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    Looking for a good painter!

    Well, If I had the $$$ to afford a 2000 locomotive, I would try to keep it as stock as possible. Seeing as the Life Like GP35 is so common, I realize I wouldn't have a hard time finding an extra shell, if it got trashed. And actually, it is my best runner (so far). But for now, I need to...
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    matching paint

    Get a piece of the original color about the size of a dime. Make sure the paint came from an area not normally in the sunlight. Take it to Menards or another home improvement store and see if they can color match it. I tried it on pure plain dirt and it worked!
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    Looking for a good painter!

    When it comes to painting locomotives, I SUCK. I want to repaint a GP-35 Life-Like to the railroad I want to depict and I need someone who does good work to help me. I would be happy to buy the paint and decals and send them to you and have you detail it. WHAT IS YOUR LABOR WORTH? Please...
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    Army Transportation Corps Blueprints

    If you plan on building a military layout and want to know the types of buildings used, layout of depots, piers used for inloading ships, I have the blueprints, plans and manuals. I have acquired the blueprints for buildings the Army designed for "Theater of Operations" construction. This...
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    Army Transportation Corps Building Plans

    I was fortunate enough to get a copy of Army Transportation Corps building plans from World War II. If in the event the war in Europe was to take longer then it did after the invasion, the Army drew up plans for buildings which would be built of lumber and tar paper. These buildings were called...
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    Has anyone ever painted "Power Loc" track?

    Any tricks to painting Power Loc track so it looks kinda real? Any suggestions?
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    Arc Welding Flashes

    Try a camera flash bulb w/o capacitor I have done enuf welding to notice, that the brightest light you can get is from a flash bulb on a camera. Making it work like a welding flash (constant)would have to be from a constant power source as most flashes have a capacitor built in. Most welding...
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    Next step in river building

    OOPS, I should have read before asking. I guess all my answers are in front of me, sorry:rolleyes:
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    Next step in river building

    Ok, I have been reading magazines about the different ways rivers and waterfront scenes are made. I made plaster gauze river sides and they are drying. Now, I am trying to figure out how to: 1. Paint the sides. (i.e.) color/latex or enamel (there will not be rocks on the sides) 2. Is...




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