This is absolutely the greatest! The bureau of Land Affairs (other family members) removed my inital layout site right in front of my eyes -...
Can't see the pic.! John
Hi, If you try Acetone, get the stuff from the hardware store. The kind you get at the pharmacy sometimes contain lanolin (sheep skin oil) to...
I was thinking, while sitting in traffic, on the way to work this morning! - We would have to petition the spouse everytime we bought something....
After ripping out a few sidings and part of the main, (sorry for not responding earlier, 'puter was dead) I've left things alone and let the brain...
I feel like a dork responding to my own message, but there's an update! I couldn't rip everything and start over! I went for one of those long,...
I've seen old equipment running on prototype 1:1 scale freights. A couple of years back, a B&M freight pulled through Andover, MA with a slew of...
Hank, I found that two metal stand-offs from some trashed electronic equipment seemed to weigh just about right. John
Alan, The antiques are going to the "rail museum". In my main city, Enfield, there are some yard tracks and I plan to take two or three of the...
Alan, Here's my roster. Atlas 1 RS3 - Boston & Maine 1 RS3 - Delaware & Hudson 1 Plymouth WDT 1 Geared Industrial Switcher Bachmann 1 Bachmann...
After the running trains, for about 3 weeks I hate parts of my layout so I'm starting over! It's funny, the plan looked great on paper, in my...
If I started over again, I would probably stick with N-scale. I am starting over again after 17 years away! John
Sven, I could add another one! Don't wire it all at once either. Powered up a very, very large N-Scale layout, and then there was a POP. I blew...
Model Railroader ran an article about making fields of grass like you see in the mid-west. They ran the article probably about 16 or 17 years ago...
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by randy shepler: I have some of those ConCor RDC's I plan on officially retiring them once I get...
Thanks to all for your input. A lesson has been learned - RFP (Read the Fine Print)! John [ 18 September 2001: Message edited by: JohnC ]</p>
Garth, Your layout is awsome! Those bridges are also nice. I saw them up at The Hobby Emporium in Tyngsboro. (T.J. Max Plaza). I may actually...
I've probably used a combination of the two methods... Since, I'm modeling eastern New England where I live, I had an idea of what I wanted...
I forgot to add... If you're using track and cork onto plywood or homosote (can you still get this stuff?), get a brad-pusher. My dad got his at...
I used liquid nails to hold the cork to foam. (See my post on the chemical reaction) On the one of the sections that held well, I wanted to move a...