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    Dummy Interchanges

    YESSS The perfect cover story to justify me storing cars on my layout, thanx shortliner!:D
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    Dummy Interchanges

    I guess when it gets down to it, I wanted a way to justify having a few extra freight cars stored on the layout. I'm also getting a better understanding of interchanges too. Ok so I'm gonna rework that scene....Thanx again :)
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    Dummy Interchanges

    Shortliner: Thanks for the link, it helped alot. UP2CSX I think I will try the mirror trick. It appears the tough part is angling it and disguising or hiding the edges. It looks great when pulled off right. Thanks again gang!
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    Dummy Interchanges

    okay try to contain your laughter, as you can see I'm not much of an artist:D Sorry I couldn't squeeze everything in I left out a set of tracks, but that's the gist of what I'm doing. Hindsight I realized that I should have said: I'd like to mount the photo on the backdrop and blend it in to...
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    Dummy Interchanges

    Yes, I'm simulating an interchange. I have 3 side tracks that terminate at the edge of my layout design. Instead of having tracks that just end, maybe create the illusion of a shortline interchanging with a mainline. Yeah that pic doesn't look too "interchangie" to me either, but it kind of...
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    Dummy Interchanges

    AL1 that's what I do if I had the space. A nice point to point w/ staging. I'd love to take the Sawz-all to the drywall, but all us married men know how that would end. UP2CSX you pretty much hit it on the head. Except I'm not going to use a mirror. I'm still playing around with the picture...
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    Scale feet calculator

    Thanks, Tim for that formula. Everything I found converted from one scale to another.
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    Scale feet calculator

    I ordered a HO scale ruler, in the meantime can someone tell me how many inches 150' HO scale feet are please. Thanks
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    Dummy Interchanges

    I'm starting a new layout HOscale (8'dx9'w). I have about 2' left on one side to play with and figured I'd model a dummy interchage to make things more interesting(2' is too small for anything else but too big to be wasted). My thoughts are to take a digital photo run some track up to it and...
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    Railroad Passes #2

    Hot off the press Although my layout is in the embryo stages (we've acquired track rights, land and equipment) While I was waiting for my civil engineers reports, I came up with this. It's my first one so don't laugh, usually my secretary handles this stuff.;) P.S. Thanks Larry, but I figured...
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    Circuitron Switches

    Forgive me for Hi-jacking this, but after reading this I was wondering. my layout is 2" foam on top of open grid bench. can I mount a tortoise to the foam or do I need to lay plywood?
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    Conductive wheel sets

    I did a search but couldn't find any info. I'm putting a decoder in a HO scale caboose, and am looking for electrically conductive wheels sets, so there isn't a wiper hanging down in plain sight. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance
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    .JPG/>gif resizing help

    I have some pics of store interiors that I want to shrink down to HO scale. I can't seem to figure it out. Can someone help me Please? Thanks!
  14. My first almost complete structure

    My first almost complete structure

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    My first almost complete structure

    And poor old Timmy gets busted by the bulls, he was caught surfin an adult site while on the clock... Yeah I know the interior isn't prototypically correct, I just used what I had...Most importantly I HAD FUN! Thanks for all the great tips and pointers Boogie Down
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    My first almost complete structure

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    My first almost complete structure

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    ALP 44 Help

    whoops sorry so big, Moderator please chop to acceptable size
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    ALP 44 Help

    Thanks for the replies, those were among the first sites I went to and pickings were slim, here's some pics of what I'm butchering, er working on: http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/2547/2985960940100900869S200x200Q85.jpg "]http://[/URL]
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    ALP 44 Help

    Thanks Steve B, thats a good find, but thats an Aem7 thats pictured, the Alp 44 is completely different. Thanks for trying though:)




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