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    cattle car wheathering help.

    When I seen this thread the first thing that came to mind, was not only the weathering aspect, but you could also include the "smell" factor... :D
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    New layout

    What I cant reach from inside the pit, I can get too on the outside. As that area is where I have the space to come into the room. So basically I can stay within a 24" reach almost everywhere. I also have to crawl under to get to the pit, so again other then getting too old to be crawling around...
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    New layout

    Ok so, son got to play on the dual oval on the 4x8 for a few weeks now. I had fun building it, and got my feet wet enough to dive in and take it to the next level. I mentioned the words bigger and hes all about it! So am I! I expanded the table from 4'x8' to 6' 1"x8' (73"x96") Anyway...
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    Lead weights?

    I use pennies too.
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    Is the economy hurting your hobby?

    I have to thank the good Lord that with all the hard times and stories of things happening around the nation my family and I have been very blessed. I just got back into the hobby and have spent a bunch on getting all the stuff to build my table. I had to start from scratch as all I had was...
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    Track Bed Foam vs Cork

    I still have my nails in and I am not using a foam board on top of my MDF 4x8 sheet. Basically its MDF board, WS foam roadbed, then track. Only thing I had to watch out for was going too deep with the nail, that would cause the rail tie to have a slight bend in it. Other then that I think both...
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    Track Bed Foam vs Cork

    So yeah, I went with the foam for WS and I must say it went down with ease. I ended up using the wood glue and tacked it down in place while it dried. I must say it came out very well. I laid down the turnouts first, then followed up with the flex track to get the main line and branch line...
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    What is this box?

    DCC Decoder location??? :p
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    AnyRail (Trial Version) numbers are off

    So yeah, started laying some track tonight; got the mainline down. And hrmmm, pieces are not fitting like they did in the wonderful software diagram. I even went so far as to pin all the snap track pieces in place, make each of them nice and flush and still fall short under a inch on both...
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    Track Bed Foam vs Cork

    Thats just normal yellow wood glue correct?
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    Track Bed Foam vs Cork

    So I went and got 48 feet of this stuff...:D Going to give it a whirl. Do I really need to buy the High Dollar, WS Foam Glue it says on the box, or is there something cheaper/better from the hardware store that will work just as well. Also can I still use the latex caulk for the track to the...
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    To solder or not to solder the tracks

    Train room will be indoors, under AC and Heat of the house so I would assume the climate control would be ok. I can invest in a humidifier to eliminate that as a cause of attacking my woodwork. Bench is pretty solid though . Framed it all out with 2x4 with reinforcements every foot. Also got...
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    To solder or not to solder the tracks

    I was drooling at the idea of soldering all my track joiners together and putting a power feeder on each section of track I am using, (flex or sectional). After researching it a bit more, this is what I noticed; some of the older guys are giving great warnings about doing that. Basically...
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    Track Bed Foam vs Cork

    I've been searching through the forum here and haven't been able to find a lot of information about the Woodland Scenics foam trackbed. Is this stuff if fairly new, hasn't seen much use, or really inst a good idea? Most posts I come across about the trackbed is cork, cork, and more cork...
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    What do you do for a living?

    Senior Network Engineer. Cisco Voice Video and Data and everything in between. :cool: And close to big brother ;)
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