Comments for Modeling Trains

Comment on Easy and Cheap Grass, No Static Applicatior Needed! [Video] by Paul Scobie

Paul Scobie — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:00:40 +0000

I have an article on my site that will give you inspiration to create Model Train Scenery, it doesn’t go into creating scenery, but why you would create scenery. I just thought that your readers would get something out it. It can be found at http://trainmodelsusa.com/model-train-scenery/

Comment on Quick and Easy Realistic Trees [Video] by Brian Woods

Brian Woods — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:32:20 +0000

This story reminded me of how I got started building model trains many years ago. It was rough at first, I have to admit. I would get caught up surfing the Internet for ours on end for answers or would spend too much time going through the painful process of dealing with inexperienced sales people at my local hobby shop. But somehow I learned to create my own detailed model train layouts without having a big budget or a lot of space, even though I wasn’t good with my hands nor was I an electrician, a carpenter, or an artist. Now me and my two boys spend all our free time with this wonderful hobby. I’m glad that we are having fun together and they are doing something educational with their time. By the way, if you’re interested in learning about model trains quickly, you might want to check out this great article, which will save you tons of time and money and keep you from making a lot of easily avoidable mistakes:
http://www.bestquicktips.com/modeltrains
Hope it helps anyone reading this!

Comment on I Built a Tree! by Steve Boyko

Steve Boyko — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:31:57 +0000

That’s a pretty good looking tree!

Comment on Rolling Stock Derailing? by Adam

Adam — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:11:37 +0000

In reply to Steve Boyko. Great point about the lean. Centering the weight would be quite important, especially if the weight cannot be installed as low as you'd like

Comment on My Dad built a pretty big bridge, from scratch! by Steve Boyko

Steve Boyko — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:51:13 +0000

Looks great!

Comment on Rolling Stock Derailing? by Steve Boyko

Steve Boyko — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:48:55 +0000

I find adding weight to cars to the NMRA standard makes the biggest difference, followed by tightening one truck down and leaving the other a bit loose.

One thing to watch out for is any lean in the car. This can happen if your weights are not exactly centered. If it leans it is more likely to derail. This can be exacerbated if you add washers between the trucks and the car to raise couplers to the right height.

Comment on Making Hand Stitched Teddy Bears by Adam

Adam — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:30:41 +0000

In reply to Gary.

It was quite a fun little project, used a different set of skills, that’s for sure!

(again, I’ll find and upload some pictures soon)

Comment on Welcome to Modeling Trains! by Adam

Adam — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:28:20 +0000

In reply to Gary.

Thanks for the comment 🙂
I really need to sort that out!
I know I’ve got heaps of photos on the construction of our layout and little projects I’ve done in the past… I’ve just got to find and consolidate all the random folders I’ve put them in over the last few years, and then upload a bunch of the best ones.

Thanks again 🙂

Comment on Making Hand Stitched Teddy Bears by Gary

Gary — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:19:24 +0000

Great post. If my 5yo gets to read your blog I’m sure she would have some teddy ideas for my layout as well. 🙂

Comment on Welcome to Modeling Trains! by Gary

Gary — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:12:30 +0000

Looking forward to reading your posts. Hoping to see some pictures.