Dash 8

Yes, exactly, it's going to be a bit harder, but I have no experience with anything like that…:) Regards Jan with Max and Moritz

Hi Nick, Sean is right, this is going to be great. You can heat up the second locomotive to push….a heavy train. Regards Jan

Hello, good idea and well built. Thank you. Regards Jan

Ozark has turnbuckles in stock Ozark Short or Long… Regards Jan

Hello Nick, I made the turnbuckles from brass tube, 2.5 mm outside and inside drilled to 1.4 mm. The rods are simple copper cable with a diameter of 1.4 mm. Regards Jan with Max and Moritz :)

Hello Nick, these are heavy bars, they have to be secured, that looks very good. Maybe a cross beam with two holes and then stretch downwards, you have an eyelet there, that should work well. This is how I would do it....:), what does Bug say about it? I painted in your picture, I hope I won't be shot...:) Regards Jan with Max and Moritz

Hello, today it rains all day....Time for the rest of the work. Most of it is done, a special thanks to Nick with Bug for always friendly comments, it gave me a lot of pleasure. Thank you for your attention. Regards Jan, Max and Moritz

Sorry, we're probably all talking about the same thing here, just in different terms. Here this is called ( Leimbinder , or Brettschichtholz ). My translator turns it into glulam ....:) Same things… Regards Jan

Hello, I didn't understand everything but laminated wood is too new, that didn't exist before, I think. But what has been around for a long time are glulam binders, even before 1900. That would be a plausible load of wood. These are already cut into shape. The first models could thus be turned into glulam beams, divided once longitudinally and once transversely. Smooth all surfaces and you have 4 binders each. That looks realistic. But it's just an idea... Edit: In June 1906, master carpenter Karl Friedrich Otto Hetzer received the Pantent No. 197773 for curved, glued beams made of two or more slats. That was the birth of modern timber engineering 100 years ago. Nick, the pic with load looks very good for me, it comes nicely. Regards Jan

Hello Chuck, successful, this is the best solution for the turnout drive as well as the circuit for the Frog. By the way, you mentioned the pneumatic systems, I was looking for a long time, Sunset Valley Railroad does something like that. SVR Regards Jan

Hi Nick, for the Oven, I wouldn't do that. Maybe you have another idea. The black wood on my car is ebony. Had a few leftovers, which gives a good contrast to the charge and eliminates the need for coloring. Regards Jan

Ok, you can make something out of it, a device for loading, the ends are then covered, now you only need a steam crane...:) Regards Jan

Hi Nick, got it, I cut 8 together, without glue, just held together by hand. The next 8 a little shorter and so on. Then everything thrown into a box and mixed. And then glued together. For me, almost all of them are of different lengths. It looks like the picture of the cablecar. I didn't measure anything, all build by eye,just have to stay on the property... Try it, Regards Jan

Hello, here is an example for the box car and for a tanker, all parts MTH . Yes, the EOT fits better to 1/32. At Ozark there is a larger one made of metal. Good luck..:) Edit : Kadee 820 Couplerbox Regards Jan

Hello , I did it this way, this is a dummy Dash 8, truck is MTH gauge 0 with EOT. That should still be available. The electronics have voltage from the rail. Regards Jan

I understand all this, in the beginning I also wanted to leave the middle free, but I had more than enough material. I cut 8 pieces for one layer at a time and then glued them up. 400 pieces. That now has a decent weight. At the moment the chassis is being made old. Regards Jan

Hello, nice that you like it, the old advertising signs from the early days certainly had some color, unfortunately not on photos. Regards Jan

Hi Nick, nice that you found something, that will look good Regards Jan

As far as I have read, the price of wood is normal again, yes we both chose the same font. Maybe you know a carpenter, they always have something in the corner.... There is veneer wood with up to 4mm thick, called saw veneer, that would be another possibility, which looks as a stack like a sawn-up tree. Regards Jan

Hello, Nick I used the bolder font at the top right, looks better :).I hope that bug likes his new company, he has two helpers with him. What I'm going to do is a bit dirt etc. Regards Jan, Max and Moritz

Very good idea, I will think about something in this direction. A first screenshot, I like the bold font ? Regards Jan

Hello Nick, you mean the blue vice, which is from Matador, not rotatable. This afternoon I'm trying a sketch for an advertising sign or Billboard, I hope that will be good. Regards Jan

Hello Nick, I'll show you which machines I work with. I don't really like circular saws, too loud and make a lot of chips. For my small things I always take a scroll saw, narrow blade, little chips. With a little practice, even long straight cuts succeed. And no tears in wood. For grinding I have a disc grinder, and for metal a small milling machine. Maybe you get wooden strips and cut them to length. Regards Jan, Max and Moritz

Hello, Nick this is purely a matter of nerves, just like the grandchildren... come. On one side, the parts are together, still has to fix it and some color is still missing. And of course, as always, there must be some rust and dirt. So really noodled shortly before scrapping. Regards Jan, Max and Moritz Greets to Bug :)

Hello, the little things find each other, doing that takes longer than building a car... Square nuts with plates... Primer and varnish. Some things didn't work out right away, that goes to my nerves..., but still it's still fun. Thank you Regards Jan, Max and Moritz