Give us an example of a very useful thread on this forum in the last year or so?

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What threads posted on this forum in the last year or so, best exemplify what is good about this forum? The thread should be a model railroading topic. Please leave out polls and topics unrelated to model railroading!

Although I feel there were many great topics, I think Aggrojone’s topic entitled "You Asked For It’ Topic I.D. 26674 and about building pine trees for his model railroad, to be a great example of the best from this FORUM.

With the amount of topics generated here every day, it would be easy for really good topics to have slipped by, without our seeing it! So, let have at it!!

Be specific enough that we can all go to the topic your talking about! So this means, you need a link or descriptive enough title to run a search for it!

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I too, was going to say Aggrojones’ “You Asked For It” on Dec 21, 2004. Now I need to go back and search for another one.
Archie

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I think Don Gibson’s postl on the Walthers Budd problems/solutions.

“Checking out Budd Passenger cars”. October 2004 sometime

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I can’t remember who posted it, but someone posted a really cool article on how to detail an SP SD40T-2 or SD45T-2.

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Let’s try “Using Wallpaper For Backdrops” by RVANPARYS on 23Jan05. I might even try this out!
Archie

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well frankly i’ve found most of the posted topics to be good in a way especially the ones about dcc Being away from the hobby for awhile i need a brush up on a few thing. The polls i find interesting too it gives people an insight to the others here as likes and dislikes.

Dark

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Definitely this topic here

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Generally I like topics that are not scale specific. I almost always skip topics that have to do with a particular model. That said, here is my favorite: Joe Fugate’s forum clinic on layout design.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25535

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that was the post I made on building a SP/SSW SD40T-2.

thanks for the mention [:D]

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Biggie, You gotta be blowing smoke here!

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I especially liked NIghtCrawler’s “Tunnel Motor” project. Remarkable craftsmanship!

I’m going to use the photos as a guide for installing “See Thru Grills” on a pair of my Athearn U-Boats that I’m upgrading for DCC/Sound.

That thread should rate as an “all time” winner!

Thanks, Nightcrawler [:D]

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Do you have the thread?

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I enjoyed the “weathering one” that just came up about a week ago. Enjoyed that to see everyonedifferent methods.

John Kanicsar

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Anything to do with DCC before I decided to invest in it. Reading about how it works and peoples experiences with it really helped me decide that was the right way to go.

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I’ll go with Aggro’s thread on making pine trees out of furnace filter material. Especially since I have to populate the Tahoe National Forest for my Yuba River Sub. I’ve got all manner of foilage so far, but those big pines are DEFINITELY going to improve things once I start the high mountain scenery.
Tom

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here is the link to the tunnel motor thread:

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=18962

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There was a great thread started by AntonioFP45 about the interior colors of passenger cars that I found to be very helpful. Antonio is the absolute master at keeping threads alive and on the front pages of the forum.

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That Joe Fugate opertation clinic is cool. But since I’m not into prototype operations, I vote for the AggroJones pine tree thread.

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Guys, This wasn’t “A vote for your favorite” request/poll. It was; Give us the name of a topic and a way to get to that topic, which you felt was a helpful thread. I thought we could come up with a compilation of helpful ideas!

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DeSchane,

I’d love to list a specific thread that I found most useful. Unfortunately the topics that I found most useful were the ones concerning DCC and they are spread out all over the place. By reading them I’ve learned the pros and cons of several systems, the differences of the various “levels” of systems, how to determine number of boosters and learned that several shops (Tony’s and Loy’s come to mind) are top notch such that they will get my DCC business when I make the leap even if they don’t have the best price.