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    Front End Friday

    Your on to me.....Summers, Grants Pass, '67-'68, 4x8 ply on the patio.......
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    Front End Friday

    In the light, a Rivarossi U25b (?, box ends are gone), complete with horn hooks, after decades of resting in the foam lined box. The only foam left is what us see. The gray half way down the side, spidy web!
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    Adding re-railers to track.

    I agree, an outside piece would sure help make a car rerail if it was running down the track, so, is that the reason the rerailer is at that spot? If so, then I guess I'd leave it, or fix the track....... I use them in staging to set cars on the rail, because the wheels are usually close to the...
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    Adding re-railers to track.

    Hey Kent.... My track is code 83, so I took piece of 80 black styrene & cut rerailers to fit between the molded tie plates. Of course you can make them as long or short as you want and as many as you want. I favor a longer rerailer. This is somebody else's great idea, I read about a few years...
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    KASGRO 325 Ton, 12 Axle Depressed Center Flat Car Kit

    One drop of thinner in the cup of paint?
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    Gateway Subdivision

    Something I had been wanting to do for a while now was make a new test track. The first one I had put together with a piece of plywood, that some of the "ply" was buckled up on it, and I laid some really old Atlas brass track on top of that. I made it work for what it was. With the bench work...
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    Gateway Subdivision

    I never did care for point rails relying on contact with the stock rail for power, so on the previous layout I soldered the point rails to the stock rails on the bottom. The pink(ish) color is nail polish I painted on the jumpers when I was doing the initial positioning, to mark the roadbed so...
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    Gateway Subdivision

    Thru the build of this thing, I was thinking I could find an assistant in getting this thing lifted up, like a gas strut. The top weighs 15.5 pounds, the second stage extension of the slides have some resistance to them, maybe 2 or 3 pounds apiece, for a total of 20-21 pounds. Struts with that...
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    SCARY HIGH RAILROAD BRIDGE & MORE!

    Wasn't expecting that.......
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    Scratch building an old-ish caboose: Take 2

    An awesome fit for my logging line......🤣
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    Gateway Subdivision

    Meanwhile, over at the entrance door, a lift up build has been going on. On layout I, I had a simple plywood "T" shape with a couple of plate girder bridges on it. Each end sat on wood blocks that were adjustable, for track alignment. Worked pretty good, except, during weather swings. With...
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    Gateway Subdivision

    Thank you Tom. This build has been a challenge! The first layout's challenge was, that was the first layout! The challenge on this one was, the helix build, and, an all metal lift up for the walkthru door. Yes, this helix is a crawl under, it is 52 plus inches across the inside opening, so...
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    Layout Skirting

    When using fabric for the skirting, is there a difference in material to use, as far as attracting dust, or is that a no concern? Likewise a plastic tarp, any concerns with static electricity?
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