Moved into a small 1889 house and now have a limited area to have a layout. In my office (Shared with the wife) I have one wall which also doubles...
My name is Neil and hopelessly addicted to model trains. My old drafting studio has been converted to a world in 1/4” scale using On30 Bachmann...
I've posted some new videos of the layout on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4CSsv_ZWGNNu6PuL0KeU6w I've recently purchase...
Local working at Phoenix
One of the new things at the Pacific Model Loggers' Congress this year was a weathering clinic in which Jeff Johnston offered to teach someone...
Another view of the modified rail truck. THe box on the back is from a Sidetrack Laser kit.
PNW On30 Modular Group Modified Bachmann railtruck by me.
It took a bunch of staining over days, but I have taken the dark black of the india ink stain and given it a deep reddish brown. Things don't dry...
The painting is done and the assembly has begun. I have removed the stock lettering from the railtruck and hit the thing with Dull-Cote. The roof...
This is what the kit will look like.
Hitting all the pieces with an india ink/alcohol wash. Something tells me that this technique, new to me, calls for a more diluted mixture. I am...
One of Alan Murray's modules within the PNW-On30 group of which I am part.
The log loading site. Eventually, I believe Jerry intends to have this rigged up for a heel-boom loader. You can see the boom at the top of my...
Three weeks ago, this was a swap meet fresh beat-up Rivarossi turntable meant for HO. As of Friday, it was an end module, built by members Mike...
A view from the hill above the town.
The Marmot passes a mountain camp. Those guys are always sitting around the fire swapping lies.