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California Classic Lines: October 2008
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Western Railroads • Model Railroads • Free-mo. Monday, October 27, 2008. Building Central Valley Model Works Turnouts: 4 Cutting the Flangeways. Please also see my updated building method at:. Central Valley Turnout Refinements. Align the hacksaw blade on the inside of one of the rail paths through the frog and very carefully start to cut. Check the depth of the cut using the NMRA gauge. When you reach that depth stop cutting. Move to the other path and do the same. Central Valley Turnout Refinements.
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California Classic Lines: Tortoise Horizontal Mounting Bracket
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Western Railroads • Model Railroads • Free-mo. Monday, July 12, 2010. Tortoise Horizontal Mounting Bracket. I wanted to mount the Tortoise switch machines horizontally so I built some brackets from 26 or 24 gauge sheet metal. If you need some brackets for your layout, print the template at full size. You will have to solder the leads and install the linkage rod and set screw before mounting the Tortoise to the bracket. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tortoise Horizontal Mounting Bracket.
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California Classic Lines: April 2009
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Western Railroads • Model Railroads • Free-mo. Thursday, April 30, 2009. Here are the percentages I use when converting between common model railroad scales:. O to S = 75%. O to HO= 55.2%. O to N= 30%. S to O= 133%. S to HO= 73.6%. S to N= 40%. HO to O= 181.3%. HO to S= 136%. HO to N= 54.4%. N to O= 333.3%. N to S= 250%. N to HO= 184%. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Use track gauges to hold the rail in alignment as you solder and use the NMRA track gauge to check clearances as you go. . These were the biggest...
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The Dixie Central Railroad in HO: March 2010
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The Dixie Central Railroad in HO. Scott Perry's portable sectional layout designed for benchwork, scenery and trackwork skill development. Saturday, March 20, 2010. 018 04 Tybee Pier - The Nuts and Bolts of Nuts and Bolts. Here, live in the Dixie Central Blog, two modeling geniuses explain the fine art of NBW castings.which I've got to mount hundreds of very soon. From the legendary Jack Burgess, MMR. Regarding nut, bolt and washer castings. Some of my tips for using them on wood trestles:. Of course, pa...
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Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad: A Small Plaster Store
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Scenes Along the S&C. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. A Small Plaster Store. The store in its approximate location at Burnett's. The Crown Mills sign was taken from the side of another store in Fillmore, California. I had no names of actual businesses in Burnett's so I named the store after a friend of mine who is an excellent modeler. The Shingle Springs building in the 1980s. The shop doors and second story door was also an addition made by cutting down some Grandt Line doors. California Fast Freight Lines.
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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: May 2010
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. Building a farm house. New products coming down the pike. Aquia Harbor -Benchwork almost done. I am plea...
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Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad: November 2014
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Scenes Along the S&C. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. California Fast Freight Line. Two of the CFFL cars sit in Oakdale awaiting a shipment of grain. I chose to weather the cars a little heavier than normal since they would be fairly old and due for rebuilding. As I had mentioned in my last blog post ( Bridges and Boxcars. For anyone interested in more information on the fast freight lines, see Railroad History. Also has some good information. California Fast Freight Lines. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad: Scenes Along the S&C
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Scenes Along the S&C. Scenes Along the S&C. Looking west along Weber St., the depot will be where the cork rectangle is location with city structures along the left and the Stockton Channel on the right (depressed area). A San Francisco river steam will be docked here eventually. The engine terminal and yard is at the extreme west end of the railroad. The Crown Flour mill will be where the paper drawing is with the Stockton Channel on the right. Looking down the next aisle reveals Farmington at the end.
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Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad: April 2015
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Scenes Along the S&C. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. A Small Plaster Store. The store in its approximate location at Burnett's. The Crown Mills sign was taken from the side of another store in Fillmore, California. I had no names of actual businesses in Burnett's so I named the store after a friend of mine who is an excellent modeler. The Shingle Springs building in the 1980s. The shop doors and second story door was also an addition made by cutting down some Grandt Line doors. Sunday, April 12, 2015. A coup...
