FANTASTIC!!!!!
USMC_Chris wrote:
My wife and I are expecting our first child, and we've been getting the nursery ready. One of the things we wanted (of course) is a train around the ceiling.
Congrats Chris!
Peter
Thanks everybody. As for the track supports, there are none right now. It's solid 40" pieces of tubular track between each shelf. Seems to support the weight of Thomas just fine. We may add some ceiling supports but not sure yet.
Thanks Steven
Used this product....
http://www.michaels.com/enviro...inish/M10178984.html
Paint and complete river bed. Mixed resin, added acrylic paint (river green), poured in place. Resin sets up in about 6 to 8 hours. During this period, check often and tease the resin back and forth with a wood dowel and keep doing this process until the resin finally kicks and the ripples stay in place as you like. It's a pretty simple process. Get good lighting in place to bounce the light around for the pictures.
Rich,
Superb photo!
Originally Posted by usmc_chris:
Thanks everybody. As for the track supports, there are none right now. It's solid 40" pieces of tubular track between each shelf. Seems to support the weight of Thomas just fine. We may add some ceiling supports but not sure yet.
Chris,
I wondered if that was it. I did not know 40 inch sections of tubular track were available. Excellent!! Thank you for the reply! And thank you for serving our country!!!
Here is a quick video. Whistle works, but I wasnt near the ZW.
The C&T slim gauge a few years ago. Don
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Here's my kids activating the water tower on our home layout. I added a small floodlight to the outside of the tower & wired it so that it activates when the spout is lowered. Makes for a little more interest.
Our recently upgraded Hogwarts Express made it to the club this weekend! I'm impressed with the cruise commander lite... easy to install and works great!
I also repaired an MTH car wash for the club this weekend. Ours seemed to be afflicted by the same problem that Engineer-Joe documented: The bearing-less gears inside (which work like two lazy susans linked by a chain) can become incredibly difficult to turn, to the point where the motor binds. Fixed it by removing the bottom, pulling the gears, and sanding the inside of them until they turned more freely. Also added graphite for good measure. Oh... and look at how many screws are on the bottom of this thing! That's a crazy number of screws to remove to get to the guts!
...and a couple more of the kids on the layout.
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Thanks for the info on the car wash, Dustin. I have one new-in-box sitting in my garage that I was dreading having to take apart.
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:
Thanks for the info on the car wash, Dustin. I have one new-in-box sitting in my garage that I was dreading having to take apart.
Matt,
No problem. Basically, all I did was sand down the inside rim of the gears, where each fits on to the "upper" part. A Dremel with the cylindrical sanding attachment worked great, followed by hand sanding with a finer grit. One thing to note, fully tightening the screws in the base (especially over the gears) isn't a good idea either... its seems to squeeze the gears and make the motor bind. Had to go and back off most of them a bit to make it work better.
Joe's thread: 1 Fix 4 MTH car wash
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The " LCCA Switching Track Traveling Boxcar" traveled to La Crosse Wi this weekend on Jan 31, 2015 for "The Great Tri-State Rail Sale". Here are some photos of this traveling boxcar with LCCA members Don Norskog, Tim Fuhrmann and Charter Member Charles Skjeveland. Don Anthony brought his "Kid Friendly Layout" to this event.
Al Kolis
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Originally Posted by PRRMiddleDivision:
Rich,
Superb photo!
Super Job on the DD40 looks much better.
My youngest today at the Lionel holiday layout at Grand Central Terminal. It is still up in (Gasp) February. We had a fun time and while there were still children watching the trains it was not the mad house it gets to be at the holidays.
The second pic is of the track work on the F train line at Ditmas. We had to double back to get to Train World to pick up our new WBB ACL F7 AA and that $20 EL Lionel Gondola advertised here on the forum at a very nice price. Thanks Frank.
The second pic is of the track work on the F train line at Ditmas. We had to double back to get to Train World to pick up our new WBB ACL F7 AA and that $20 EL Lionel Gondola advertised here on the forum at a very nice price. Thanks Frank.
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Originally Posted by Steamer:
well, we made it to February!(any other weirdos out there?
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As a boy, for about 5-7 years, April Fools Day was when ours came down... to decorate for Easter.
A few years the train got to stay out till mid summer, after a little eggstra holiday track time .
we actually made it to Easter a few years ago. Hated to take the tree down even then, it was still nice and fresh.
I loved using graphite, hated the mess.
Then I found a dry lube Boeing product used on airplane ailerons.
Designed for metal, but plastic/paint safe, a light coat will likely last many years.
Once dry its a super slick, thin, waxy film.
On metal its immediate benefit is seen, and felt. It penetrates well, and long term penetration is astonishing, as is water repellency. My early can had Teflon too.
Well worth the price, used sparingly very cost effective. A little goes a long way. That first can lasted many years(10+).
(no affiliation, just a fan)
http://boeshield.com/why-boeshield/
The skull and crossbones? That's new
petroleum=white mineral oil
Don't use it for chapped lips, or a laxative!
(no osha regulations I ever found)
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