Well The main line and one industrial section is down. The unitrack is great, made a few loops with a small train and no derailments, goes through the turnouts sweet as can be. First trains I have run since losing my leg 3 years ago. Hopefully will have all the track down by the end of next weekend.
I just found a problem in RTS V7.0.2.33 .
The grid spacing does not show correctly when you zoom to zoom level 1 or 2. Zoom level 3 and higher shows correctly.
Dewayne wrote: A new section of track/layout I plan to build has to span a window. Any Ideas how I can build a lift out section so that the blinds can lowered and raised?
A new section of track/layout I plan to build has to span a window. Any Ideas how I can build a lift out section so that the blinds can lowered and raised?
You could build it like a swing out section, or, automate the blinds!
Dewayne wrote: What should be the spacing between parallel track (rail to rail?)Dewayne
What should be the spacing between parallel track (rail to rail?)
Dewayne
1 1/4" track center to track center is good. It might be increased to 1 1/2" on tighter cuves if you are running longer equipment, but then again, the longer equipement won't look to pretty on those curves.
Dave Vollmer wrote: Ugh... I toasted a TCS decoder after I'd had it installed. I was programming it but noticed the headlight wasn't lit. Then the blue spark, orange glow, and white smoke within a second of each other.Good news on 2 points. TCS has a "goof-proof, no questions asked" replacement policy. Also, I reqired the engine for DC to check it and no damage to the motor or anything else.Oh, well. Guess I'm set back until I can get the replacement decoder.
Ugh... I toasted a TCS decoder after I'd had it installed. I was programming it but noticed the headlight wasn't lit. Then the blue spark, orange glow, and white smoke within a second of each other.
Good news on 2 points. TCS has a "goof-proof, no questions asked" replacement policy. Also, I reqired the engine for DC to check it and no damage to the motor or anything else.
Oh, well. Guess I'm set back until I can get the replacement decoder.
Well it could be worse, you could have toasted the locomotive, now that would suck royally.
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Army National Guard E3MOS 91BI have multiple scales nowZ, N, HO, O, and G.
Dave Vollmer wrote:Yep, this year I, for the first time, did NOT buy GMR... It just wasn't aimed at me in any way. Mostly huge HO layouts. The one N scale layout was also enormous.Clearly I wasn't their intended audience, so I saved my cash. I'd like to see some smaller layouts, too. Even a medium-sized HO layout would be of some interest to me (I could always modify the trackplan for N). Wonder if Kalmbach is listening...?
Yep, this year I, for the first time, did NOT buy GMR... It just wasn't aimed at me in any way. Mostly huge HO layouts. The one N scale layout was also enormous.
Clearly I wasn't their intended audience, so I saved my cash. I'd like to see some smaller layouts, too. Even a medium-sized HO layout would be of some interest to me (I could always modify the trackplan for N). Wonder if Kalmbach is listening...?
Ditto!
You can always buy the current issue of Model Railroader to get another big railroad layout. Each monthly M.R. issue places a lesser emphasis on HO Scale than readily seen in Great Model Railroads. I haven't purchased a G.M.R. since the 1994 & 1996 issues.
I choose: Model Railroad Planning over Great Model Railroads because the content has more N Scale with a lower intensity on the post-transition era (after 1960) diesel-dedication of "big, bigger, and really biggest."
Model Railroad Planning has much more balance & layout design topic diversity. M.R.P. gives the reader a learning experience applicable to any scale.
Here's two examples:
[1] Bernard Kempinski's, "Super-compact steel mill" in 1999 Model Railroad Planning, converts HO steel mill kits to N Scale steel mills. Just like the prototype, you should see the impact of the building's size dwarfing the N Scale engine...
http://index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=I&MAG=MRP&MO=1&YR=99
[2] Doug Gurin's, "A primer on helix design" in 1997 Model Railroad Planning, was the "diamond in the rough" that was unexpected...
http://index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=I&MAG=MRP&MO=1&YR=97
At each M.R.P. link => check out the balance of topics.
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
Well personally the GP 40 and GP 38 are the same locomtive to me.
That is always a big a plus with having a smaller layout, but having a huge basement empire is always nice too.
Dave Vollmer wrote: ngn47 wrote: This is a great idea and a noble effort.I was wondering if we could get a push from all N-Scale(rs) for more layouts in Kalmbach's"Great Model Railroads" annual publication? I am disappointed that they only have one N-Scale layout and eight HO layouts. I believe that there are a lot of great (if not fantastic) layouts worthyincluded in that issue. Yep, this year I, for the first time, did NOT buy GMR... It just wasn't aimed at me in any way. Mostly huge HO layouts. The one N scale layout was also enormous.Clearly I wasn't their intended audience, so I saved my cash. I'd like to see some smaller layouts, too. Even a medium-sized HO layout would be of some interest to me (I could always modify the trackplan for N). Wonder if Kalmbach is listening...?I'm sure it's neat to have the kind of layout where you need 25 people over just to run a train. That's just not for me. If it keeps me and my two boys (or a friend or two) busy, that's perfect! In fact, if I had a 20'x40' finished space, I wouldn't fill it with layout. I'm thinking 12'x12' is roughly my ideal size in N. Can be built and scenicked in a reasonable time, not cost-prohibitive, maintainbable, and operable by 1-4 people.That's just me, though!
ngn47 wrote: This is a great idea and a noble effort.I was wondering if we could get a push from all N-Scale(rs) for more layouts in Kalmbach's"Great Model Railroads" annual publication? I am disappointed that they only have one N-Scale layout and eight HO layouts. I believe that there are a lot of great (if not fantastic) layouts worthyincluded in that issue.
