No New Year's show at Craneway Pavilion this year :( But almost everyone was able to make it the Great Train Show at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds...
California IS earthquake country. :whistle:
Thanks for the kind words. It's one of my fav layouts too :) Really gotta clean up around that area in the garage so I can run trains. Also want...
Looks like fun & sorry I missed it. Looks like Devil Mt. was battered by the storm as well: the wooden awning is missing again, as well as the...
Phil (hobbes1310) is in Australia, started in N, switched to HO & modeled the UP Caliente Sub for awhile. Not sure if he was on here but his HO...
Thanks for the kind words, all. Rick: Originally wasn't going to make it, but daughter just got accepted to soccer Olympic Development Program...
Spray-bombed most of the track a few nights ago. Had to keep the garage door open for ventilation, but was below freezing that night, so had to...
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. For five years I freelanced at home, which allowed a lot of modeling time: very easy to pop out to the...
Yup: not much more frustrating than trains sputtering / derailing over crappy track. Especially crappy track that you built yourself :) After the...
Should be ok, as long as I hop to it & they don't croak. [IMG] No: usually I use 0.009" Dedeco separating discs but they might be too wide for...
Gorilla Glued GapMasters at the boundaries: [IMG] Two ties on each side is probably enough, so I can cut them in half. Put down some cardstock...
While I still love Free-moN, I've given away all my modules except Shoofly, meaning my only "home layout" is my 1'x6' Alameda Belt-in-a-Box shelf...
Your iconic "conifer canyon" module (4 sections) is a great scene for trains of all eras to chug down: [IMG] Thank goodness for kids to help...
Thanks! Byron Henderson always deserves credit for the inspirational design that we adapted, and my (then 9-yr-old) daughter Uki did so much of...
Build it, and they will come! I got hooked when I first saw Steve Williams' Lockhart, TX module in Feb 2011 BEFORE this amazing scenicking: [IMG]...
Wow: over a year since my last post on this thread! And from the same show, too. (They're starting to mush together in memory) Silicon Valley...
Took the "finished" Alameda Belt-in-a-Box to the Great Train Show at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA this past weekend, and set it up on a table...
PROTIP: Don't keep the iron long on the brass wire while soldering to PC board throwbar--it melts the slide switch toggle on the other side of the...
Yeah: I originally used Elmers or 3M spray adhesive. Fine for short term, or for wide areas of paper (doesn't bead up). I just should have used...
Apparently spray tacky doesn't hold up over 4 years: [IMG] So I re-glued that. Back to the slide switches! Here's a size comparison between the...
