another method(less obvious) take a red pointed
cocktail pik, cut about 1/2 inch long(saving the
pointed ends/2) and paint the blunt end bright redor
orange/red to simulate flame and stick into ballast
behind stoped train. i know it's oversize but looks
better than a big red push pin that's a scale 8 feet
tall. cy
--- Marshall Thayer <zephyr9903@e...> wrote:
> Use RED push pins for a flag and they work good
> sjh
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>
> One other thing, a lighted fusee would protect
> your
> hind end. That covered a mulitude of sins, but it
> hard
> to model.
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>
> This conversation has given me a rather cute idea
> that I might incorporate into my next layout, since
> it's to be a switching pike with virtually all
> visible trackage in yard limits -
>
> How about drilling tiny sockets into the roadbed at
> the appropriate points - there really aren't that
> many of them on the average track plan - and wire
> them up to a couple of D-cell batteries in parallel.
> Then, when you need a "fusee", stick the legs of a
> red LED into the sockets!
>
> If you pick the tiniest ones you can find at
> reasonable price, and sand the "buttons" to keep the
> light from beaming in one direction, it should look
> rather nice!
>
> Marshall Thayer - who can solve problems people
> don't even know they have <LOL>!
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