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I’m thinking if we get this bungalow, I might design a simple around the room On3 layout on shelves above the door and windows with some depth of scenery on the long wall, and perhaps a more conventional island RR, perhaps 1870’s inspired, perhaps even with some continual running capability...

A good deal on a Bungalow a few blocks from Emily’s house came up last weekend. Of course Jennifer is up here for fall break , so she can’t look at it , but her agent has been out there. The agent has been there, and says it is nice, We are going to try to get an eight day option for a...

started putting the ore doors in the second of six ore car frames. using leftover wood I cut and painted for my Russian river box car kit. the milled wood roof material seemed to uniform. so O used some of my home cut lumber, which gives a...

I really like the progress. I'm getting very little done, with the future of my outfit in doubt.

I agree, I'm very pleased with the red, and have already painted my westside lbr co equipment flat built from a foothill models kit. Thinking the little shay might look good with some red where the gray is now.

I'm pretty much wedded to the idea of a wood hull. nothing looks as much like wood as wood. and the construction details for wood look right. Just have to learn how to do RC also need to dust this model! below is the view from the dock on...

I’m thinking my carshop crew was to busy, or too lazy to crawl under there to paint the underside.

I used to be able to load large images off my camera , through my PC. they won't load now, have to select small image size on my camera. the recent platform change restricted file size considerably

only building one, and wood is good, have always thought that keeping materials on a model as close as possible to what was used on the real thing helps realism . my split hull is split horizontally a ways above the waterline, besides a gasget at...

I had troubles uploading photos, and most of my recent photos are gone. the new platform has a smaller file size limit. photos off my I phone won't load, nor will full size photos from my camera . going into my cameras settings, I had to set it...

got the stake pockets epoxied on. next to paint a quadrizillion NBW castings and drill more holes than I can count. I'll paint the NBW castings black, and after they are installed, give them a dry brushing with the cars basic red color, treating the...

Once every four or five decades, I have a good original idea!

I’m posting this as nothing new has been posted in this area for some time, and the one that showed up last was not really relevant at this time. So if you are new here look around, Not as much going on in the train area as there was years ago, but we can fix that by posting stuff, looking...

I stick small parts to masking tape on a paper plate, so I can spray paint them without blowing them off the paper plate and onto the gravel driveway stake pockets painted black yhe car with the beginnings of a paint job. will continue to dry brush...

my last Homabed was from California road bed co, and the previous batch was from Bo Manufacturing, my next will be from cascade, as the previous two are gone.

building stake pockets in brass. controlling the wires was really frustrating till I got the routine down after about 4 3

some progress on the first ore car. was held up because of no turnbuckles. went to hobby lobby and got some small brass tubing to make turnbuckles out of . sadly they did not have brass rod properly sized for my truss rods. I file through the...

If you'd have ordered something in HO, or N they probably would have it in stock. In On3 I'm thinking of using Ho Homabed, and letting the ends of the ties stick out of the ballast

Homabed is some wonderful stuff. That is what is under Crooked Creek’s track, and Harlow’s as well.

I’m liking it. Looks like good planning, which is the biggest determiner of success in my book.