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RE#1 said:
Makes absolutely no sense!!! Someone needs to do research before a kit is produced.

If I poured a foundation to raise the building it would be close to 1/2 inch to fit the freight cars and would look really stupid not to mention unrealistic.
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What if you used the same type of wood, but put a "rail" of lumber over the gap?
 
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I hope we're not going to see a video of that truck getting t-boned. Seen too many of that. haha
 
@RE#1 What are your 1-2-3 blocks made of? I wasn't paying attention to what I was ordering and what I got was hardened steel. It was covered in some thick grease and is already rusting. Completely useless.
 
Kusojiji said:
@RE#1 What are your 1-2-3 blocks made of? I wasn't paying attention to what I was ordering and what I got was hardened steel. It was covered in some thick grease and is already rusting. Completely useless.
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If you can find cold blue in Japan, that will work very well to protect your blocks. If not, some kind of oxide finish will work also.
 
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Not to be critical, but you're not going to want to do your crossings with dirt - use ballast. The railroad museum I volunteer at used dirt, and all the ties turned into a rotten mess in no time. Wait a minute, that's model. Nevermind, I can hardly tell. (Seriously, good work all around.)


Kusojiji said:
@RE#1 What are your 1-2-3 blocks made of? I wasn't paying attention to what I was ordering and what I got was hardened steel. It was covered in some thick grease and is already rusting. Completely useless.
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Like DeconKC said, cold blue works reasonably well. I cold-blued a water damaged rifle barrel, and despite being neglected for a decade, it's held up pretty well. With a gently oiling ever so often, it'll hold up very well.

You can also get some lanolin (FluidFilm for example), and rub it on the steel. I'll tell you from personal experience, I used lanolin on everything. I buy it by the gallon. It's *slightly* volatile, so you can actually leave a rag soaked with it in a toolbox and your tools won't rust as much. I spray it on all my cars, and we've been using it on the running gear of our locomotive. If I had the time, I'd put it on everything at the museum.
 


Thanks guys! Being in Japan, cold blue only comes up with a boy band and a movie. :eek: 😄

Looking up lanolin, it looks to be a greasy substance. I'm trying to stay away from that as much as I can since I work on my trains and then use my computer. My trackball is taking a beating.

Appreciate the info!
 
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