This is a great idea and a noble effort.
I was wondering if we could get a push from all N-Scale(rs) for more layouts in Kalmbach's
"Great Model Railroads" annual publication? I am disappointed that they only have one N-Scale layout and eight HO layouts. I believe that there are a lot of great (if not fantastic) layouts worthy
included in that issue.
I'm sure it's neat to have the kind of layout where you need 25 people over just to run a train. That's just not for me. If it keeps me and my two boys (or a friend or two) busy, that's perfect! In fact, if I had a 20'x40' finished space, I wouldn't fill it with layout. I'm thinking 12'x12' is roughly my ideal size in N. Can be built and scenicked in a reasonable time, not cost-prohibitive, maintainbable, and operable by 1-4 people.
That's just me, though!
I'm with you on this one on all counts. No GMR for me and 12'x12' is great for N scale. Although If I had more room and finished a 12'x12' I guess I would consider expanding.
Rob
pcarrell wrote: cpeterson wrote:I didn't know the N scale challegers were out. i thought the release had been pushed back to Jan or Feb 07?They are, but I've heard that they lack in the pulling power department.
cpeterson wrote:I didn't know the N scale challegers were out. i thought the release had been pushed back to Jan or Feb 07?
They are, but I've heard that they lack in the pulling power department.
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
R. T. POTEET wrote:Dave, RMC, I believe, had an article way back when Custer was a cadet about putting one of the Minitrix K4 boilers on an old - make that ver-r-r-r-r-y old - Atlas Mike of the 1970s. The article appeared [just] before Uncle Sambo sent me to the Azores in 1977 because I remember a discussion going on among the N-Scale weenies in the club there about the conversion.
The December 1975 MR has an article about converting an Atlas 0-8-0 to an H10 using the Minitrix parts.
R. T. POTEET wrote: curtw_944 wrote: Dewayne wrote: Well I just got bite on eBay.The seller listed 20ea sections of N guage flex track.I received the track and guess what? It is HOn3 guage.If anyone would like to trade 15 ea. of 30" N guage flex track (new condition) for 20ea. 19 1/4" HOn3 track. Please contact me. This track appears to be in new conditions.I dont know what code it is but the ties measure 3mm x 27mm.Dewaynen0ssy@comcast.netThats a zero in n0ssy and not the letter o.What is the distance between the rails? If I remember correctly HOn3 runs on the n scale track so you may not have been burned from evil-bay. If the distance between the track is 9mm you should be ok. You may also want to post this in the main section for those ho guys that dont always read this thread. Just a thought,CurtHuh!!!!!Three feet in HO-Scale is 10.5 millimeters (.4133 inches). The gauge for N-Scale is 9 millimeters - that's where we get the "N" - and that equates to .354 inches. The measurement is off by just short of 3 percent but HO-Scalers use N-Scale track to represent 2.5 foot gauge.
curtw_944 wrote: Dewayne wrote: Well I just got bite on eBay.The seller listed 20ea sections of N guage flex track.I received the track and guess what? It is HOn3 guage.If anyone would like to trade 15 ea. of 30" N guage flex track (new condition) for 20ea. 19 1/4" HOn3 track. Please contact me. This track appears to be in new conditions.I dont know what code it is but the ties measure 3mm x 27mm.Dewaynen0ssy@comcast.netThats a zero in n0ssy and not the letter o.What is the distance between the rails? If I remember correctly HOn3 runs on the n scale track so you may not have been burned from evil-bay. If the distance between the track is 9mm you should be ok. You may also want to post this in the main section for those ho guys that dont always read this thread. Just a thought,Curt
Dewayne wrote: Well I just got bite on eBay.The seller listed 20ea sections of N guage flex track.I received the track and guess what? It is HOn3 guage.If anyone would like to trade 15 ea. of 30" N guage flex track (new condition) for 20ea. 19 1/4" HOn3 track. Please contact me. This track appears to be in new conditions.I dont know what code it is but the ties measure 3mm x 27mm.Dewaynen0ssy@comcast.netThats a zero in n0ssy and not the letter o.
Well I just got bite on eBay.
The seller listed 20ea sections of N guage flex track.
I received the track and guess what? It is HOn3 guage.
If anyone would like to trade 15 ea. of 30" N guage flex track (new condition) for 20ea. 19 1/4" HOn3 track. Please contact me. This track appears to be in new conditions.
I dont know what code it is but the ties measure 3mm x 27mm.
n0ssy@comcast.net
Thats a zero in n0ssy and not the letter o.
What is the distance between the rails? If I remember correctly HOn3 runs on the n scale track so you may not have been burned from evil-bay. If the distance between the track is 9mm you should be ok. You may also want to post this in the main section for those ho guys that dont always read this thread. Just a thought,
Curt
The rail spacing is 10.5mm, it is code 70.
If you want it let me know ASAP as it is going to local hobby shop tomorrow.
pcarrell wrote: Dave,I used to use Digitrax DZ143 & 123 decoders exclusively, but lately I've been using the Lenz Gold decoders because of their smaller size. The DZ's are much cheaper though, so if size isn't an issue then I'd go that way. If you want to add sound then the Lez is the way to go because of it's compact nature.And congrats on the Connie! That's a great catch!
Dave,
I used to use Digitrax DZ143 & 123 decoders exclusively, but lately I've been using the Lenz Gold decoders because of their smaller size. The DZ's are much cheaper though, so if size isn't an issue then I'd go that way. If you want to add sound then the Lez is the way to go because of it's compact nature.
And congrats on the Connie! That's a great catch!