Wishing you a very healthy, happy and prosperous 2011. Stay safe and enjoy your favorite pastimes, friends and family to the max. Greetings from Gatineau ...
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cliff Travis
allcamera
Jan 1, 2011 10:15 pm
And the SAME TO YOU!!!! Nice to know that you arestill around Cliff Clifford K Travis 5 Harvard Lane Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706 cliff@... _____ ...
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spangle543
Jan 2, 2011 3:14 pm
Thanks, Jeffery! Happy New Year to you and your family and the VECRR members. May this be a great year for us all. Eileen in Santa Barbara...
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jmac_han
Jan 8, 2011 10:03 pm
Hello fellow Valeasians, I just discovered that Tom Browning has earned the title of Master Model Railroader. Tom has been working in Z in the Lone Star...
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David George
dlgeorgesr
Jan 14, 2011 3:06 am
Not only is Tom a wonderful modeler,,and very deserved of the MMR award,,he is a great photographer and knows how to help out new guys in the hobby. He was...
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jmac_han
Jan 19, 2011 2:46 am
Greetings fellow Valeasians, It has been a while since I did any work of any consequence on a model railroading project. I guess you might say that I have been...
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Thomas Creighton Sr
bigtrain6...
Jan 19, 2011 10:10 pm
Hi: Do you happen to have a copy of the track plan for your wifes layout as I just purchased a 29" x 29" kids railroad table that I think would be ideal to ...
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jmac_han
Jan 19, 2011 10:13 pm
Hello Tom, I have added the track plan to the KvSB article. Follow the link below and scroll to the end of the article. You can enlarge the images for more...
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jmac_han
Jan 21, 2011 1:00 am
Greetings fellow Valeasians, As I mentioned in my previous post, I am surprised at how fast I have made progress on section two of the layout. Come to think...
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jmac_han
Jan 23, 2011 3:07 pm
Hello fellow Valeasians, Last night and then again this morning, I took a razor saw to a flea market-bought Heljan thatched-roof styrene tavern structure. With...
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jmac_han
Jan 31, 2011 4:08 am
Greetings fellow Valeasians, About 30 minutes ago I ran the first train completely around the complete outside loop of the combined St-Bartholomey Abbey and...
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jmac_han
Feb 5, 2011 7:18 pm
Happy February, Fellow Valeasians, I hope that the February blues haven not struck. I have to admit that I am pining for a sunny destination getaway. I had a...
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jmac_han
Feb 12, 2011 2:30 am
Greetings, fellow Valeasians, When I renovated my home last year I converted a guest bedroom into a home office with a very large and very dignified 1910-era...
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jmac_han
Feb 13, 2011 3:59 am
Razor saw magic Greetings fellow Valeasians, I didn't spend much time on the layout today but I did manage to reacquaint myself with my razor saws and miter...
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jmac_han
Feb 19, 2011 6:03 pm
Good morning, fellow Valeasians, It's been a quiet week on the workbench although I did make some progress. I finished patching together my N scale footbridge...
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jmac_han
Feb 20, 2011 11:45 pm
Greetings fellow Valeasians, I am very pleased with two small scratchbuilding projects I completed on the weekend. I have a small engine service area that...
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jmac_han
Feb 28, 2011 12:53 am
Good evening fellow Valeasians, I spent most of the last week traveling on business but I did find a little time this evening (after doing my income taxes!) to...
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jmac_han
Mar 3, 2011 11:05 pm
Hello fellow Valeasians, I have finished magnetizing my wall sections as well as two industrial buildings in Neuburg. I also placed two self adhesive 10" x...
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jmac_han
Mar 7, 2011 4:17 am
Took the leap into DCC! Good evening fellow Valeasians, March 6, 2011 marks a turning point in my model railroading experience...I successfully installed and...
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jmac_han
Mar 9, 2011 2:36 am
Good evening fellow Valeasians, I was so engrossed in my new DCC adventure that last night I stayed up until 1 AM tearing out the original power supply and...
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Don Avila
zbarr474
Mar 9, 2011 10:14 pm
*Hi Jeffrey: When you get to putting in DCC in some of the steam engines, look into putting the DCC package into the tender and if you go with something like a...
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jmac_han
Mar 10, 2011 3:36 am
Greetings fellow Valeasians, Just a quick note to report that I found a way to add a decoder to a Roco 0-6-0 tank locomotive. I also burnt out my first...
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zeeglen
Mar 10, 2011 11:33 am
Hello Jeffrey, Have been following (lurking) your exploits and nice to see you are again having fun. Some questions, did your Peco Electrofrog turnouts come...
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jmac_han
Mar 10, 2011 5:41 pm
Hi Glen, Nice to hear from you. Yes you are the father of the wheelwipers that I have used to improve my Roco 0-6-0. And yes I am familiar with...
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jmac_han
Mar 10, 2011 9:01 pm
Hi Don, Just to be perfectly clear, I am working on small HOe scale locomotives that draw up to .25 amps. The motors are 5-pole in the Roco 0-6-0s and 3-pole...
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jmac_han
Mar 11, 2011 2:36 am
Good evening faithful Valeasians, My batting average with decoder survival so far is .600 or 60% or 3 successful installations versus 2 burnout decoders. I was...
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jmac_han
Mar 12, 2011 2:23 pm
Good morning sleepy Valeasians, I spent a couple of hours last night having fun with various housekeeping projects on the layout. First thing was to fire up...
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jmac_han
Mar 15, 2011 12:42 am
Good evening fellow Valeasians, For the past couple of evenings I have been installing Brawa pin socket street and industrial lamps. I bought 3 of the tall...
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jmac_han
Mar 19, 2011 2:04 am
Good evening fellow Valeasians, I haven't been writing for the last few days since I have been installing my remaining Brawa lights on the layout. It is very...
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jmac_han
Mar 20, 2011 1:12 pm
Good morning, fellow Valeasians, Last night's modeling tasks touched on a variety of projects. Project A: Installing a Busch 5931 electronic welding flasher...
