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  1. Edavillenut

    Help

    i am looking for a locomotive that has two truck drive with a motor that has drive shafts and fly wheels. the trckks can only have two wheels on each side co a total of 4 wheels per truck. i am going to take the drive train out and put it in to a tyco steam locomotive. i know the trucks will...
  2. Edavillenut

    Concrete Arch Bridge... Help.

    looks good to me. just gave me an idea for my layout. the big Pink foam river bridge has been in place of where i want to put a bridge, but cant find one i like.
  3. Edavillenut

    Most Annoying

    i hate the heat and low roofs. my layout is in my attic i am 6' 4" and the roof at the coller ties is only 5' 8" the neck and back hurt after being up there for a while and the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter really drives me nuts.:mad:
  4. Edavillenut

    Copper Ridge Railway under construction

    after reading these post and going to your website i actullu got off my A$$ and started to do some work on my HO scale layout. is there any thing happin on the Copper ridge.
  5. Edavillenut

    Airbrushes

    i have a big problem. i forgot to clean a nozel and color cup on my airbursh:mad: and the paint dried and i can get it off. i dont know what to use. i blam it all on on of my friends because she kept bugging my to stop what i was doing and talk to her so it is all her fault:D . but anyways how...
  6. Edavillenut

    Couplers

    i have about 20 old tyco lifelike atherns mdc modelpower cars pre 1995 that i like and want to convert all my new ones have body mountes couplers.
  7. Edavillenut

    Couplers

    i am using kadee #5 but i bought a kadee gauge and the had a #58 in it and i like the look but i have $60 in couplers siting on my bench all painted and waitng to go in to the cars. what is the real difference between the two. also what is the best way to mount them to the body. i buy the bulk...
  8. Edavillenut

    Congratulations to Johan

    i found them on the top of the page click Photo Contest and there there
  9. Edavillenut

    What Water?

    i am modeling winter and want to make a frozen pond right now i have a piece of white plexi glass but want to use somthing else what can i add to make it look like ice if i use enviro tex or something like it
  10. Edavillenut

    Hudsons for Matt

    it must be one of those new fangle grass run locos no somoke:D :D :D
  11. Edavillenut

    Anyone got a match?

    it looks fine to me better than what i did my first try
  12. Edavillenut

    repowering a steam loco

    today i have been ripping apart every loco i have to see how i can repower my tyco and i think i know how. i am going to keep it tender drive but i am going to use trucks from a diesel probely N scale have to buy them first and hope they work and the put a motor with fly wheels and connect the...
  13. Edavillenut

    Congratulations to Johan

    i dont remember the picture so could you post it here so we can see it.
  14. Edavillenut

    Copper Ridge Railway under construction

    Last night i sepnt 2 hours or so reading the 160 some odd posts. but it was worth it. i got some really good ideas to use on my own layout. i am having the same problem as rory i cant seem to get the money i need. i have also made some of the mistakes as some of yous have like going in to the...
  15. Edavillenut

    repowering a steam loco

    CATT do you have any pictures of this i would like to see what it looks like.
  16. Edavillenut

    repowering a steam loco

    i know that the locos i want to repower arent worth the time but i like them and the were the first locos i got. they are Tyco 2-8-0 and 0-8-0 tender drive. i want to know if anyone has repowered them and what i would use. i need a motor that can hander DCC so it would have to be a five pole i...
  17. Edavillenut

    yards

    i am working on a plan for a 135' ho scale turntable withe round house. what else would i have to put in to make it look more like a steam yard. i have a water tower and colaing tower but dont know where to put them also i am going to build a ash pit and sand tower but again i dont know how to...
  18. Edavillenut

    Bachmann steam locomotives

    is there anyway to put a smoke unit in it. i am going to go with a Digitrax system with sound traxx decoders.
  19. Edavillenut

    Bachmann steam locomotives

    do any of these locomotives smoke. and are the dcc ready
  20. Edavillenut

    Bachmann steam locomotives

    i am buying all my locos online