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Show posts MenuQuote from: S&S RR on April 09, 2014, 07:26:03 PMMy "contribution" is the idea to make the acrylic body as long as the longest car on the layout, e.g. 80' if that's what you run. It's interesting that the combination of 6 wheel and 4 wheel cars cause problems.Quote from: deemery on April 09, 2014, 05:49:14 PM
The "6 wheel truck AS-backwards test" has me thinking: What about a track test car made of acrylic, that's as long as my longest car, with some 6-wheel trucks? Moving that back-and-forth (by hand and by loco) might be a very good way to inspect track.
dave
Dave
Great minds think alike - I have one of the clear acrylic cars with 4 wheel trucks and earlier in the week I took the 6 wheel trucks off one of the passenger cars and mounted them on the clear acrylic car. It works well for finding areas where there are bumps in the track that may bridge the 6 wheel trucks but the issue with my layout was long radii where the side thrust gets real high because of the length of the cars and then the 6 wheel trucks tend to ride up the flange and derail. This will not be an issue for short trains and since my layout is a mountain railroad I think I will be fine.
Quote from: bparrish on March 15, 2014, 06:57:33 PMAh, now I see. What was it I said about "rocks can't be any dumber"?
Dave.........
Those were two separate paragraphs but either way......... ya got me.
see ya
Bob
Quote from: bparrish on March 15, 2014, 01:49:46 PMNo strata for granite. You may see layers in lava flows like basalt from the volcanoes in the west. Strata usually means sedimentary or metamorphic rock. You always want photos from your specific area, and Google Maps street view can be a good "substitute" if you don't have your own.
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Rock strata can be done after the crunchies by pulling a coarse wire brush horizontally across the area. One or two swipes and then allow to dry and color later. Real easy. ...