Hi Greg, ... Are you saying that you are building a railway with 75 turnouts and they are all a) either #5 or #7, and b) straight ? That must restrict the...
<<Bruce Metcalf wrote I think it's also fair to remind folks that the magnetic Kadee coupler didn't arrive until 1959 (IIRC). Before that, and long after for...
Does anybody have any experience with using wireless throttles and metal wall studs in their basement/railroad room? I have a friend who will begin finishing...
Dave, From what I understand, metal studs and ductwork will not degrade the signal. Your worst enemy is your own body, which absorbs RF like a sponge. ... -- ...
... Tieplates, ... Andy sells this stuff, so he spams us with comments like this at every opportunity. Monitor, Isn't there a rule against sales messages on...
It is my understanding that you loose 10 ft for every person the signal goes through. With the NCE system I would recommend a repeater as it is not the...
Hi, ... The convention on email groups is that a product mention is acceptable when it relates to a topic under discussion. If you don't like a message there...
... I'm still trying to figure out how building it upside down in a jig helps realism? Can't I add the same details as I spike them up if I want??......dave...
... Let's see know, this started with a question about Fast Tracks jigs. To Andy's defense I mentioned that I had friends that had used the FT jigs but the...
Hi Martin, With the exception of two #7 curved, yes! My prototype (Pacific Great Eastern) used #9s for mainline switches and #7s everywhere else in the early...
Folks - I don't know about other e-mail systems, but in at least Outlook and Outlook Express you can go into the programing and select a sender that you do not...
Where does the idea something needs to be UPSIDE DOWN to add detail come from??? Andy www.proto87.com The only place I show anything upside down, is building a...
Does anybody know of a good inexpensive tool for bending the rail to a known radius smoothly? Fast tracks sells a roller that I think is too expensive at $50...
Hi Greg. ... Where is this layout? The PGE provides the decal/transfer yellow road name for my GER locos and passenger cars. :-) Do you know another source...
... Dave: It is not likely to be a problem. Large (relative to wavelength) metal pieces like the studs do block the signal, but then reradiate it, sort of...
I hate to beat a dead horse, but... Does anyone know the rationale behind why the NMRA RP-11 makes a distinction between motive power, passenger, and freight...
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More overhang on the ends when going around a curve? C. ... Charlie Comstock trains@... http://www.bcsjrr.com...
... ========================== Because its a different designed vehicle. Different spacing coupler face to truck centers, different width at extreme...
... come ... Hi Andy, Sorry for the confusion. I was just thinking if I was to use a jig I'd make it so the rail went in upside down. But the main point was...
... the early 1950s. I do not have the scale equivalent of the space they had. Therefore, I am using ... Hi Greg, I've noticed that photos of prototype track...
Jim, ... This goes way back, but my suspicion is that they were trying to compensate for different kinds of 'stiffness' of equipment. They were likely trying...
That's true from beside the track, but if you look down from a large (scale) height, as most model layouts are seen much of the time - say 24 in or more above...
Clay Dulaney wrote: I forgot to mention that the first [successful] version of the BNO was based on a John Armstrong MR plan [Feb of '89 or '90, IRRC] called ...
Dave; If there is any shielding effect, it would seem to help rather than hurt. THE layout will be inside the shield box, so signals from throttle to decoder...
Hi Dave, I have metal studs around most of my basement behind drywall on the upper half, and fully exposed on the lower half (in some areas). I have three...
... You mean...actually THINK instead of having someone else do it for us? We can't do that! Our government tells us so. That's why all our TV shows, Movies,...
Thanks to all that responded. I relayed your comments to him tonight at his "basement measurement party". His wife has told him he needs to start finishing...
