Next step....Puppies. After that, who knows?
It's just a cropped copy of Faller's advertising photo. I swore starting out I would never build a styrene kit. Then I saw this, and couldn't...
That first photo, Rich. What scale is it?
Money Money, always money. This IS an one of the more expensive of this sort of activity. I've become convinced that purely about economy in scale...
Broken back, check (can feel your pain, believe me), Gun shot, check (just barely clipped the back of my neck. Took a small dressing for a couple...
So sorry for you older guys!
Help me understand something please. On my not-yet-running layout I'll have DCC for the lines, but DC accessories, including an already acquired...
Have you looked at http://www.micro-trains.com/conversions/sheet003.pdf ? It doesn't list a 4-6-0 but you may be able to extrapolate from other...
Talk about reversal of gender roles!
He's got a couple of chapters there discussing the differences between synthetic and mineral oils. I scanned them and there's information there....
Come on now Jack. Seems to have something to do with our hobby.:-)
I would lubricate at least every metal surface that bears on another (with the exception of brushes & commutator of course). I don't believe the...
Yup, same stuff, same package. Amazon price I read as $6.99 + 4.49 shipping.
It's pricey. $6.99 + 2.49 shipping for a one fluid ounce squeeze bottle.
Oh, the meaning I got out of it was that in a sealed bearing the lubricant is not (easily?) accessible.
I was looking for lubrication suitable for the rehabilitation of a few filthy locomotives I acquired, and came across "Liquid Bearings Synthetic...
Well, I like the MTs because they're more expensive and troublesome, which helps me to keep wondering how I ever got started with this.
Ahhh...an embarrassment of riches. All the old place names, I haven't heard spoken for many years. Thank you very much.
I haven't seen that, but I can't imagine such a device, that is one using abrasion in the process, that wouldn't have some degree of deleterious...
No one has mentioned Aztek. I just bought some, haven't used it yet; should I be concerned?