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  1. JazzDad

    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    I found this while doing some de-cluttering. Anyone remember this line?
  2. JazzDad

    Running Bear's December 2025 Coffee Shop

    Anyone model this?
  3. JazzDad

    Running Bear's November 2025 Coffee Shop

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    Running Bear's November 2025 Coffee Shop

    This ought to set off a firestorm:
  5. JazzDad

    Running Bear's September 2025 Coffee Shop

    Here's a line I have room to model. The World’s Shortest International Railway
  6. JazzDad

    Who Needs a MRR Anymore, When:

    Without a layout, what would I waste my money on?
  7. JazzDad

    Running Bear’s June 2025 Coffee Shop

    Dolly Parton Runs a Train Busier Than 27 States
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    Running Bear's March 2025 Coffee Shop

    Ahhh, how many safety switches I replaced on my JD ZTR (in a past life).
  9. JazzDad

    Running Bear's March 2025 Coffee Shop

    I've been very pleased with Mod Podge for my water. I thin it about 2 parts water to one Mod Podge. I shake it up in a jar, and let it sit for a day or 2. (This lets all the bubbles settle out. For a swift stream, you could pour it with the bubbles - that also looks good.) The photo shows...
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    Can motors for athearn blue box diesels?

    One of my best locos was a blue box with a can motor, flywheels and Ernst gearboxes. It ran smoothly and SLOW.
  11. JazzDad

    The U.S. Navy's weirdest new locomotive

    NOT my video. (I wouldn't put that music on it.)
  12. JazzDad

    Static Electricity

    Here in the desert, 35% is about as high as you can get. The train room does not have carpet. I have tried dissipating the charge. I do like the idea of trying to rub the bag of ground cover and the brush with a dryer sheet (containing Dipalmethyl hydroxyethylammoinum methosulfate). I won't...
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    Static Electricity

    Got a humidifier, hence the 35% RH. If not it would be about 5%.
  14. JazzDad

    Static Electricity

    No, I won't be asking about static grass. I live in the desert. Has anyone else had trouble laying down ground cover with regards to static electricity? I apply some, and when I try to manipulate it around with a paint brush it sticks to the brush and anything else nearby (structures, trees...
  15. JazzDad

    Ashes for steam locomotive ash pit?

    Fantastic!
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