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It's been three years since someone has posted to this thread... Anyhow, I have four BN F45 that were undergoing a similar tranformation. I finished one, and it is still sitting in white primer more than six or seven years later. Once Athearn anoounced a new F45 I lost interest and end up...

Nice layout! I like to see what people can do when they are limited to small spaces. I am in the planning stags of a 3' x 4' N-scale. I'm thinking of going with a mix of Atlas code55 snap track and flextrack and a min. radius of either 12.5" or 13.75". I like the pre-formed curves as it takes...

The Micro Loksound decoders will fit comfortably in the Kato n-scale line of hood diesels. I am planning on installing these in a few Kato units myself, I just have to figure out how to mount the speaker... -sd80mac-

Any Updates? Hi Palmisano, Do you have any updated pics of your layout?

You know KATO has recently announce a true version of this train... -sd80mac-

Hi billk, No, I won't be rasping it. I've heard that the beads are VERY troublesome! If anything, I'll be using a hot wire tool to do ANY foam cutting. Also, I agree with you that properly supporting the foam will make up the difference of the less dense material. I just wanted to...

We are all familiar with the 2" blue foam we curently use in layout construction. It is very dense and very sturdy and makes for pretty solid and lightweight benchwork. My question is what wrong with using the 2" white "beadboard" foam? Aside from the obvious (less density and somewhat...

We are all familiar with the 2" blue foam we curently use in layout construction. It is very dense and very sturdy and makes for pretty solid and lightweight benchwork. My question is what wrong with using the 2" white "beadboard" foam? Aside from the obvious (less density and somewhat...

I would like to know your feelings about the LifeLike GP38-2. Could it be made into a decent running, nicely detailed model? Or would it be better to just go with the Atlas GP38? I guess the main detraction for me is the nasty handrails, but could these be fixed? What is your experience with...