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I found a neat trick for making your cerealboard not warp when you paint, glue etc. Go out and get a box of long square barbeque matches. Usually comes in boxes of 50 or more. Cut down to inside wall size, they make excellent framing for the inside to make sure the walls stay straight and also...

Well update one....I managed to salvage as much track, rolling stock, locomotives as I could after our move. Seems that I have more then I thought. Got my board all ready and went down to the local hobby store to purchase 10 pieces of HO cork. I chose HO cork because I am modelling an area that...

I'm in the process of building a new layout and after finally locating my rolling stock and locomotives I had packed away due to a move, I realized that I lost three pieces of rolling stock...which is nothing really...But I also lost an entire LL GP38 shell and a Atlas GP9 shell that got smashed...

These are the EMD units in the SD40 class that I know of: EMD SD40 EMD SD40A EMD SD40X EMD SDP40 EMD SD40T-2 EMD SD40-2 EMD SD40M-2 (Units rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen) EMD SD40-2W EMD SD402-SS As for the SD40M...I know that M stands for modified, although I am not sure what...

Hi all, some of the names I remember, but most are all new to me. It's been about two years now since I last modeled N scale or even had anything to do with trains and now that I am planning a new layout, I decided to post a thread of my progress. It's only an 18" x 39" industrial switch layout...

I had a change in my plan from point to point to continous run and decided to span the gap with 2 single track through truss bridges. Using the Robin technique....see Robin you have taught me alot....I built both spans out of congrugated(?) cardboard. I must admit seeing the final pictures, this...

Here's the first pic with my digital camera...sorry about the quality but I'm still getting used to it

Now that all the track is layed down, I am building the first of many structures for my Iron Ridge Railroad. It's a grain terminal based on no specific prototype....and I have found a few tricks and tips to pass along while building this. The main building is built ala Robin (made of cardboard...

Almost there with my whole concept of easy background trucks...like I said due to the scaling and building of those on site trucks, I find it much easier to make my own templates. Here's the second attempt, almost got the whole truck down....still just a rough draft but the finished product will...

I have a bit of a point to make with these scaled down models off the net, the hardest part I have found is the tabs for folding...it's sometimes hard to determine what is a tab and what is the truck itself. Maybe it's just me. Anyone else have this problem? That is partly the reason I drew my...

RockIslandMike, as you probably have already guessed the trailer is just a simple rectangular box with the ends glued to it. As for being optimistic about the truck itself, I can understand as I too am optimistic about how it will turn out. I've laid out the template so that the middle section...

Although mainly due to the fact that shortage of funds prevents me from buying all the trucks and trailers to fill my intermodal yard, I came up with an idea that not only will benefit my own layout, but layouts all over the place. I have checked the net and no company makes N scale trucks or...

Although mainly due to the fact that shortage of funds prevents me from buying all the trucks and trailers to fill my intermodal yard, I came up with an idea that not only will benefit my own layout, but layouts all over the place. I have checked the net and no company makes N scale trucks or...

I ran into a dilemna of filling my container ship with containers. I only have a black ink cartridge in my printer so I printed out some templates I have done in MS Paint and coloured them in with pencil crayons.....from the photo below it's an easy and simple way to fill up the background of...

I am building a new container ship, unfortunatly I can't get any good pictures with the computer I am on...I do have one pic I took with my scanner...the entire ship measures 3 feet long, 4" wide and includes room for 168 containers. The entire superstructure is made of cardstock, as will be...