Check out the recap of our monthly Track Talk Live with model railroad expert and long-time train enthusiast Doug Hodgdon. Doug answers your model railroad questions live on the air in this fun, interactive, and informative Q&A.
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1:00:51Track Talk Live: October 2016
October’s Track Talk Live with Steve Doyle and Doug Hodgdon continued to field model railroad questions from as far away as New Zealand, Australia and Ireland regarding intermodal modeling – an exciting niche in the “world’s greatest hobby.” There were also several questions on construction materials for mountains, waterfalls and roads, as well as building…
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1:00:26TRACK TALK LIVE: May 2017
The MRA team of Doug Hodgdon and Steve Doyle (“Clickety and Clack”) hosted the May Track Talk Live at Steve’s “CB&Q/Lines East” S-Scale layout. Viewers representing virtually all of the scales submitted live questions from across North America. Among them, the crew discussed troubleshooting faulty locomotives, DCC-running versus DC, inspiration for layout aspects, tree-making and…
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59:36Track Talk Live: July 2016
July’s Track Talk Live featured MRA’s Steve Doyle and Doug Hodgdon in a lively hour of questions and answers on many facets of model railroading, including layout building, roadbed and track-laying, intermodal operations, DCC installation and weathering. Viewers from as far away as Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland engaged in multi-scale discussions with the…
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1:01:31Track Talk Live: August 2016
August’s Track Talk Live with MRA’s Allen Keller, Doug “Clickety” Hodgdon and Steve “Clack” Doyle featured a wide range of topics including news from the recent NMRA Convention, advances in decoder technology and how to foster the growth of model railroading among young boys and girls. Participants from as far afield as Australia, Brazil, South…
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I’m working in o guage, mostly MTH engines with DCS, and I want to weather some of the old steam engines. I’m pretty good with an airbrush, but I don’t want to take these engines totally apart. That said; pastels seem like an easier route to take, i.e., less deconstruction and, maybe, less procedure time. However, I am concerned that pastels can clog mechanisms and interfere with the various electronics in the engines. Has anyone had any bad experiences with pastels? I may have asked a similar question in the past, but at this time I’m being more specific and I’m anxious to move along with these projects. Thank you in advance for any thoughts you may have on this subject.
I really enjoy your lively and informative Q and A.
Best regards, Lou
Can flex track be connected to Kato HO unitrack? If so which code 83 or 100? Also which brand? Atlas, Peco etc.
This is in regard to persons loco running at different speeds. could it be Cruise Control settings that are at fault?
Chat started could it be Cruise Control settings that are at fault?
DCC issue:This is in regard to person.s loco running at different speeds, could it be Cruise Control settings that are at fault?