Bill, Chasing truck springs (or any kind of spring for that matter) is
a pain! Can't help you there except remember to use a thread strung
through the spring to retreive when they go flying. I generally use a
tweezer that you have to hold down--it's very tiny so gripping a coupler
spring isn't a problem. I have not tried Kadee's spring holder but it
might be worth a try.
Cleaning the cars and engines is something I've done a lot of. I have
two solutions and both work quite well. First, I use a small room sized
air cleaner. I get a soft brush, almost like a makeup brush, and dust
the cars near the air cleaner and all the dust will get sucked into the
filter. I will get a switcher with a few cars and pull them by the
unit--not unlike taking a passenger train through the car wash!
Second, go to MicroMark and purchase a mini vacuum cleaner attachment
set--about $10. I have a small hand vacuum cleaner called a Red Devil,
that's just barely powerful enough to lift dust--in other words it will
not suck off ladders and other detail items. I do the same thing, pull
the cars in small groups near the vacuum. The miniature attachments wll
work for all kinds of uses. I use the same attachments in a Shop Vac
(more powerful) to lift off excess ballast etc. I generally prefer the
air cleaner method as the sound of a vacuum running for a couple of
hours isn't much fun--the air cleaner is not quite so loud.
The problem I'm come up against is the dust on the scenery. Some of it
might be good to dull down the overly bright colors that we sometimes
use. However, combine the dust with the fading of colors and we'll
eventually have a overly gray scene. I have heard about using some
spray cleaners but haven't tried anything yet. Some of my scenery is
approaching 20 years old.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
Bill Fraley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was removing the AF wheel sets on my SHS 55 ton USRA Two Bay Hopper
> when two of the springs fell out. "My, how careless of me."
> Now I've been around a long time, but I'm telling you now, they don't
> go back in very easily. Fact is, I gave up!
>
> Anyone know a better way to get those little buggers back in?
> Sure would appreciate your help!
>
> My moderately sized layout needs a dusting and cleaning. Medically
> known as a D&C! 8>)
> The rolling stock also needs spruced up too!
>
> Any suggestions!
> What do you do?
>
> Bill
>
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>
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