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I found a great realistic way to keep them durned critters out of my trainshed. I have an old Uniden scanner with local R.R. and police frequncies running...
Uwe, I did not read the name right. It is Joris Ilegems. I did a search on google and came up with the website which was the same as the one you have, however...
Scott, what is a scanner? Is that like a police band radio? what's the sound - - voices and squeaks and squawks, or what? Robert ... From: scott To:...
Ultrasonic Rodent Repellers are usually 40khz or a little lower. Will keep the little horrors off your Z scale track though and if you use the high frequency...
Hello Dale, THX for the update. ... that's what I thought too, it seems to happen frequently. Just that ia was able to connect to the site lately. But not...
Interested in a lighthouse on your layout? When traveling this weekend, I saw a display of model lighthouses -- one of which which might fit your needs and...
Just sitting here thinking about some natural rock work I saw today with lots of grass and weeds growing on the vertical sides. Got me to wondering what some...
... Ted, you may never heard of it, but the Centre for Disease Control did: http://www.hantavirus.net/ The HPS is a sometime fatal condition that is spread...
Just wanted to let everyone who entered the Ztrack subscription drawing over at Ztrains to know that the drawing has been held, and that Barry Vreyens of...
I would like to know what you might recommend for skirting. Most fabric that looks decent is 45 inch. I cannot find much that comes in a 60 inch width and is...
... I just posted a lengthy response on the Z-Bend Track module group. Only a small number of folks on this list are into modules. See the response at: ...
... Melissa, thanks for replying. That's very strange - the one I had a glimpse of briefly contained a whole bunch of electronics under the small cover. I...
... Not wanting to make too much of an issue with somethign that is getting a bit OT; but most ultrasonic repellers will warble (instead of staying at only one...
And if the grass is "just" statically attached to the layout, wouldn't that be problematic if it became de-statized and then ended up being drawn up into the...
I saw something somewhere where the grass was placed on your hand or sheet of paper and a straw was used to LIGHTLY blow the grass onto the rock that had been...
Hello All!! One of my F7's will only run backwords but not forwards! Glen applied wipers to it and it ran great for a few months. Now prob's again. I took it...
The discussion of grass and a trip in the country yesterday made me think of row crops. I don't know if I've seen a Z layout with row crops. Has anyone...
For the chemists/scientists on the list: I have Nokorode(TM) zinc- chloride flux for soldering. The material data sheet claims that this is lead-free and...
I have one MT F7. I have extremely man handled it, taken it apart, dropped it several times, and it still works very well. Perhaps your F7 is somewhat...
... Sounds like you didn't get the gears back in the right place. They can NOT be off by ONE TOOTH. Your mechanism is binding going one way and not binding...
... apart, ... and ... you ... The funny thing about this loco is that it is a replacement from MT. If it was just one malfunctioning loco, I would not say...
No flux should contain lead that is usually in the solder unless using solder paste which has both flux and solder combined. Modern solders are often lead free...
... up ... Not a chemist, but about a year ago used Tix flux (liquid zinc chloride from Allied Mfg Corp) to solder track joiners. At the time contacted the...
Hi Jeremy, I've just had the Christmas set out again and examined it more closely and test run it again. Yes there is a PCB in it but the back plate is glued...
... Have sent a private email to recommend things to check. Mechanical is certainly a possibility, but it may be that motor brushes are worn short and the...
... up ... Hi All I used some samples of Superior SuperSafe 30 flux which I got about 30 years ago and confirmed that they still do produce this product. My...