If you look on the Model Railroad Hobbyist web site they have a color conversion chart to different brands and also a guide to spraying acrylics including the cheap craft acrylics. Pete

Hey Bill I am part of the R&RG group and I can vouch for those Minebea motors along with the Mabuchi SF-266SA. The Minebea are 15mm square and the Mabuchi is 18mm square. Both are very quiet and power

Yes , no caps with the 15mm Minebea. For the Mabuchi you are looking at, its an SH and not an SA so it’s possible that the ones you are looking at are made without the caps. The only way to know for s

Here is a link to the Mabuchi site with an explanation of the motor number codes. Unfortunately there is not an explanation for the H vs A in the suffix. Only to contact Mabuchi for details for each m

Joe Do you have any pictures of your setup. Your details are great but a few pictures would help make it a bit clearer, at least for me. 😉

If you wind up deciding you want a resistance unit, I actually have two, get at least a 200 watt unit. It will heat joints much more quickly and it will be much more versatile. PBL and American Beauty

Thanks for the great detailed information Joe, and since I have the general drill I plan to make one like you have outlined. Pete

Lacquer thinner works well and you can control the the drying time by getting fast drying or medium drying thinner. I have been using xylol for the past 50 years. If you are interested here is a post

Ric, ok I guess one of the chemists are wrong then, I am not a chemist and only passed on the information I was given. Pete

I do miss Floquil though especially for painting wooden buildings but I am trying to use the safer paints. I will typically spray on a lite coat of a solvent based primer and that greatl reduces the c

Yes sadly he passed away about a year and half ago, he was a great guy and was the “go to” guy for MANY people and his passing is a huge blow to us. Pete

Sorry, just to be clear I am referring to Eldon Shirey “the motorman” 🙁

Alan, there is a group called Modeling with the Cricut Explorer that seems to be geared towards the model railroader. Below is the link. I believe this is the one Mike was referring to. https://www.fa