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  1. 22 minutes ago, bayoubill said:

    herd that somewhere buy can't remember wear

     

    Fyxed that for you. 

    You see your book is only Am.  I Am looking for the I Am book.    I Am a very fickle being and I Am not going to settle for just the Am model/version ?
    That was hard to type :D

  2. 13 minutes ago, Sander Verstraten said:

    You mean with the non-upgradable/ non-resellable Syntronik Max included? ?

    Hey I can add another one to my collection then ?  

    Sort of like how many Licenses of Cakewalk DimPro I have :D  

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  3. 29 minutes ago, Shane_B. said:

    I didn't know that. I just saw it for the first time this year. I haven't actually used it but was thinking of getting a piece of the transition. I wonder if there's some way you can coat it with a light oil or something. I tried to use a Magic Eraser on my old track but it didn't even put a dent in it. Ended up using 220 grit.

    I see Menard's has cheap boxcars. I've seen video's of people using tiny airbrushes to detail them. I was really in to this when I was a kid but man, there is no way I can get back in to it like I was then. My wife would never allow it, and rightfully so. It reminds me of Harley's in a way. Only the old rich guys can afford this stuff now.

    It cost me more money to fix the Menard's box-car coupler then the car cost. They are for the most part very cheaply made. 

    Now your 220 grit is a very bad idea.  Use a Scotch-brite green pad and plenty of elbow grease.  The problem with the paper is it will put some divots in the track and you will start to get arc-welding between the power pick up and metal wheels on the trains. This caused more pits in the train and the track as the train is running.  If you have any switches in working order those are what you want to do your best and clean up as they are expensive now. 

    The trains are expensive as most hobbies are now. My wife is into scrapbooking big time and the cost is not cheap.  Of course she has been doing it for years and slowly brought new punches etc....

     My brothers and I had an extensive collection when we were young and made big Christmas displays too. We would always got the comments must of cost you a fortune.  We mowed lawns and shoveled the snow for money.  We were lucky as neighbors wanted us to do side jobs for them for $.  People saw the layouts and thought we brought it all at one time.  Nope! Three of  spending over time.  I will say we learned a lot tinkering with the train hobby.

    Peace :)

  4. 9 hours ago, Shane_B. said:

    There is a Home Depot type chain here in the midwest called Menard's.  It's like Lowe's and HD combined, only on steroids. They have a pretty big train section of all things, at a lumber yard. They sell a generic O scale tube track that looks almost identical to the old Lionel stuff.

    Not even close!  Buy some and use it for a little while. The frickin plating rubs off and rust really easily.   Trust me on this one.  I know Menard's very well . Tonight they will take some more of my money. I need magnetic catches for cabinet and Menard's has them in stock and Home Depot which is half the distance is only online for little parts for the most part.

     

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  5. 2 hours ago, Shane_B. said:

    Honey I'm home!

    We never left but you decided to break your curfew and probably surf other DAW forums.  There will be consequences for your actions.  I'll let Bill decide as I'm such a push-over :)

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  6. Yep I was in jest.

    Watching  youtube videos how folks use the different DAW's is always interesting for me to watch.   I Am just a hobbyist for the most part.  I graduated college before the main DAW's even came to market.   I remember using Corel Draw and having to take a coffee break as the drawing was taking that long to render.  
    Just mention that as how doing things on the computer have changed.  A friend who is now retired Grahic Artist laughs that he never thought he would of been doing almost all of his art work on the computer and even submitting it most of it on-line for his clients to review and okay.

    Peace :D

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