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Check ho seeker.com they have a bunch of old instructions folks have uploaded. I was running an HOn3 box car on the Bugtussel Loop built ancient Binkly kit recently.

I went with HOn3

I got this photo of my dad's reframed , and hung in my RR room. Folks on one of my Facebook narrow gauge groups helped me identify the location. I had thought it was on the Durango and Silverton; and that was confirmed. This is in Rockwood Colorado. The cut leads to the high line over...

Starting land forms at the viaduct. Starting the the land forms at the viaduct. Covering the cardboard Christmas tree stand hole plug. The plug is starting to look pretty decent. The buildings I have been working on for the plug.

The loop is civilized enough for my FED 4-4-0. The phone video is jerkier than real life , and the phone excagerates the gear noise. It gets loud in tight curves though , and this lauout is all tight. Curves

The Toma kit Has arrived suprisinly quickly, I ordered it as soon as it was available, a good thing as the second run sold out in less than a week . My first HOn3 locomotive aquisition in years . Live has been weird. The wife moved to take care of her folks, which led to us having a...

My concoor goose #4 didn't like three spots on the Bugtustle loop that were too tight . By removing a plastic washer under the Screw that fastened the Two sections togeter created enough slop to allow it to negotiate the tightest spots on the Bugtustle loop.

. It is alive ! I have the loop put togeter And am running my PFM HOn3 Coshwain 25 ton, shay first, as it is extrely flexible . And is More forgiving of the track Imperfectections that I knew were there, and the other's I knew were likely there. This locomotive is...

https://tomamw.miiduu.com/1131-hon3-porter-0-4-0-saddle-tank-3dp-kit I have ordered one of these. It has been a while since my last HOn3 locomotive ptoject. I'm retired now, and am spending the winters near my daughter in Texas. My space down there is limited, so I'm doing all HOn3...

Have been making a lot of progress towards beginning an HOn3 layout I'm my Texas workshop , using my Bugtussel loop Christmass tree layout as a jumping off point. Am building a cardboard and hot glue framework for a removable Christmass tree stand hole plug. I have removed the...

The view entering the workshop. This ancient I pad Doesn't have a flash . So the image is dark I'm starting some 2 foot deep shelving on the The benchwork is notched to allow a lower section for a gorge. In the right corner . There will be a big mine. Not sure if it will be an...

After bolting the benchwork to the floor, the benchwork is still mostly level. I hove the layout up there. I think I will make it removablre in case I want it to go under a Christmas tree, or go to a show. I'm doing a lot of cleaning and organing on the north end of the room, the...

Earlier this week, I got some insulation up on the walls of the garage workshop at the Bungalow. I got two pieces od Sheetrock up before running out of sheet rock screws. Them I started benchwork near eye level for the loop, leaving space below for a future lower deck.. My phone...

Thevplan for how the loop will fit in the bungalows work shop. The track will be close to eye level. So there will be room for a lower deck The bungalow work shop. I have separated the roadbed of theclowest track from the foam. And removed it, to install a trestle. This...

An overall view of my bumpass modules from 1978? This portable was designed to fit in a 72 pinto wagon The two haves fit together, with one upside down so the backdrops Formed a 2x2x3 box A medley of photos. . A plan I'm working on, trying to channel the old portable in a 4x12

Those are beautiful, but I'm not spending any more money on Bachman geared steam. I bought two HO Shays, one HO climax. As well as one On30 climax. The HO shays did not pull well or track well. I traded one away it died on it's subsequent owner. My remaining shay's line shaft gears...

Been cleaning out the desk and tool boxes at the. Lake. Here is the view out the garage door. My current plan is to make a 4x12 portable out of four 2x4 sections. Am trying to draw inspiration from a portable I built in the 70's. Am rehabbing old buildings from my old layout...

Cleaning up, and organizing, I found the chimney to the union station , which I am trying to fit in to plans for a two level 11.5 x 20 space in the garage at the lake. I couldn't find the chiminey when I re painted the station, now I have to finish it and try to match the collors of the...

I just had the rare thought. The documentation for the newer foam methods is in files too large to post here. When I get back to the lake, I canbring them up on my desk top there, and photograph the screen with the I pad, and post from it.