Getting some headway on 2 grain elevators. One pictured in Okarche Oklahoma and one at Hennessee Ok. Hope to get the bins painted this weekend and...
Time to drink the Kool-aid. Cheers![ATTACH]
While away from home terminal, a friend drove me to Kansas Union Station to shoot the ATSF Bicentennial unit that Class One Model Works had...
Try to get this project off of my work bench. Project ADHD keeps pushing this off and it needs done and gone! Doing a set of flatbeds loaded with...
Well Vince, that's called getting railroaded! It is what "they" do. And they do it well. Did you ever hear of any other industry being used as...
Cleaning! Holy cow! Every aspect of this project is in a state of disarray. The layout, the work bench, the paint booth area, and even the...
A very cold morning in Chicago. I caught the New York Central heritage unit on a BNSF west bound. Notice the ice sickles on the walkway. [ATTACH]
We shall see what the judge rules soon enough. I'm pretty pessimistic given the venue.
Been totally consumed with "Life" stuff and haven't posted in quite a spell. I'm about 75% done with benchwork on a HO scale layout of the Rock...
This is a sign of the times. The stacks of containers waiting for trucks to haul off the massive stock of inbound freight at Logistics Park...
Des Plaines Hobbies in Chicago is pretty much the hottest spot in the USA for supplies. The original owner has passed away and was dedicated to S...
Tom the layout is slow going. About 80% benchwork done and 20% track laid. Like any project there are changes that come along with building. I...
Tried my hand a painting some trucks into a 70s style. 3 are Athearn kits I added details to and one is a strait from the box Herpa. [ATTACH]
Great Photos Tom. Apparently you are not the only one full of hot air. I did a few Helium cars too. Modernized two and left one original....
Rock Island bridge relic in Washington, IA. [ATTACH]
Clean up. A well needed clean up. Projects in motion create a real mess we seem to look past while moving forward. Project ADD also sets in and...
SMR, Here is a fun pic of the abandoned Lick Creek bridge on the Rock Island KD Branch at Kilbourn, Iowa I took last week. Almost a match for...
Where did they find a U25b? I got a behind the scenes tour of the Illinois Railway Museum many years ago and they were working on a MILW u25b...
While the better half spent an hour in Hobby Lobby, I spent the time pacing the 4 or 5 isles HL has for stuff we can use on a layout. Not the...
After the food orgy coma I was able to get a few things done. One of the many projects I made headway on was one of the elevators in Enid...