Join the discussion on the following article:
Modeler’s Spotlight Video – Inside Cody’s Office for February 2015
Nice job as always Cody. Can’t wait to get my hands on Jeff Wilson’s Model Railroader’s Guide to Grain.
My hands really get chapped too in those dry northern winters. I don’t miss the cold and snow of the upper Midwest, but when I do enjoy the freezing winter weather I like to use Cornhusker’s Lotion or other hand creams.
Cody, what is your source for those handy sanding sticks you so often use?
Cody I have a few diesel locomotives that need oiling or lubrication. I see pictures and diagrams of it being shown. Many columns talk about it, but I still don’t understand. This would be a nice modeling tip. Please help me Cody, your my only hope!
Nice sounds on the diesel.
Think if one is short on loose ties, just cutting the “D” off is a better way to go. You could also use “profile” ties if you don’t have plastic ones.
Cody, I have a friend who has a steam-era layout that has amazing detail (I did quite a bit of it!!) and is built for operation, but we have had trouble finding locomotives that are at a reasonable price, and smoke. So the two of us were experimenting with different ways to make the locomotives have real smoke, but we didn’t have much luck, So do you have any tips, tricks or maybe instructions or books?
Thanks again!! - Owen Toal (from Massachusetts!!) and Brian Poirier (also from Mass.!!)
PS- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel @SFFL and The Fenway Fanatics
178 episodes is alot! Has it really been over 14 years you have been doing this?
Great segment Cody, and it’s good to see Flexy back on the show. I agree with the other commenter about showing a locomotive greasing and lubricating show, that would be a helpful segment for new modelers.
Another fine romp through the office!
Is there some reason that you cut off two ties rather than just cut out the “D ties”?
Mr Flexi is da bomb!!
Cody, David does a great job as Flexi, its cool. Nice new HO products, do not think you fit in the Oh so BIG O scale cattle car, with see through sides. Nice photo your Dad took on page 89 of Grain operations book. Till next month, happy railroading.
I was wondering what happened to Mr. Flexi!!
A great shoe as usual Cody. I also am getting on the band wagon for a lube seminar.
Where do get your sanding sticks from. I haven’t seen any like that only small ones.
I am a really new newbie. Just starting. I have a simple track, one train. I can add a second track inside of it for another train. Does each power feeder track go to a stand-a-lone power control? If so, Then each track Must always go to a separate power control? 4 trains, 4 power boxes? I’m a little confused. Jim b
I use scrap ties from flex track, but retain the tie plate and spike detail. I use these at connections of adjacent flex track. I will cut the between tie web a few ties from the connection, slide the away from the connection, slide the joiners in place then, reposition the ties. This helps maintain the proper guage. I will also use some ties with the detail scraped off and place under the rail joiners. This has worked well. Nice to see David, er I mean Mr. Flexie back to work! Regards, Andy Chandler.
Where is the rules examier? 3 shorts before moving in reverse!
Thanks, Cody, for another great show. The CTT track planning tool is no longer available because the owner passed away and the company closed. However, you can occasionally find them on Ebay, where I found mine last year.
Cody, when you do the product reviews on new cars could you include the year the car was built. It would be helpful to those of us who model a specific era?
Just wondering if Mr. Flexi is Atlas N scale code 55. If he is I’d love to meet him!