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    Best Hobby Shops on the Web

    Ok here's a list of some of the internet shops that I've found online minus the model company's web sites... http://model-trains.trainz.com http://tophobbytrains.com/ http://www.blwnscale.com http://www.bobthetrainguy.com/ http://www.caboosehobbies.com http://www.canyonhobbies.com...
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    Do you buy locos with ease of DCC install in mind?

    Yeah- I looking to buy N scale. I look at the photos in the instruction guides to install the decoders and see the lines in the finger prints on the fingers of those installing the decoder. Small. I've soldered pipe fittings, electrical wires, car stereo wiring, etc... I worries me to see the...
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    Do you buy locos with ease of DCC install in mind?

    I was looking to buy a few n scale locos. After reading about DCC install on the locos at http://www.trainweb.org/nrmrc/dcc/conversions.html I had second thoughts on buying the models that seamed more "difficult". One of the locos in particular was the UP heritage locos from Kato. For my n...
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    How do you make your own grass for a railroad model or a diorama

    http://www.nscale.net/forums/content.php?52-The-Best-Static-Grass-Applicator-%28part-deux%29 Check this out! Makes grass stand up.
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    Best Hobby Shops on the Web

    Any input on DCC Installed? http://www.dccinstalled.com
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    I really want to support my LHS....but

    The nearest hobby shops in Houston are about 100 miles from where I live. I do most of my shopping online because of the distance factor.
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    Best Hobby Shops on the Web

    I recently bought from http://www.internettrains.com. Ordered on a Monday morning and got the package of 5 n scale rolling stock items 5 days later on Saturday. I was kind of worried after reading the bad reviews until the ownership changed earlier this year. Looks like they've turned things...
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    HO train storage

    Thanks, that's what I kind of thought. I know better than to get in the attic during the summer. Heck, I installed a couple of more roof turbines to the house during the first February that I moved in the place and worked up a sweat.
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    HO train storage

    I have a closet full of HO scale locos and rolling stock, probably enough to fill 4 or 5 plastic totes - which I would use to store them. I would like to get them out of the closet and preferably up in the attic. The attic is not climate controlled. I live on the Gulf Coast where it is humid and...
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    Where do you shop online?

    So internet trains is better now? I recently placed an order not knowing the situation with them. http://www.internettrains.com
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    Back in the hobby, boy things have changed!

    Sorry SRN, the SRN - Sabine River Northern shortline is in the Orange, TX area, on the southmost spot of the TX-LA border on the Gulf of Mexico. I live 15 miles from Orange.
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    Taking a beating on EBAY lately

    Yeah, they use a thing called a ebay "sniper" service / software. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=591&q=ebay+sniper+software&aq=4&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=ebay+sniper&gs_rfai=CCoLYTPW9TJ_pEJSEygTy85DyDAAAAKoEBU_Q6B3P The program will wait til the last few seconds and then come...
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    Back in the hobby, boy things have changed!

    SRN- you wouldn't happen to be from the Orange, Tx area?
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    N or HO?

    Thanks Airside & Littlefoot14. The $70 set is to give me a feel for the size, I know it's not top quality, I saw it on sale at Walthers. About leaving the layout on the patio, oh no I wouldn't do something like that. I can find room in the garage or the house to put the modules. Jeff
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    N or HO?

    Thanks guys. I want mainline running and a lot of it. Maybe a small 4 or 5 track yard and a few industrial spurs. I want to have a few abandoned spurs as well since I will model present day. I am fascinated by abandoned rails. I was thinking of doing a modular type layout and attached it...
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    N or HO?

    I haven't had a layout since 2007 when I moved from my apartment to my house. Sounds backwards huh? Well no since my fiancée moved in. I had a HO scale 4'x8' layout, nothing special. I do have quite a bit of rolling stock and locos - no DCC. The problem is lack of room. I have a 3 bedroom...
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    Best Hobby Shops on the Web

    http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/ When I was buying model trains from 2001-2005 I used these guys. I don't know if they've changed, but they were pretty reliable. I like caboose hobbies, too. What's wrong with Internettrains.com? I ordered once from them years ago, I thought they were ok, I...
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    what is you favorite HO engine manufacturer

    Cool L&A loco! Any Louisiana & Delta's? Athearn is my favorite. Maybe one day I'll get back into model rr'ing.
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    To Roadbed or To Not Roadbed

    Awesome Grampy!
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    I need a little help

    Glad you are making progress Tim, I haven't touched my layout in a year. Looks like you have collected a bit of rolling stock there! Jeff



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