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Before you purchase a parakeet and bring your pet bird home, you ought to have a birdcage already set up for yor parakeet. As this will be where the bird spends nearly all of the time, it is very important that you find the correct cage. The post will offer a couple of suggestions on purchasing the right cage for your beloved bird.

Shape

An essential thing when buying parakeet bird cages – it is the form. You can get many forms in the stores you can choose from. It is actually better to select a rectangular design. You should not purchase your beloved bird a rounded cage because he will not feel protected. Your beloved bird requires a wall to getaway to any time the bird is spooked.

Materials

You will also need to choose what sort of material you want the cage for your bird to be crafted from. The most suitable options are iron and stainless steel. Certain bird cages may be made out of brass, lead, zinc, or galvanized steel. You shouldn’t purchase your parakeet a cage made out of one of these materials. Birds like to chew, and the deadly metals may easily harm your bird.

Sizing

Probably one of the most vital thing when buying parakeet cages is the size. You should never purchase your pet bird a cage which is very little for it. Leastwise, there must be space to enable him to stretch his wings fully without touching the side of its cage. You should really try to purchase the biggest sized bird cage you can manage to pay for.

Cage Bar Spacing

It’s important you pay attention to the bars of the cage you are thinking about to buy. The bars should be at most 1/2-inch. You don’t want your parakeet to try to stick his head through the bars spacing and stuck.

These are couple of advice for selecting parakeet cages. If perhaps it is your 1st time caring for these birds, there are lots of factors you will need to discover parakeet birds. Simply click the link to find more about this bird spiece.

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Took me about 2 months to complete. Designed it with the help of my 13 year old son. Just start it and it will go up and down the mountain continuously. Christmas is coming, better start planning your platform soon!!!

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Lackawanna Railroad model layout in 32 scale includes stunningly real images of the Lackawanna terminal at Hoboken New Jersey, Cranberry Lake New Jersey, Truesdale Mine , Netcong Station and much much more.

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NEW! See more of my layout at: *http://youtube.com/profile?user=ilovemthtrains

* * * COMMENT & RATE IF YOU WISH !!!* * *

OK, I`m about to “break protocol” here, and blow the “complex science” of model railroading into the fun, simple, easy to understand way in which it really is!

FIRST: I would like to say I recommend you NOT buy MTH Trains, their equipment is good, BUT their service is terrible!

STAY WITH LIONEL !!

Lets look at what a little fish gravel and a pile of old curbside ceiling tile…( Which later would become scenery)… some plaster, coupled with a little imagination will do. …* Heres a clip of Tom and Scott`s layout… These are “O” Scale trains, … Anyway, it took 40+ years to amass all this “stuff”, for this 30 x 45` layout… Tom loves to lash up 4 or 5 engines and will pull trains way in excess of 100 scale cars long (thats 17+ inches of coupler slack, and trains in excess of 170-200 feet long!)

*Note he made the walls round (no corners) to conform to its outer 0192 degree radius. In this video, at the beginning, You`ll see Tom when he was just 6, getting his 1st Train set, Then later you`ll see how far he took it ( As it took 53 4×8 sheets of plywood to construct this layout!) … and the time to build ?: 8 months… (just him).

NOT years like most others say! You know…”ah God, ah god” in a “babbling rant”…….

*We built this so ANY Train can go up or down any level and run on another track, or ski`diddle into the yard,… again, from ANY track… there are 9 trains running at once most of the time. Not seen are many tunnels and places where more trains go. Smoke from the Trains comes from a liquid, which is inserted into each engine by means of a small funnel.

*No annoying “TCA” or “Club” had anything to do with this, We model no particular railroad either… So if CSX and the NS, (or whatever) are “at war”… and this is`nt “prototypical” , We don`t care!. IF its big and can pull… “we get it”!!

*We model “FUN”!

Once I was great supporter of MTH, But.. Put simply, “They don`t give`a dam”!! They treat you like crap and opinion`s are many…. MINE however, is that you support someone else! Someone who cares about their customer`s!!

Now, a word about club`s / group`s…

*please don`t miss understand me, “clubs” have a place in our hobby… But more often then not , members turn “anal” and bitter when they try`in coexist… “WHY”?? The question then begs… “why can`t it be we just all enjoy Trains” ? These putz`s ruin things more often then not, and we steer clear of them.

Were also proud to say that this layout was featured in “Classic Toy Trains” Magazine, “our`s is about fun” NOT “schedules too keep, or some “ridiculous way bill” they`ll tell ya you need BEFORE a Train can move” …
*Tom`s an auto tech, who say`s to his customer`s: “Bring me the trains, no bill spanking pains” or… (keep your money & just find your old trains in lieu of payment)

*NO PLANS WERE USED TO DO ANY OF THIS… I HATE PLANS!! “We Just Have fun with the thing and let it go”
So their you are… No Rocket science where you must spend thousands of dollars on “REAL” crushed ballast, or the like, + expensive scenery, trees etc… “that’s a lot of crapola!!

*See many others here on You Tube whom are far better than us, AND THEIR ARE!
*BUT generate interest in the hobby*!! & NEVER say : “Man I could never do that”!
BUNK! * YES YOU CAN! *

****YOUR COMMENTS are welcome and thanks for same.

This video was a courtesy for me, done by my son’s good friend Steve McKinney of Wojo Multimedia. Thanks a million!

**UPDATE** Click on user`s name too see !! *I no longer support mth AND STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU DO THE SAME!

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Steaming the Märklin 16051 model steam engine – Part 2

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