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After a 6 month absence I'm ready to get back in the N scale game. My 2' by 4' Ohio Western was damaged in flood this summer but after seeing this year's Great Model Railroads, I had inspiration. I'm going use a variation of the track plan for the 4by8 modular layout in N scale. I'm building a...

Well, I was working today at my church and noticed 2 things: 1. We are replacing some of the hollow-core doors and so we will have to get rid of the old ones. 2. We have left over pink foam board from remodeling the bathroom. So what is the first thing that comes to my mind? Benchwork for an...

Well friends I have decided to redo my small N scale layout because i'm not satisfied with it. But there's one small problem. When i tried to lay down my roadbed around the curves pn my layout it didn't turn out so well. Any suggestions on laying down nice smoothly curving roadbed? thanks -Jason-

It's been awhile since i have posted but i just wanted to tell everyone that soon I will post some pics of my 90% finished first layout. i need to do this before i dismantle it to build aa bigger and better layout.

With the recent hot spell i have moved my 2' by 4' N scale layout to my screened in front porch so construction can continue since the garage became an oven. Also, my younger brother had some srugery recently and lots of folk of aall ages (mainly from my church) have been coming over to wish him...

While i was driving around today looking at what's left of the old railroad that ran through my hometown ii have come to some conclusions. my future layout runs over the old ROW in my hometown and in the 70 years since the railroad was abandoned many changes have occured. the ROW has been...

well friends i have almost gotten to the scenery portion of building my layout and i just wanted to share some thoughts i've had while reflecting on the experience. model railroading is my favorite hobby, but it is also the most frustrating. during the construction many thoughts came into my...

while flipping through my old MRs and surfing the guage i've noticed a structure that everyone seems to have on their layout. it's the Life-Like Willam's General store. I had one on my old HO layout, in fact it was the first structure i ever built. and i will soon have one ready for my new N...

hey all, i'm having some problems with my free-lance Ohio Western layout. originally i had hoped to make it set in kentucky coal country, but that would require making a lot of hills. My problem is what material to use for making a hill. i have a lot of white foam that i could use but if there's...

hey all, i just got started on the new N scale layout and i'm getting ready to lay the cork roadbed down on the foam. however, the cork has blunt edges! I want the nice tapered edge look so how can i achieve this? I'm no Shamus so i need some help.:)

well friends i've been away for a while so i thought i'd say hi. i'm home from college for the summer and i'm looking foreward to being home and getting some model railroading started. i'm also planning to take a trip to the historic cincinnati union terminal in a few weeks. not only is it a...

I was dooing some research into an old railroad that used to run through my hometown that i want to incorporate into my freelanced railroad that will be built sometime within the next year. When researching the railroad that died in 1936 i saw that it was orignally narrow gauge and wide gauge at...

Well all I've decided to give it a shot. I'm going to attemt a kitbash!:eek: I have decided to use an old Walthers HO North Island refinery for part of a madoern power plant that I'm building for my future (fingers crossed) layout. However, the power plant I'm basing my model on Is huge and...

I was wondering what got everyone turned on to model railroading or rails in general. For me, it's in the blood. Both my grandfather and step-grandfather worked for the railroad. My step grandpa worked in a depot in Falmouth KY on the L&N and then later became a dispatcher. My grandpa worked for...

HI all, I'm trying to sttle on a track plan for my first N scale layout. I'm going to use a 2' by 4' piece of plywood as the base and then use foam ontop of that to use for scenery. I was wondering if any of you more experienced modelers would like to sketch some designs for me, here are the...

Hi all, I'm a 20 year old college student who has just gotten back into the hobby after a hiatus of about 5 yrs. I started in HO,but since i now reside in a college dorm I've switched to N scale. Right now I'm working on a 2' by 4' layout set on my modern era freelanced Ohio Western (OW)...