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Since I can't find my original post I'll start again
room where layout will be at
these steel sawhorses will support the layout
2 will anyway Other 2 for future expansions
I'll be sanding, shaving, pounding & using a drill brush that has steel pins on it
pretty bad
right sawhorse before
after but still need to do more 
this gonna take a while 
others
started on the top one by mistake but these were my grandpa's from his sign business
the pain is probably LEAD
I'll clean up my messes tho b4 I repaint these
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Can't wait to see what those steel sawhorses look like once you've restored them.
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Posted - December 04 2020 : 11:51:11 PM
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quote:Can't wait to see what those steel sawhorses look like once you've restored them.
Originally posted by RP model railroads - December 04 2020 : 10:50:51 PM
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YEAH!
I'll be working on them all weekend 
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Posted - December 05 2020 : 12:29:28 AM
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| I have a sandblaster that would do those wonders!
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Posted - December 05 2020 : 07:55:34 AM
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quote:I have a sandblaster that would do those wonders!
Originally posted by walt - December 05 2020 : 12:29:28 AM
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well I ain't got one
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| hmmm, sandblaster, I could use one of those!
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Posted - December 05 2020 : 1:36:01 PM
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think I'll make a list of buildings I needs soon
Some are the Plasticville ones too hehe
Tyco ones as well
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The seed has been planted. What will grow only time will tell.
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Posted - December 05 2020 : 6:29:25 PM
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| The Busss finally has a place to build!
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quote:The Busss finally has a place to build!
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had a place to build for about a month now hehe
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Posted - December 05 2020 : 9:15:01 PM
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I would go to Lowe’s and buy some sawhorse kits
And make some nice looking ones . It would be a lot less work with a lot better end results.
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Posted - December 06 2020 : 1:05:21 PM
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| Struggling to get the base board right for Harte's Mill II.
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Posted - December 06 2020 : 3:19:19 PM
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quote:I would go to Lowe’s and buy some sawhorse kits
And make some nice looking ones . It would be a lot less work with a lot better end results.
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Right! Drive 100 miles to Lowe's & drive 100 miles back home
Don't think so
Also gonna find out if I can get the sawhorses sand blasted Monday 
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You don't have a lumber yard within a hundred miles?? Where is it that you live, they're closer than that on the moon...
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Posted - December 07 2020 : 07:37:19 AM
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quote:You don't have a lumber yard within a hundred miles?? Where is it that you live, they're closer than that on the moon...
Originally posted by walt - December 06 2020 : 5:40:48 PM
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yeah I do but still gonna use these old sawhorses anyway
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| Go Cat go! Beats the dining room table, 4 sure.
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Posted - December 08 2020 : 01:10:21 AM
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SANDBLASING RESULTS. Here is a series of 3 pics of an axle/brake bracket that I sandblasted. The rusty piece in lower pic, and the center pic shows the same piece after I sandblasted it spotless to bare metal. The top pic is primed with PPG DP-40 gray green epoxy primer with new rubber seal... This piece is 41 years old...
  
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Posted - December 08 2020 : 09:30:48 AM
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Looks better than new. The Ranchero project has come to bust, it has
been an expensive nightmare trying to find a guy that can take old
rust and make it new again.
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Posted - December 08 2020 : 1:12:48 PM
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ok fiiiine
I'll get all 4 sandblasted soon
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nope not gonna do it for $100 a hour one place would charge
also found a funny building online but its NSFW hehe
so won't post it
tho buildings I see look like they are from the "wrong side of the tracks"
like run down & stuffs
for now I'll do nice stuffs & throw in humor here & there
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Posted - December 16 2020 : 9:44:16 PM
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ah never mind
I wanna set up my train layout NAOW!
I'll scrape & paint the sawhorse in spring
For now I gonna get 4x8 board before the weekend
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Posted - December 16 2020 : 9:52:07 PM
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I am sure you can find discarded milk crates to temporary hold up the board.
I did that for years with my old 4 by 6 HO scale layout.
Just a thought.
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quote:
I am sure you can find discarded milk crates to temporary hold up the board.
I did that for years with my old 4 by 6 HO scale layout.
Just a thought.
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naah gonna use sawhorses anyway as-is
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| Might as well, who’s going tp peek and say, “ wow, why didn’t you sand blast those for a $200?
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Posted - December 19 2020 : 6:44:41 PM
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the sorting of trains & others has begun!
even found a Tyco I don't want since I couldn't find the whole train
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| I'd just paint those sawhorses as is, maybe a can of Rustoleum and a 3" brush. Although if they're outside, they might be a bit too cold to paint right now. I think it's great that you can use a piece of your family history for you train platform!
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quote:I'd just paint those sawhorses as is, maybe a can of Rustoleum and a 3" brush. Although if they're outside, they might be a bit too cold to paint right now. I think it's great that you can use a piece of your family history for you train platform!
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may do that next year
now they in the basement & still gotta get the 4X8 board
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Posted - December 21 2020 : 12:21:09 PM
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well board is in room
I tried to take before & after pix but outta focus
well I noticed there were lines on this for streets & building
I guess I was gonna do a whole city with minimal tracks
oh this had several layers of dirt & dust on it before I got it down & swept it before bring it into basement
this is my old board from when I had the Rock Island Line Lionel train set I had as a kid
I used it for HO scale later on & it will be again soon
Course I don't have any cork roadbed
May just nail tracks down as the old ones were
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quote:A new canvas!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 21 2020Â :Â 3:15:25 PM
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old canvas thats gonna be repurposed
May use those Bachmann EZ tracks instead but I don't have enuff switches
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Posted - December 21 2020 : 6:51:28 PM
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How many and what direction do you need, Busss? I have some that
might work for you. No charge.
