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  1. B_Kosanda

    Track dead spots caused by turnouts

    That's right. All A rails to one side and all B rails to the other. Especially those little short crossover tracks too.
  2. B_Kosanda

    Track dead spots caused by turnouts

    Do not count on the turnouts routing power to the track. All sections of track must have feeder wires to both rails. This way the turnout will not be required to be in a certain position to provide power to any section of track. Bill
  3. B_Kosanda

    New Concrete Slab Bridge for Cascade Sub

    Here's an update on the bridge. I repainted the bridge deck to more of a white-concrete color and also cut slits in the spline to simulate the concrete pieces of the deck. Bill
  4. B_Kosanda

    New Concrete Slab Bridge for Cascade Sub

    The background to the bridge and the whole mountain is made of cardboard strips covered with plaster soaked paper towels and rocks carved from plaster of paris. The "dirt" is dry plaster of paris mixed with dry tempura paint and sprinkled on the plaster with my wife's gravy sifter. A few light...
  5. B_Kosanda

    New Concrete Slab Bridge for Cascade Sub

    The deck on the prototype is concrete and looks in really bad shape. You can see a picture of the prototype on Joel Ashcroft's site. It is a mighty hike to get up to it. http://spcascades.railfan.net/structures/TUNNEL11eastportalButtress.jpg I'm going to do some work on the spline to get...
  6. B_Kosanda

    New Concrete Slab Bridge for Cascade Sub

    The deck is the existing spline roadbed which I use for the track base on my layout. You can see the spline painted concrete color under the track. The railing is just styrene strips.
  7. B_Kosanda

    New Concrete Slab Bridge for Cascade Sub

    Sorry, I know I don't post much on here any more, but I thought I'd share a recent upgrade to my UP Cascade Subdivision layout. I have a large area that was pretty bland and I decided to add a concrete slab bridge modeled from a prototype bridge from the actual Cascade Subdivision in Oregon...
  8. B_Kosanda

    Opinions needed please.

    I ended up using Bruce Chubb's Super Mini. Here's his site. http://www.jlcenterprises.net/MR.htm Of course this is a little over the top as far as cost goes, but you can't beat the realism. It'll require an old PC and a bit of BASIC programming. I used all ORS signals. The detectors I...
  9. B_Kosanda

    Ho Bridges recommendation

    I also use Atlas plate girder bridges for all my bridge making. Thy're inexpensive and work well when cut apart. Bill
  10. B_Kosanda

    Help with Helix

    One thing I can say from building my helix is that it uses up a ton of wood. There seemed to be no real way to use the wood efficiently. Bill
  11. B_Kosanda

    Photo Enhancement Using Masks

    Here's a Second Attempt This time I chose an actual background scene from the Cascade Sub. I oversprayed the background with partially transparent white to add depth. I also used feathering when I copied the foreground snips. I think this one is better. Bill
  12. B_Kosanda

    Photo Enhancement Using Masks

    Thanks for the comments. I think I'll be out taking some photos of different sky scenes to pick up a few more to chose from. This was more-or-less just a test to see if I could make it work. Thanks for the comments. Bill
  13. B_Kosanda

    Photo Enhancement Using Masks

    Hello All, I saw a couple photos in MR that got me wondering how good a job I could do with Paint Shop Pro on modifying the sky in a model railroad photo. In the two attachments you can see the original photo shot on my layout and the modified photo. I created a mask for the sky and masked...
  14. B_Kosanda

    BIG Disappointment !!!!!!!!!!

    I run all 6 axle locos and I'm saying the Athearn 6 axle locos are prone to derailing. In my experience the Kato and Atlas 6 axle locos are very much less likely to derail. I believe the Athearn units are very suceptible to any irregularity in the track, where other brands seem to be more...
  15. B_Kosanda

    Tunnel Motors

    After you hit Post Reply, look down below under Manage Attachments. Bill
  16. B_Kosanda

    BIG Disappointment !!!!!!!!!!

    The struggles you are talking about here have caused me to stop buying Athearn locomotives. Too many derailments for me. Curves have been trouble as well as picking points on many switches. To me it just was not worth all the pain to get the locos to run right. Now they sit in the yard and...
  17. B_Kosanda

    St. MARY RUST BUCKET PS BOXCAR

    I'm waiting for your next post. Bill
  18. B_Kosanda

    resistors

    The voltmeter is the only real way to make sure you don't over-voltage those bulbs and cause yourself some early bulb replacement work.
  19. B_Kosanda

    resistors

    I start out with 1 K Ohm and work down to a lower value using a voltmeter across the bulb. I usually try to shoot for just under 1.5 volts across the bulb when the loco is moving. Seems like different decoders require slightly different resistor values. Bill
  20. B_Kosanda

    Weathering with Polly Scale

    I never had much luck thinning acrylic paint with rubbing alcohol. I seem to have better luck with just plain water. I tried denatured alcohol too, but it seeked to attack the paint on the cars so I discontinued that experiment.




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