by mike | Sep 26, 2012 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Hand laying turnouts isn’t hard. Getting over your reluctance and internal fear is the hardest part. Once that hurdle is out of the way actually doing the work is simple. I learned how to hand lay turnouts when I was a teenager. Back in the dark ages, the...
by mike | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized |
For reasons unknown, the hobby defaulted short turnouts. I suppose it had something to do with the fact layouts used to be confined to 32 square foot chunks of space (4×8 sheets of plywood) and short turnouts let manufacturers sell more track per square foot....
by mike | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Compromise joint bars, like this prototype example on the former GR&I in Richmond IN, are used to connect to different size and weights of rail. Until recently modelers had to make do with bits of plastic or nothing at all. The typical solution is to take an...
by mike | Dec 14, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Okay class, name as many of these turnout parts as you can. Next week I’ll post this photo with the answers. Name these pieces-2, 12-20-2011 Well Matt gets the gold star for correctly identifying the parts of the turnout in the photo. He even named a couple that...
by mike | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Did you figure out what was different about the trackage in the photo from #12? At least one individual came up with the answer I had in mind. Congrats Trevor! It might be hard to see in the original photo but, the joint bars are not offset from each other as is...
