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 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Last September, I presented a clinic on detailing track. An audience member asked me how far I go in adding details like weeds and such. I said that I go as far as I can with it. As long as equipment can still run, I’ll pile it on. I’ve started using...
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...
by mike | Nov 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I received an e-mail from a gentleman who purchased a copy of Detailing Track. Nicholas wondered whether or not to file away the inside flange on the stock rails of his scratchbuilt turnouts. He noted that the prototype doesn’t do this, and it seemed from the...
