quote] Yea, but they also have to realize that they do NOT hold a patent on "Model Railroad Discussion Forum" and if they get too unpleasant about it people would bail.
Are you talking about window shades on windows in building. You can simulate the old style shades that pulled down from a roll at the top of the window (then spun back up via spring tension taking Tom with cat with it as Jerry Mouse laughed) use MASKING tape. just cut a piece and affix it to the inside of the windows at varrying heights
Thanks, guys. Thanks Wolfgang... I'll have to check that out when I am at home ( blocked here at work )
Have you guys seen that commerical for prostate pills where the guiy in the commerical is a professional model builder working on a large city scene? How do I get that dude's job?
Believe it or not building model buildings appeals to me...maybe more than building model rolling stock. I figured a person could use something like this : http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/model-builder.html to fill their city scene with paper buildings to a) give the layout a finished look and b) allow for operation. then the person could take thier time and build high quality 'regular' model buildings over a long period of time and replace the paper ones as the 'regular' buildings
So I was just thinkin' (which is all I can afford these days) and it occured to me that in order to build a cross-over, or to put two turnouts in a configuration where the points point to toward one-another, you would need to get BOTH the narrow gauge on the right side and narrow gauge on the left side templates... an extra $175....poop.
I hear the Bachman 2-8-0 has no flanges on two of the drivers so it's better at tight turns: http://cgi.ebay.com/N-Scale-Spectrum-81152-2-8-0-Painted-Unlettered-MIB_W0QQitemZ220434959068QQcmdZViewItemQQptZModel_RR_Trains?hash=item3352f28adc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
I operate on a layout where there are buildings hiding tracks leading to staging. (Jack Parker's P&W) Those buildings, like a bunch of row buildings all next to one another, are all connected and only have thier front wall and roofs... like an EL girder made of styrene with windows and stuff. In the event of a train stopping, the whole thing can be lifted to check things out. Also, windows in the buildings will allow you to peek at the train to see it's still moving, etc. Sure this 'wrecks