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Finally. Finally I was able to make some progress on my small diorama. Last week I got the hardshell done, last weekend got it painted and got the first layer ground cover down, wednesday I got around to doing some ballasting and a second layer of greenery, so now I can finally show some...

looks just amazing, first I didn't realize that it was a model I was looking at when I looked at the first picture, really amazing details.

beautiful :thumb:

I would recommen you to get one NMRA standard gauge, 2 ME 3-point gauges, and maybe some roller gauges from http://www.railwayeng.com/ The roller gauges are not an absolutely must, but the NMRA gauge and the 3 point gauges are, I think.

sounds like it's definitely worth the money

Looks great Chris. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: The only comment I have is that the gap between the frog and the diverting guardrail (just checked, it's called the wing rail of the frog) seems to be a bit larger than normal, but I guess it wouldn't affect the operation as long as you guard rail...

how many are we allowed to have? For me, in no particular order: Trackplan. Realistic detailed scenery. Building, rolling stock details. details detail details.

Chris, I get my PC ties from Clover House www.cloverhouse.com, they are not too expensive, $4 for 10 x 1' strips, sooo. Glad to hear that you took the plunge, I'm sure you are going to enjoy it. If possible, can you show us some pictures, I always enjoy seeing pictures of hand laid tracks.

Jon, I don't think there is any difference in doing N or HO when using PC ties. I find solder and PC ties really easy and fast to use, but I still haven't got the courage to try spiking, I think spiking requires a lot more 'Holy guacamole' than solder and PC ties does :D

Hi chipmonk and welcome to The Gauge. If you do a search for hand lay track / turnout you should get several threads as this an often discussed subject. Recently I switched from N to HO, and are now working (slowly) on my first diorama...

wow, great progress, and great looking rocks. I think I better get started on the scenery on my diorama if I want to catch up with you :)

Looks great, I really like the dirt road, how did you make that one?

ok, you are definitely making more progress than I am, I haven't done anything on my diorama since I posted the first pictures. I think you should paint the ties and rail before you do more scenery, or at least that's what I would do.

Looks great Jon, but I think P&K will have to relocate that logging line soon as there are no trees left to log :D

Congratulation. In Denmark the guy has to buy her 12 pairs of gloves, not a dress, I don't know what she has to buy for him if he accepts and she refuses though, that probably never happened :)

I managed to get a little bit done yesterday while wify was watching the Oscars. Andrew, thanks for the tip, but this kit comes with a small bag of coal so I am gonna use that.

wow, that looks like an extremely good deal, maybe it's time to invest is a new power tool :D :D Thanks for the link and info.

Actually it is coal, but I still need a lot more weathering. The kit is Fenimore Bros. Coal by FOS (www.foslimited.com)

Looks great Jon, I also really like the way your track looks, old and poorly maintained ballasting, (is it still called ballast if there is no ballast left?? hmmm).

This is my first attempt at building a craftman kit, and I must say that I have enjoyed it a lot, and are very pleased with the result so far.