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Whew...movings never fun - but I bet getting your own place will make it worth it. Don't forget to pack the trains!

Ah the skies must be clear and all's right with the world...Barney's flying again!

Happy birthday to all!!

I posted this on the Tech thread but would like to open it up here as well. How do I test the track for the correct voltage with a multimeter? I'm running straight DC, but have no experience using a multimeter. I read the directions, but they didn't answer the basic question of what do you...

OK guys...I'm gonna swallow my pride and fess up to this fact. I was never taught how to use a multimeter. I'm trying to figure out if my soldered joints are carrying enough (or better) current than the non-solder joints, but even after reading the directions, I don't know where or how to...

Great news and I'm sure it was a tough decision - but I'll bet it will be a rewarding one.

Those buildings and pictures look great and thanks for the color recommendations...I appreciate them. I'm going to try to lighten the Hull Red I'm using now and see what that does...and hopefully, I'll use an airbrush this time to apply a thin coat.

I'm sorry to confuse...What I'm looking for is a good general brick color, not over poweringly "red", more like a faded out brick, and a good concrete color for the accent areas typical of DPM kits. The "aged concrete" color that I have now with my Railroad paint kit from Testors/Floquil is way...

Great pictures everyone!

Good point - and logical too - I should have thought through this better. I'm really hoping to get these buildings painted, but the reality is, it going to take a while to paint them right. I should simply air brush them, applying the base color first, then go back and hand paint the...

Athearn Nscale Santa Fe F45 These Athearn F45's are great! It's a heavy diesel, weighing much more than a similar size InterMountain, or Kato. Smoothest Athearn motor I have, without a doubt and much better than their SD70 series motors. They did a nice job, even modeled the cab interior...

Southern Power Haven't posted a picture in so long...almost forgot how! (The layout is still a "work in progress" so this is a pretty rough picture.) Some Southern diesels gather in the afternoon awaiting orders and their turn to leave the yard.

Niiiicccceeee!

Great technique ideas guys thanks. The mortar lines in Nscale are almost invisible from a foot away, but a technique I used to highlight them is (after painting the base brick color) to use drywall compound skim coat, allow to dry, then remove with a dry cloth. This way, you get a very fine...

OK guys...I really need some help here. I'm painting Nscale DPM kits...quite a few of them...and so far I've been pretty bad at picking out the correct colors to pass for an exterior brick or mortar building. What combinations have you found look great together? So far, I'm painting them by...

Wow...I think you did a great job. Espicially for nscale, I appreciate the tedious handwork that must have gone into that. The only other suggestion I could add is adding electricity...exterior light(s), maybe a meter or metal pipe containing the utility line into the building. Finally, a...

Really great work!

And the North Carolina Transportation Musuem... www.nctrans.org/

IMHO...History is interesting simply because there are so many facets you could concentrate on. Looking at the rail industry is complicated because it touched every facet of everyone's life in the past - and still does today for that matter. You can't seperate major events in a nation's...

Great pictures everyone! (Deano - that Veranda looks great...........I want one in Nscale!)