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After going to 3 Home Depots, I found it.

I'm building one of these.....this Masonite board.... Not sure if I have the right stuff or not. When I searched around Lowes and Home Depot, all I could find is "hardboard". Dark brown, fairly smooth on both sides.....same kind of material that peg board is made from. I have quite a bit of it...

Whats up with these cheap steam locomotives on ebay? Been toying with the idea of getting one or two steam locomotives to run. They don't have to be fancy or anything......as long as they run somewhat smooth. I have modern diesels and usually buy Atlas and such for higher quality.....but steam I...

I guess rubbing alcohol will stay on the rails long enough to clean the wheels too?

These look pretty nice....thinking on getting one. They are high priced.....$125 for one. http://youtu.be/-ayNElS9N_A This guy uses one....uses Goo Gone with it. Looks simple enough. Also seen the Centerline car with the roller. Both are high, but appear to work well. I kind of like the...

I model HO, and have mostly Exact Rail, Atlas, and Walthers cars. I have a couple Genesis cars and a couple Athearn RTR cars. I'd say 80% of my stuff is the first 3.....I have around 50 cars. The first 2 I listed are top of the line in my opinion.

I have a large box full of packing peanuts....the ones shaped like cheese doodles. Wondering if anybody has found a good use for them on a layout? Wife was getting ready to throw them away, but I told her I wanted to keep them a day or two. I do need to fill out some hardwood trees I'm making...

PM Sent! I figured with most running metal wheels, there would be alot laying around. I guess people chunk them like they do with the old horn hook couplers.

Anybody ever airbrushed Poly fiber. Not talking about woodland scenic fiber, but regular white poly fiber. I want some that's a brown or gray color to fill out some trees I'm making.

I'm wanting to get 20-30 plastic wheel sets....to remove the wheels from the axles for the scrap yard. I have some, but not enough to make a decent pile. Most of my cars came with metal wheels, so I haven't had to change many. I have some old metal wheels I don't like, using them as old wheels...

Any of you guys had any issues with Hob-e-Tac? Followed the instructions....brushed it on the limbs kind of thick, let it set for 15-20 minutes until it starts to get clear and very tacky. Dipped the tree into the foam, shook off excess, pressed the foam onto the limbs to help stick the foam to...

Most people seem to think the paving tape is too thin, lol. I went that route myself, Smooth It and WS paving tape. Very happy with the results. Tried the plaster once before with bad results, cracking, etc.

Yeah those look more like inner tubes. The post I read, the guy bought some sort or tube or hose from a hardware store. Guess I could get an HO scale vehicle and take it in there to compare size to various hoses.

What's something that could make some good HO scale tires? Read somewhere....thinking it was a post on here, about somebody buying some rubber tubing and slicing it up making old tires. Tried to search for the post with no luck....read about it recently.

Sculpt-a-mold and fine ballast to simulate the gravel in concrete. Mix it all wet with dark gray paint and you'd be set.

Looks good! Just finished my second batch, soaked everything for around 3 minutes each. Most of my stuff was fresh cut....and maybe 15% of it was ground pick up, but not too dry. Do you use lichen or something else to "fill out" the tree....or just let the foam foliage do it all?

I bought some Liquitex Matte Medium. Stuff is expensive......$30 for a 32oz bottle. Luckily i had a 50% off coupon and got it for $15. I have roughly 3/4 of what I bought mixed 50/50 with water now and my first batch of trees hanging to dry. Can I use the 50/50 mix for other stuff like...

Good info! So how long do you soak or dip the trees? Just hang them up to air dry I guess? What's a good brand of Matte Medium? Any kind that's not good for model railroad use?

Just came in from gathering up alot of "real" tree's in my backyard. I'm doing a fall layout.....so want alot of hardwoods to show fall color along with the pine trees for green. Did a brief search on here about using twigs.....but didn't see an actual post on preserving the twigs.... I did...

I'm modeling a pulpwood yard on my layout. Using ground goop for the mud/dirt area around the yard. Wanting some tie marks/ruts around in the yard from trucks and loaders. I have an HO scale truck, and an HO scale Cat Front end loader......but don't want to ruin them by "driving" them around in...