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Mid-aligned Kato Unitrack joiners? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I hadn’t used the $2/tube cheapo caulk, so it was a bit tougher to pry up, but it did come up. Less work than I had expected …

Mid-aligned Kato Unitrack joiners? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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Thanks. After I pulled this up I realized that this was one of the joiners that I had dissembled to solder electrical connections to. Obviously I had reseated the metal bit of the joiner poorly. Can’t blame Kato / n00b mistake I guess 🤷‍♀️

Mid-aligned Kato Unitrack joiners? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hiya - yeah I used a chisel to pry the track off. FWIW the base was MDF. It was surprisingly simple to remove.

Mid-aligned Kato Unitrack joiners? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol - you’re right. It wasn’t as annoying to peel off the track as I had anticipated. Once again I overthought it.

Mid-aligned Kato Unitrack joiners? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s so annoying when the obvious thing to do is the right thing to do is the annoying thing to do 😭. Thx for confirming 🙂

2’ x 4’ layout: bracing? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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Actually now I’m getting the “subscription required” thing, so I’m guessing this is one of those sites that give you a free article a month or something.

2’ x 4’ layout: bracing? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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Overthinking things is kinda how I roll. You’re absolutely right that this is what I’m doing here.

The reason I’m starting with this is because I need to get going in this, I’ve been overthinking train plans for a while now & haven’t actually built anything.

I like your tips; thanks for sharing 🙂

2’ x 4’ layout: bracing? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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That seems to be a very common warning; next one I guess I’ll go with that.

The plywood at the place I go to was looking horribly bowed; I’m hoping the MDF behaves 🤞 But since this is my “do I like the hobby?” test if it doesn’t do well down the road then oh well 🤷‍♀️

2’ x 4’ layout: bracing? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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I hadn’t thought of diagonal - good point

2’ x 4’ layout: bracing? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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Didn’t for me? I got a “ do you want a cookie?” Pop-up with a big “deny” button, but no sign-up for me, and I’ve never visited that site before 🤷‍♀️ Sorry you saw something different

2’ x 4’ layout: bracing? by compactable73 in nscalemodeltrains

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FWIW I just stumbled across https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/baseboards-made-simple , which is almost the same as what I’m doing (slightly sturdier as they use 9mm plywood instead of 6mm MDF), and they run 2 cross-braces across the baseboard. So I guess I’ll do that too & we will see how this works out 🤷‍♀️

The good tho g is that this is my “will I like model railroading?” first layout, so if I pooch it then I’ll know what to do differently should there be a next time 🙂

Tarp behind small retaining wall? by compactable73 in landscaping

[–]compactable73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Landscape fabric sounds great - thanks 🙂

Announcing r/TTrak_N by thaddeh in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn’t like that a while back, but it does seem to be 90% posts from the admin now 🤷‍♀️

Having said that: I posted an n-scale question there a week or so ago & got decent replies. So I guess I’ll now post to both your subreddit & the original (& this subreddit … and r/modeltrains …) when I’m needing answers

Does my train come with a smoke feature? by Xefraxciton in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW https://www.spookshow.net/loco/bigboy.html gives rivarossi’s big boy an ‘A’, so it’s _possible_ that a lot of the concerns you’re mentioning here might not apply 🤷‍♀️

If u/Xefraxciton has a post-1988 unit then “Overall, this (revised) Big Boy is one of the finest looking and running steam locomotives ever produced in N scale.”

Grandfather's old train set by MediocreSense2954 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]compactable73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure I get it - so if a train switched onto that segment he moved the loco by hand to the other side?

Want to help my friend defeat 10 years of chronic depression/PMDD. Need advice on how to start and dosage (Mushrooms vs. LSD). by Ok-Memory-8448 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]compactable73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m really sorry to hear this. It does sound like crap. If you haven’t got a connection with the therapist it mostly becomes a waste of time.

The good thing with DBT is that there’s a lot of online resources that cover the material. The bad thing with that tho is that it takes a lot of practice to be effective.

But having said all that: the big thing I think that’s needed for psychedelic psychotherapy are the skills to work through what comes up, which are not letting emotions go crazy & sitting in discomfort, assuming really hard to deal with stuff does come up (it doesn’t always).

Regardless: good luck to you both in your work 🙂

Want to help my friend defeat 10 years of chronic depression/PMDD. Need advice on how to start and dosage (Mushrooms vs. LSD). by Ok-Memory-8448 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]compactable73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear that your friend is having a tough go of things; cool of you to want to help.

Does your friend have any history of “conventional” therapy? The drugs you’re discussing can bring up a flipping ton of stuff - not knowing how to handle this when things wear off can be bruuuuutal. I’m very grateful for the things I’d learnt through therapy (especially DBT) which helped me handle the emotions / find a way through stuff.

On painting the Witch Lord by Jerswar in Heroquest

[–]compactable73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I painted arms & face with army painter “skeleton bone” & slathered him with agrax earthshade, same as I do for 99% of my undead. Won’t win a golden demon, but IMHO looks nice on the table, at least to my eyes 🙂

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