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I am making a Parkside lead truck. What should I use to prep it for painting? What paint should I use?

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I have two kits that require low melt solder. One is etched brass and the other is white metal. The only low melt solder I can find here in the US is 347F/175C from Amazon. I note that DCC Concepts has two low melt, one is 145 and the other is 100. What is best to use? Can I use the same for each ty...

Who offers the best value and price for oo scale unpainted figures? I am in the US, but order from UK suppliers often.

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I assume you use fine ballast for 009 narrow gauge track?

As I have outlined before I am incorporating an 009 gauge section with my 00 gauge main area. Using the Bachmann Baldwin loco. on one stretch of track I am planning to use a girder bridge with the 009 portion, crossing over the 00 gauge track. What gauge bridge should I use? N gauge or 00 gauge? Hop...

I am installing a 30ft. section of 009 gauge track with a DC locomotive. Can I use some scraps of 14 gauge wire for part of the bus line, and then 18 gauge for the rest of the bus line? I would solder them together. Start with the 14 gauge from the transformer, then finish with the 18 gauge. I don't...

I plan to have a narrow gauge portion on my layout. What is the maximum incline for a Bachmann Baldwin towing 6 coal wagons?

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I like the look of the Smallbrook kits. Where do you get the appropriate chassis? I am a novice when it comes to building loco kits.

Among other items Dundas recommended Roco HO9 locomotives and rolling stock. Is anyone familiar with this brand, and any comments?

As part of my 00 gauge layout I plan to incorporate a narrow gauge 009 mine layout. What locomotive is recommended? I am open to a kit, but I am a novice in building a locomotive. I have been soldering a lot of wiring so can solder it together. Also what wagons are recommended? Thanks for your input...