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We're all in the same boat! Rory, what you got there is a charming scene and beautifully photographed too. No matter how big (or small) our layouts are there are several angles from which to take photographs, then, just as you say, all we can do is change a few details to create a different...

Choosing a camera? Ron, that's sound advice that Jon has given here. Also look at what Shamus has to say about an alternative to "getting in close". With 3 mega pixels or more resolution you can afford to stay back from the subject an just crop the bit you want to post. You can also see...

Nascar has a lot of fans! Sunday !!!! NASCAR meeting is 3 miles away. Can't even get an ice cream on main street today! :cry: Errol

I cheat a lot! ... hehehehe Thanks for your generous comments fellahs, but I have to admit that what you see in this thread is a sort of Hollywood set! Yes, the layout is mine and it's N gauge but these are scenes from the only angles that make it look like a reasonably modelled layout. If I...

Ahh, those lovely mountains. Pitty though that those mountains are full of mines. Also a pity that they are just a painted backdrop (a Walthers product). Well folks, that's all for now. I think four photos is enough for one day!:) Errol

Devinately NOT the house on the prairie!! This is the only way for folks around here to get North (or South) as the layout main line is at low level running East & West.

View from my back yard It's not often noisy with steamers around here :) .

Since fifer posted his (also our) concern that posts seems to have dropped off in this forum, I've been anxiously awaiting delivery of my new digi cam. I'm getting the hang of it (slowly) and had a session with it tonight tonight. This new Fuji S5000 is a pain to figure out the permutations...

That's some transformation on what some would throw in the trash can. You've just proved it's possible to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! :thumb: :thumb: . Errol

WOW Belg, how on earth do you manage to get all those angled pieces (roof supports) to sit properly. A cut just a fraction too short or too long and they just will not look right. Those steps are out of this world too, I need fifteen pairs of hands to do steps that good! (Which is why I've...

Many happy returns of the day Fred, from the land of genuine 'shine' :wave: :wave: May you see many more (birthdays that is .. :D ) Errol

A picture is worth a thousand words my friend. This is what your wiring should be like to operate a switch machine. I found difficulty following your initial post. Excuse the crummy sketch (it was done in a hurry) :rolleyes: Errol

No Jon, It's not an imposter. It was last seen on the low iron of the Fiddleton & Copperopolis RR. It was sold off after it was damaged when a snow avalanche delrailed the supply train. I think the going price was a keg of moonshine. I suspect the current owner lives in Tennessee or...

If the three pronged black device on the green board is a transistor then the circuit is for constant intensity lighting. I'f it's a back-to-back diode pair then it's directional lighting control. It looks as if it is plugged into the muli-connecter, unplug it and see if the lights no longer...

Hello CPmodeler, You've only given us part of the problem. It would help if you told us whether the chassis/trucks or the body shell gets screwed into those screwholes. An isometric view of the part in your picture + a picture of the other bits which completes the model will help a lot...

By gosh Glen, look in your mail for the birthday present I just sent! :) Many happy returns of the day :wave: Errol

Yes Glen, You're in luck. E-mail me your e-mail address and I'll send you a .gif scan of the parts list and exploded view of the loco. It's all legible too after reducing it to a 2 colour picture. It's a 184Kb file reduced from a 1.4Mb .jpg !!! Errol

My goodness Val, are you sure it's a recently aquired airbrush that you haven't used before? .... the track is WUNDERBAR! and the weathering you create on all your models is superb :thumb: :thumb: Errol (drooling as usual :wave: )

I know just how bad the flash can be on those diecastings and I must say you made a great job of the kit. It's the setting you put it in that really makes the scene look authentic. Oh boy! .. doesn't junk laying around in a yard make a difference! :thumb: By the way, with no guard dogs ...

My first thought when I saw those 'micro' layouts was of a G-gauge oval (scenicked) in Caboose Hobbies in Denver with a pair of gandydancers on a hand cart trundling round! Quite charming. Tyson, I haven't done anytything on my N layout in the last four months. :cry: Shamus, I'm going...