The “Give Tony Grief” Thread

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Check out a product called Clear Fix. It's a clear adhesive that dries like a hard rubber but stays clear, and will take a pigment or a dye. It is soluble in isopropyl alcohol, so you can thin it if desired.

A guy in England has a YouTube video on how he uses it to model water. I copied his technique when I did my mountain trout stream.
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The only real question that remains now is what track plan I put in place. I can leave the existing plan as is and run another set of tracks around to the right off of the existing track then back and over (or under) that track to join the existing track again. Or, I can just run the existing track down and around to the right (the new area) and go as initially planned. If I use the second thought, then I could still put in extra track as a spur of siding or something else?

I'm confused :( :(
 
JeffH said:
Check out a product called Clear Fix. It's a clear adhesive that dries like a hard rubber but stays clear, and will take a pigment or a dye. It is soluble in isopropyl alcohol, so you can thin it if desired.
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Thanks Jeff, but if you are talking about the river (the water) then I use Envirotex Lite. Thanks for the suggestion though, appreciate all and any input :)
 
Twinboystrains said:
If you go with the second plan, the spur might work for a scenic overlook and/or picnic area. Possibly use a RDC 1 and a RDC 3 for transportation. Maybe some mountain trails for bikes and hiking.
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Hmmm - that is something to think about ....... only thing I might change is the "Transportation". I'd definitely go with Steam for a Tourist/Scenic Route, something like a Mike or similar :)
 
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Tony You have the space just do it :)

Also just checking do you have led's and maybe a few terminal strips you won't need resiters with thes they are built in
Oh and some 2 strand wire to connect the 12 volt together for each unit (18-22 gauge) I think will work
Looks like will ship Friday
 
Twinboystrains said:
How’s the elevation change? Relatively flat or some grade? I know it doesn’t matter on our steamers but don’t want the boiler to have water issues on a slope.
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Hold on up their cowboy, your gittin' a little ahead of thu hurd there !!! :p

I am keeping my grades at (or below) 3.5% which is nothing really in N Scale. I am going to try to get the outside track as high as possible, without going over board, while the inner track will sit a little lower, just for the aesthetics of that scenario :)

MikeGTW said:
Tony You have the space just do it :)

Also just checking do you have led's and maybe a few terminal strips you won't need resiters with thes they are built in
Oh and some 2 strand wire to connect the 12 volt together for each unit (18-22 gauge) I think will work
Looks like will ship Friday
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I have so many LED's it isn't funny mate - 3mm, 5mm, dual colored, SMD's, Red, Green, Yellow, White, all sorts :) Have also got plenty of 20 gauge stranded as well as 24 gauge and 28 gauge :)

I am looking forward to getting these mate - my curiosity is peaked :)
 


Have a new section of sub road bed in with the track just loose laid on top of it:

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Can't really do much more until I figure out what I am going to do in the extension ...

For those wondering about the grade - it has risen "about" 1.75" in about 3' so I am guessing it is about a 4% grade approximately. A bit steeper than I wanted BUT it doesn't look that steep ... oh and this is the "inside track", the outside track will run a little higher - about 2" higher hopefully" if I can keep the grade to a reasonable and operative % I(n order to do that, I may have to reduce the inside track a bit but we will see.

Of course, if these tracks continue over into the 4' X 4' expansion then obtaining the elevation wont be a drama at all :)
 
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Mike, how long does it take you to mow that? That's about what I have to mow, and it usually takes my 3-4 hours (5-foot wide Zero-Turn) depending on how many times I have to stop and move big sticks that fall out of trees.

I don't mind the time on the mower. I usually listen to music and enjoy the Purple Martins swooping around trying to catch the bugs I stir up.
 
Jeff about 3-6 hrs depending on if the hot neighbor lady brings me a cold glass of iced tea :cool:
the 6 acres are at my daughters house but she now has another house about half hour drive that one has 120 acres
Some how I purchased both of them What we do for our kids
Now my son 4600 sq ft with inground pool 10 acres all paid for by him
I normally never mow there she drives back to do it but she was to busy
Anyway I have an old Ford 8N I rebuilt runs like new with a 72 in mower and a 54 in zero turn those stay there all the time

Daughter in law doing her 10 min of help when they were putting the pool in and after 10 min were up I get this
 

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Mike,

Sorry for the delay but thank you and I have your package. I am yet to to open it though as I want to keep it all together till I need them :)
 
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