| You don't have to tell me, you would joyfully exchange | | | | seem as if it made out of red bricks, you just print out |
| five hours with a blow torch and vice grip instead of | | | | a sheet of red bricks and then paste it onto the building |
| one minute in front of your PC. It just feels phony to be | | | | to create the facade that you are looking for. If you |
| doing model training with a computer. Model training | | | | want the lettering on your train to reflect a particular |
| has been just fine without the laptops, thank you. But | | | | train you had in mind, you simply print the lettering in the |
| it's the computer age, and there's no reason why our | | | | style and size that you want and then decal it onto the |
| computers can't help us! | | | | train. The sizes and styles can be specified to match |
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| some of my premium finds: | | | | with signaling: |
| Laying Out and Plotting Model Train Software: | | | | One of the most intriguing developing stories in this field |
| Track mapping software is one of the hidden | | | | is the current effort to create a Java based computer |
| treasures of the information superhighway. These | | | | controlled signaling system. Such a system would allow |
| programs allow you to plan out your track in advance | | | | hobbyists to control their complex multi-train tracks and |
| so that you can figure out how best to use the spatial | | | | accessories from Windows or other common |
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| layouts offer a good starting point that with minor | | | | mystery out of signaling for those that have never |
| alterations can be made to fit the individual | | | | been able to fully grasp the more technical aspects of |
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| graphics of the layout design software even allow you | | | | control your entire model train layout right from the |
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| and its landscape: | | | | out for more innovations. Just like in the real world of |
| Customized detailing, weathering and decaling can all | | | | trains, computers will no doubt become an |
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