Building the Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR
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Congratulations Ed, a worthy winner.
Railrunner130
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Congratulations!!!
Thanks a lot Toot
HOexplorer
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Moving on: I've been in the hobby for about a dozen years. During that time I've made a couple of small contributions to the hobby. Back in 2007 Micro Trains came out with plastic ballasted track. Z scale needed that product. I was moderator of the largest Z scale site in those days. Soon folks where in a panic. "When will MT come out with smaller pieces of track?" Basically anything larger than a simple oval would mean some serious pushing and pulling. So I came up with this:
Measure the section you need to cut out.
Cut twice through center of holes
take the piece out
Clip off the beads that hole the track to the plastic.
Measure the section you need to cut out.Cut twice through center of holestake the piece outClip off the beads that hole the track to the plastic.
HOexplorer
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Part Two
Push the road bed together and snip the rails
Pushed together nice and neat. Key is to saw through the holes
Not too bad.
This small offering still gets me thank you's ten years down the line. Jim
Push the road bed together and snip the railsPushed together nice and neat. Key is to saw through the holesNot too bad.This small offering still gets me thank you's ten years down the line. Jim
Nicely done, JIM, but believe me ... you have contributed lots more than just that to the Model RR community!
HOexplorer
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Thanks guys. Sherrel I like the latest email. I failed the pilot test. Jim
HOexplorer
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Next up is more a contribution to Z Scale than model railroading as a whole. As Z began to grow up around 2008 there was some bridges and a few kits and most of the rest was scratch built. For those making layouts on very important thing was missing-a turntable. I put my mind to the issue and came up with a turntable easily built by anyone who had $5 to spare.
What parts will I need?
1/4" plastic strip from you LHS. Two N scale gondolas.
Top of a Big Gulp plastic cup.
Turn the N gondolas upside down. Cut to length and glue. I put some wood strips along the track.
What parts will I need?1/4" plastic strip from you LHS. Two N scale gondolas.Top of a Big Gulp plastic cup.Turn the N gondolas upside down. Cut to length and glue. I put some wood strips along the track.
HOexplorer
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Turntable Part 2
Glue a 3/4" dowel to the gondolas.
Finished.
In place.
Not to bad. Still being use on the original Z site after 9 years. Jim
Glue a 3/4" dowel to the gondolas.Finished.In place.Not to bad. Still being use on the original Z site after 9 years. Jim
Another display of lateral thinking Jim, something that necessarilly occurs in the mind of a problem solver. Did you teach McGiver by any chance?
Railrunner130
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Very inginuitive! Well done!