Did the EZ track thing a while back, it certainly has its advantages, but not so good with making small adjustments to radius. I know you been after a layout for a good many years, and I am glad to help out.
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quote:How many and what direction do you need, Busss? I have some that
might work for you. No charge.
Did the EZ track thing a while back, it certainly has its advantages, but not so good with making small adjustments to radius. I know you been after a layout for a good many years, and I am glad to help out.
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all directions hehe
how many? I dunno
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| PM me your new addy. Merry Christmas!
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Looking good, busss!
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Posted - December 23 2020 : 2:35:58 PM
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well still working on it but as the title says SORT OF
got out the Bachmann Lighted Station I have & the smokestack is missing!
may be in one of my plastic mini storage boxes that have ALL my signs & stuffs!
got the Lionel 027 bridge out & the Santa Fe one too
think I gonna need grey & black paint for the roads
Plus need a few unassembled buildings too
Also find my entire Durango trains
pix soon anyway
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Posted - December 25 2020 : 1:17:47 PM
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pic of board on sawhorses with some things on it but no track cause its all upstairs
yeah I slow but thats the fun of this Right?
I admit the Lionel bridge is large & odd with HO scale stuffs
but do we want accuracy & in scale? NO!
A question
How wide should HO scale streets be?
I kinda wanna do a 4 lane on the Main Street
since it is gonna be the highway for now
maybe a 3 lane
OR may do it on the street that crosses Main St instead
need buildings too from Plasticville hehe
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quote:
A question
How wide should HO scale streets be?
Originally posted by microbusss - December 25 2020 : 1:17:47 PM
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Decades ago, the standard lane width was 10.5 feet. Now it's 12. I'm not quite sure when it changed. I do remember that when I was learning to drive in the mid-1970s, a lot of highways had a crack in the pavement 10.5 feet from the center line, where they had widened the old lane and then the pavement cracked over the seam. To me, as a neophyte driver, it felt like the car wanted to buck all over with the wheel on that patched crack.
If you want to use Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars, the 12 foot width might look better, because they're usually a little bigger than HO.
Anyway, multiply the lane width you choose by the number of lanes that you need, and divide by 87 for HO scale.
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Posted - December 25 2020 : 7:44:54 PM
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Do you want to consider putting some 1x2 stiffeners under that board?
You got so much stuffs I fear it will warp.
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Posted - December 25 2020 : 9:53:05 PM
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quote:Do you want to consider putting some 1x2 stiffeners under that board?
You got so much stuffs I fear it will warp.
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naah that board has been used as a shelf for YEARS in my garage
if it hasn't warped in the 40-something years by now its fine
Also 1st run will be the candy train I making hehe
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Posted - January 09 2021 : 2:34:08 PM
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quote:Do you want to consider putting some 1x2 stiffeners under that board?
You got so much stuffs I fear it will warp.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 25 2020Â :Â 7:44:54 PM
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actually I will take your advice on the 2x4s anyway but I won't screw them down
Unless! its absolutely necessary
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Posted - January 10 2021 : 12:32:14 PM
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| Putting support under the board will help if you ever want to expand the layout too. Those sawhorses have plenty of extra room for growth. Looking forward to seeing this layout come to life!
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Posted - January 10 2021 : 12:35:11 PM
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quote:Putting support under the board will help if you ever want to expand the layout too. Those sawhorses have plenty of extra room for growth. Looking forward to seeing this layout come to life!
Originally posted by Locodub - January 10 2021 : 12:32:14 PM
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I been lazy to work on it
but I will do the boards tho
heck I has 2 more of them sawhorses
Also looking for some Plasticville buildings too
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Posted - January 11 2021 : 12:10:33 AM
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No time for lazy. We have been waiting years for you to begin. ðŸ§. Consider a 4 x 8 L. That board looks tiny for all the stuffs
u gots.
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quote:No time for lazy. We have been waiting years for you to begin. ðŸ§. Consider a 4 x 8 L. That board looks tiny for all the stuffs
u gots.
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yer right so I will cut down a few buildings
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Posted - February 13 2021 : 12:29:07 PM
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should I use sandpaper to clean the rails?
or not?
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Posted - February 13 2021 : 3:50:42 PM
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Sand paper tends to scratch up the rails leaving grooves to accumulate dirt. If you have a Bright Boy, that's a good way to cut through crusty old tarnish. I think I've heard of people using very fine sand paper, though. A number that sticks in my mind is 1200 grit.
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For me, it's Wahl's Hair Clipper Oil. Works like a charm. I suspect it is
very similar in composition to LaBelle's, the difference being that Wahl's is
like $2 for a 4 ounce bottle. I've believe I've read that abrasives also
create micro grooves in rail heads that generate micro arcing and sparking
that promotes oxide buildup, as well. Wahl's suppresses that electrical
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| I would definitely avoid sandpaper for cleaning rails. The scratches will collect dirt and make futuer cleaning more difficult. A Brite Boy (track cleaning eraser) works well. Fine grade emery cloth is okay. Goo-gone can help with really dirty track. Don't forget that the wheels on locomotives and rolling stock need cleaning, too.
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Posted - February 13 2021 : 9:49:37 PM
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Busss, I know you really well, and the cheapest method is a regular old-fashioned pink eraser.
They work well for cleaning track - keeping it clean, well, I recommend Labelle's Track Cleaning Solution, but only every once in a while.
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| well I am trying to make a loco GO on tracks 1st & the power keeps going dead on sections
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quote:well I am trying to make a loco GO on tracks 1st & the power keeps going dead on sections
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That could be due to dirty track, or bad track connectors. Might want to use new track connectors, if you can.
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