I welcome any suggestions how I can have a static (non-moving) display on my 5 glass shelved lighted vertical display cabinet. Late 2012, my wife and I determined to downsize into a 2 BR apartment, in which there is no room for a horizontal layout of any kind.

Can I get replacement drive gears for my HO Brill? Mine has a very annoying click, click as it runs.

Tks, Rashputin. Good tracing method, but my tender is connected through a fine-wire pair and plug/socket.

Chris350, I'll try taking the tender apart to look, but it's difficult since diabetic neuropathy has drastically reduced feeling in my left fingers and thumb. Holding onto and seating tiny screws, washers,  and nuts is progressively difficult .

Tks again!

Bein' a tr-r-rue Scotsman wi' German roots, to boot, I too am just a bit on the thr-r-rifty side and tend to try to waste nothin', especially if is left over or free!

Using 1/8" Masonite is unwieldy at best and the tendency to leave ragged edges is a problem when making cutouts but there is a trick I learned from my wonderful HS industrial arts teacher: using masking tape on the surfaces helps reduce fraying of the edges on the rough side. Predrilling through the tape helps, too. Because the material s so fibrous, punching tends to leave ragged edges no matter how fine the cutting edge of the punch.

One thing that I've had success with in the area of cutouts is to install plastic frames from the smooth outside. That way, frayed edges aren't so much of a problem.

As far as painting is concerned, I clean the surface well with tack cloth then use a dull sealer. This seems to prepare the surface to hold whatever paint I want to use on the finished surface.

Keep on keepin' on, Lad! Don't let us try to convince you to scrap your leftover materials in favor of spendin' more than you want to!

That's affirmative. The track is on my working layout.

Thanks, Lex. I'll do that next time.

One day after I had run it for a while, I removed my brass articulated loco from the track and stored it for a month. I returned it to the track, but it would not run.

It was mfd by Hamsungsa of Korea. The tender trucks have connection to  one polarity of the electrical system; the loco trucks provide connection to the other. I cleaned the trucks then checked the electrical connections and polarity, re-established the plug connection between the loco and the tender, yet it refuses to run. Nothing I've done seems to help.

Ideas please.

One of my Brill trolleys has developed a click in the running gears. At first, I thougtht it was a dirty wheel or flat tire, but the worrisome noise is actually in the gears. Any ideas?

That old saying remembered from my youthful reading of the Saturday Evening Post sure explains a lot to me about what happens as time seems to compress as we grow older. The reality is that I've slowed down so much that I can't get as much accomplished in a given length of time as I used to be able to, so I have to plan my hobby activities and time much better than just going to the basement and picking up where I left off.

Has this happened to you?

  Been gone far too long due to many things including health and new great grandson. When I got better, we decided to reclaim our whole basement as a family room; thus reduce my layout into a 9'6" x 11'3" space. Will raise it to prevent small people damage that occurred; will also construct according to plans in MRR and other pubs using a HO and N ruler (N scale will simulate distance as well as provide a train ride in my amusement park).
Looking at several other authors' inputs, I wish that it were possible to have one of my progeny to have fun with and teach modeling skills -- perspective, hand-eye coordination, 'guess'-timation, etc., are skills that I learned as a youngster and have recalled in model railroading. Maybe I can get close enough to my great granchildren to be able to help them learn the pleasures of esthetics and satisfaction of seeing modelling projects through to completion.

  I thought I was back a while ago, but got a job that took a lot of time;  a church Missions Trip to Romania to help with a planned orphanage; back home to no more job; HPHD List jobs at home; etc. So here I am again, for what it's worth. My setup is down to blank and I've no gumption to go further for a while.
I guess I'll just enjoy the chattrer for a while.

Still havin' fun! Bruce

Sorry to have been gone for so long, folks.
Lookin' at what's on the board since I wuz here last time, I've not been missed that much, but it's good to be here just the same. Circumstances and a crazy work sked combined to keep me away from my layout and this board. Got a new place tuh work an' a constant sked. Good place tuh worl in quality control: Telefonix, Inc. www.telefonixinc.com for anyone who cares to look. This is NOT an advertisement! I really like the place and what we do!
If'n anybuddy is innerested, let me know. I'll check back onct inna while.

Still havin' fun! Bruce