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Don't you mean the Walthers catalog? :p I have the wiring on my module about 90% finished. During the party, I went from a flat table with cork to a ballasted, wired, module with green mountains and a road. Can't knock that! It is good motivation. Well, so is an Ntrak club you visit 2-3...

Russ, Since you're going to be moving, maybe you should consider an N-trak module and see if there's a club in your area. I've had a lot of pleasure building mine, and having a club enables me to run long trains around a 'big' layout without all the work. :p I've also used it as 'practice'...

There's a prototype for everything. Sounds a lot like the East Broad Top. Welcome to The Gauge. :)

Duplicate post. :oops:

I'm another HO conversion. Now that I've tinkered with N for awhile I don't think I'd go back to HO. Though it did finally make me accept getting glasses for my eyeballs ;) I've really enjoyed the 'fine detail' that goes into making N look good. Trains now run far better than 20 years ago, so...

For now, 1 module gets loaded into the car. However, these things are like crack, and I see myself getting addicted to building them pretty quickly. :p I tend to carry the module on it's side, to get through doorways and so forth. So everything needs to be attached pretty firmly. I could...

Get well, Tom. Finished ballasting on my module. :thumb: Now I can move on to more interesting things. Though I still need to finish up my wiring, which is my least favorite job. Pictures to follow.

All good ideas. Thanks fellas. I thought of the 'angles' too, but felt it would be a bit monotonous making those. A bit quicker/easier may be to just make one 'strip' with an angle on each end that runs the width or length of the building and run a screw up from the underside to hold it in...

I'm getting to the point with my module where it's soon time to place structures. Since the module will be transported on a regular basis, I thought it would be best to attach them in a permanent fashion instead of carting multiple boxes of things around and having to place them every time I set...

Interesting! I guess I just need to troll Ebay for awhile and come up with some to try out. :)

If you'd want to "kitbash" some cars, there's plenty of stuff available to work with. A lot of old-time plastic model kits from the 60s-70s were available in a scale compatible with HO. I'd also consider die cast assembled models, like Matchbox Yesteryears or any of the other numerous brands...

Awww, c'mon guys, challenge me. :sleeping: It's an American Austin or Bantam. Made here in the USA under license from Austin of England. In fact, they were manufactured here in my home state (Butler, PA). More facts here. The Bantam was used as a platform for the first Jeep! Bantam...

Jerry, You are aware you're posting in the N scale forum, right? :wave:

Beuller? Anyone? :confused: I'm seeing Bachman Spectrum A-B sets pretty reasonable on Ebay, but I'm hesitant about their run quality. Comments?

I'm modelling the Western Maryland, which like many roads in the 1950s used EMD F units. F7A's specifically. A few manufacturers have or do make F7s but I'm interested in the opinions of some who have them on here. What runs well, looks the best and so on. I will need B units also, and I think...

Too busy working on my module to take photos to post... :D Let's see...I got the vehicle road laid and painted. Did some more ballasting, fixed the turnout that had gravel stuck in it, :rolleyes: got my hands on the electrical connectors I need to do the wiring (which I am still avoiding)...

I spent about an hour or so tonight ballasting the little siding in the back, since it won't be very visible I wasn't too worried about doing it 'wrong'. While I don't look forward to ballasting an entire layout, I have to admit it was rather calming. :) Here is a shot of the entire module at...

A little late with my update, but I was away for 2 days, so forgive me. ;) I'm stumbling through the scenery process. Basically, I've never done much before, so this is all new turf (pun intended :D ). I spent a few hours trying stuff, not being happy with it, doing some more, fighting with...

One thing about drawing vs software vs laying it out... I tried the Atlas software, and couldn't get the hang of it. Took me an hour just to make something that didn't work. :rolleyes: Tried drawing it on paper too. Didn't really help me visualize it. So I bought a whole spitload ;) of...