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johnreid · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:16 am Post subject:

LOL my Mamods just keep going faster, I have seen some fit them with a regulator and RC but thats too expensive for this boy.
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IndianaRog · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:19 am Post subject:

Rob, that was quite enjoyable to watch a table rise from the rocks to the point where a train was barreling down the tracks. Very cool indeed!

BTW...where is Page relative to Goodyear (west side of Phoenix)?My son moved there 18 months ago from relatively wet Indiana and he still can't get used to the dry heat!

Rog
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AzRob · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:36 am Post subject:

Page is about 4 hours north of Phoenix...we're about 20 minutes from Utah.

We're right by Lake Powell.
If you're ever out in Arizona, let me know!
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AzRob · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:42 am Post subject:

Test two video:

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Les · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:21 am Post subject:

It seems like you have it all sorted.

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johnreid · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:32 am Post subject:

That and no mention of derailments in the credits

It may look simple, but that is going to be so much fun,
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AzRob · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:15 am Post subject:

Got the plastic put on this evening. Tomorrow I'll shovel some sand up on the table. I can then start ballasting. Just need to find a decent ballast stone...
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Wilesco Traktor
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Red Rocks Railroad
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Accucraft Ruby

IndianaRog · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject:

AzRob · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject:

Lots of good boating for sure (2nd largest man-made lake in the USA), but kind of a far haul from anywhere else too. Makes living up here interesting at times. Can't just run out to the local Home Depot/Target/etc. We've got a WalMart, Safeway, and a TruValue. Beautiful area though.
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Mamod TE1A "Kayenta"
Wilesco Traktor
Wilesco "Old Smokey" roller
Red Rocks Railroad
Mamod SL "Los Dos"
Accucraft Ruby

johnreid · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject:

Nobody in the continental 48 is more than 150 miles from a Wal Mart, kinda scary isnt it?
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AzRob · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

Los Dos now has a front link-and-pin coupler. Need to make an appropriate rear beam on the tender and install the other coupler there. I'm also building an Ozark gravel car which finally came in the mail yesterday. If I can get to the lumber yard I'll finish up the track/table and get back to running - this time, with trains as opposed to just locos!
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Mamod TE1A "Kayenta"
Wilesco Traktor
Wilesco "Old Smokey" roller
Red Rocks Railroad
Mamod SL "Los Dos"
Accucraft Ruby

johnreid · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:53 am Post subject:

Remember the put some sort of support every four feet or so as 2 X 4s sag in time.
Curious to see what you are doing for couplers, I have been tempted to change over to the IP multi height couplers.
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AzRob · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:32 am Post subject:

Yeah, definitely going to be adding more support along the edges and at the center as well.
Couplers...not sure how it is all going to work out yet, but for now I'm installing Ozark Miniatures link and pins. We'll see how they all turn out. The Ruby will keep its stock rear coupler, but the front one will probably be ditched when I put on a new pilot.
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Mamod TE1A "Kayenta"
Wilesco Traktor
Wilesco "Old Smokey" roller
Red Rocks Railroad
Mamod SL "Los Dos"
Accucraft Ruby

Keith S · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject:

Rob, I refuse to watch any more of your videos until you put a chimney on that mamod locomotive.
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bessytractor · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject:

its gonna look really nice when you've got some suitably american cars behind it. (yes I realise we don't call them cars in the UK, but I have an American model railway so I can get away with it!

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