The small boxes used to contain chocolat sweets (that's why I have to go to my dentist so often), they are made from balsa. After disassembling I get small pieces of wood measuring:
1/8" thick (3 mm)
3/5" wide (15mm)
and 7" long (17.5 cm)
Paul
I needed a concrete bridge for the up and over on the GG&N
I started with my first real scratchbuilding project.
This is what I used(sorry for the blurry picture)
to build this
and after painting in concrete colour
Now I can start laying corck roadbed.
Paul
Thank you Robin,
following your posts on scratchbuilding, keeps us, less talented people, inspired and you make us to leave the armchair and give it a try.
At least this is what you do with your articles on scratchbuilding to me.
Paul
Great, wish I could come that close.
And feel the same about trees, need more,more,more.
Also feel the same about DPM kits painting.
But they are nice kits, at least I feel, but hard to paint the windows and doors (where is me glasses?)
Paul
Thanks again for nice comments.
Robin, the industries it will serve:
a sawmill, a small logging area, a kaolin plant and a small paper mill.Of course there is a small yard with a team track and a little town with a passenger shelter ,where an RDC can pickup the workers and transport them to...
I'd like to show my progress of the last few weeks since I started to build John Armstrongs "Granite Gorge and Northern".
I' m a slow builder, I don't have much time for modelrailroading, but intend to post progress if it is made.
The trackplan is 7' 6" by 3' 10" and scale is N.
First the...
Thank you all for help.
I'll stay with my original plastic wheels for now and if one of the Atlas, MTL or IM will supply metal wheels for Atlas and MTL trucks on a fair price with good quality I can change later.
Thanks again for help.
Paul
Thank you all for reply but,
still not convinced yet.
If I would choose the metal wheels, which can I buy that fit the MT trucks and the latest Atlas trucks ?
Paul
I'm a bit confused, I have about 100 pieces of rolling stock, about 80% is Microtrains or has Microtrains trucks installed. The rest is the newer Atlas.
I know I can order 33" or 36" metal wheels from Atlas, I also know Microtrains sells the brown lo-profile wheels in plastic.
Why should I...