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Jack12477

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  1. Work ??? That’s the cleanest shiney warehouse floor I've ever encountered. 😉
  2. I would recommend Hydrocal plaster, it's lightweight but extremely strong, been used by Model Railroaders for decades to make lightweight hard shell scenery. See my discussion here.. Also school kids white glue, Elmer's is one brand, diluted 50-50, plus toilet paper or Kleenex style tissue can be used to make pathways, roads, trails, etc.
  3. I would use fine mesh nylon/plastic window screening material, lighter and easier to work than wire. Is this a flat or relatively flat area you're trying to texture ? If it is, use the same technique I used in my tank dioramas (see links in my signature).
  4. I almost did that but chose a '65 Mustang instead as more practical. If only I knew then .......
  5. Micromark Micro Miter box super value. Includes wood handle, saw blades and miter box. I have one and I find it very good for small work.
  6. I throw out the kit supplied cordage and replace it with Chuck's (SYREN) rope, likewise the blocks. Looks good Sal.
  7. I know! I had started to design an N scale layout around the D&RGW with these branches included but life got in the way and the layout never got started. 😔 I have all the track, switches, rolling stock and most of the structures for it, but now no room to build it.
  8. That's the Cumbre & Toltec Scenic Railroad. They run the rotaries for tourists Rotary OY at Cumbres Pass Rotary OY returns to Cumbres & Toltec
  9. Take a trip to Colorado and take a ride on the D&RGW Durango & Silverton and/or Cumbres & Toltec narrow guage scenic railroads. I've been on the Durango & Silverton. Well worth the trip.
  10. I remember as a "wee-one" Dad and his brothers talking about O, OO and O27 scale/guage, but I don't recall the particulars either.
  11. S scale came out sometime around 1948-1950 and I believe was introduced by American Flyer as the first 2 rail DC current model trains. My Dad had O scale 3 rail with I believe an AC transformer which required a rather clumsy method of reversing direction of the engine. Sometime after 1948 he sold his O scale railroad and bought American Flyer S scale with 2 rail track which he said was easier to wire. I was a young-un then 😉😇. He later sold the American Flyer and bought HO scale. He still had his layout at age 100.
  12. I started my N scale when Rapido first brought to the states around 1967. Still have all the original track, switches, etc, plus rolling stock. My layout was dismantled to make space for my son's HO scale US1 Trucking set. We go to ride the D&RGW Durango & Silverton narrow guage back in 1977. Built a card stock and wood model of the Rotary in N scale. Will be following along.
  13. Glenn Curtis Trivia: "Although his formal education extended only to eighth grade, his early interest in mechanics and inventions was evident at his first job at the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company (later Eastman Kodak Company) in Rochester, New York.[3] He invented a stencil machine adopted at the plant and later built a rudimentary camera to study photography.[3]" wikipedia Later known as the mimeograph machine
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