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I would gather the saving grace for Coopercraft is he is not solely relying on the sale of the Siphon, which is what you would be doing with the Toad in the first instance. Given time I would think you would sell all the kits, BUT, NOT in the short term, which leaves you with a cashflow issue. Even if this was to be your one and only model, it is quite possible that you would be dead before they all sold. (That is assuming you are over 40 ) From what I understand from my Brother in Law (BiL) printing will be the way of a lot of things in the not to distant future. Just my thoughts. Khris

VB, The windows in the last image of post 38. Are they Bought, or did you make them yourself? Khris

I think "Jawdropping" would be an apt description. Beautiful work there. Khris

Love the way you hav the road meandering into the distance on the backdrop, and yet looking right! Great work. Khris

Yep, Like Bill....head down tail up beavering away at the village forge. Basically as drawn with a couple of minor alterations designed to fit in a nice little position! Khris

Allan, This is what was posted on the weathering list where I got the link from: "This was done with Electro-Luminescent (EL) wire to simulate molten metal in the cast house runners (troughs) of a modified Walthers Blast Furnace. I glued three strands of EL wire side-by-side and threaded it up a slag runner to the furnace and down an iron runner to a spout. The controller has three on settings - constant, slow flash, quick flash. By having one of the strands on slow-flash, it gives a realistic flicker to the runner. The glow is bright enough to reflect itself on the silvers of the figures. I bought my wire off of ebay, just search for EL WIre. There are several vendors but on average, you can get 2 meters (approx 6 ft) of wire in your choice of color (a dozen or so colors) and including the battery powered controller will cost you about $6 including shipping! You can cut it to the length you need. People use this stuff to decorate their cars, houses, or clothes!" Khris

Allan, A challenge to add to harlem steel Works: Khris

I should imagine if you put a tube behind the tender buffer for the upright pin to fit into it would always be a constant distance going forward or backwards. Either way it certainly makes a big difference to the looks of it that is for sure. Khris

I agree with trying to contact the seller, BUT he does "specifically say"he will not sell o'seas. Khris

This Ought to Make All Granddads Feel All Warm and Fuzzy A six-year-old goes to the hospital with her mother to visit her Granddad. When they get to the hospital, she runs ahead of her mother and bursts into her Granddad's room. "Granddad, Granddad," she says excitedly, "as soon as my mummy comes into the room, make a noise like a frog!" "What?" said her Granddad. "Make a noise like a frog because my mummy said that as soon as you croak, we're all going to Disney World!”

Bill, all,I haven't seen the model in question but judging from what is normally produced for the mass market I can assume it is pretty ordinary. That said, modellers strive to achieve what they can, or feel they are capable of. If they don't feel capable they will accept what is produced....they are not necessarily going to say it isn't good nor bad, especially if they don't feel capable of producing a better result. It would seem to me that those who model these Teak coaches could do with some tutorials being produced (by more than one person) so that they can have a go. For those who can do it, and find it easy, don't think it feels easy for those who do not have the confidence in even starting an attempt. It would appear that we could actually do with a section just with tutorials stored in it, EVEN if they are segments of a large thread. The other thing is if people are talking about a thread...how about a link so that others can form their own views of what has been said and the "TONE" with which it was said. Again not everyone writes with the same feeling as they are saying something, and it can come over completely different to the way it was intended. Khris Edited for spelling

I would be suggesting 3 ply, dampened and curved. Plain wallpaper put on that, and then painted as required. Done before the rest of the construction of the layout itself so that it is down below the level seen by anyone. Works quite effectively! Khris

To me, the dome on the boiler "appears" to be to small in Diameter! Just looks wrong especially comapared to the pics of the real thing. khris

If you do try the 6 pieces first and it doesn't work, you wouldn't need to waste the ply. Just screw the sections together and scenic over the lot. Problem solved!

dseagull, With so many joins I think you are asking for trouble. Single joins in themselves are always a pain .......like the necessary one through your tracks but unless your car is that small that the rest of the layout needs to be in such small pieces, I would personally try to avoid them. Just my opinion. Khris

I'm not greedy.... all three!!! :jester: Khris

AND Mike, Do you have time to do a tutorial on how you build them? It would be good. Khris

Sounds like the basic rules of photography! Do you have a link to the ebook? Khris

Let's face it....it is a hobby after all. You exhibit and display your efforts.....beauty is in the eye of the beholder! khris

Wouldn't it be safer to just keep counting rivets. You never know what the layout owners response may be :no: Khris

Might be the way it is going, but from past experience of manufacturers, I think that the cottage industry has little to worry about if modellers want "scale and accurate"models Khris

Thanks for that...NOW I see the issue..........sorry Mike! Khris

Because I am DCC illiterate I cannot comment, but as for direction, the lights could be controlled with diodes(?) which would give white one way and red the other. The issue of some being off would have to be controlled by switches....or for the literate one's, probably with a number on their DCC controller Khris

What about using fibre optics. You still use a red and white led that swith with polarity. Khris

What about the reverse of what Martyn said! Take a rubbing of the area it has to fit into and draw it from there. As much I have downloaded Templot I hav not had the time....nor knowledge or patience to fiddle about with it to learn it. Just a thought..Hope it helps. Khris