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 | 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 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...
by mike | Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week we’re back on the C&O a short distance south of the trestle featured in “What do you see -6”. I’ll have much more to say about this scene next week, including more photos. For now though, you know the routine. What do you see?...
