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Yeah... someone at the club already hit me with a Basswood vs Balsa argument before I hit the door with my new found stash. I look at it this way, it was free and it is a whole heck of A LOT of building materials... I'll take it and use it. Last night, after the club meeting, I quickly put...

Usually when I fall into something, it usually is stinky or terrible in many ways. Yesterday at our club meeting, a friend brought in a whole mess of balsa wood that he got from a club 25 yrs ago and he said they had years of dust them when he got them. He asked me if I wanted them, I...

Thanks again for the good reviews... I have made some fruit from milliput, and I have thought of painting seeds, not carroway though... that's a thought, and I have made some wee boxes from scale 2x4s. I don't have enough folks to people it, but that is coming. I have been debating lighting...

Hey guys Thanks for your comments. I added some balsa wood dust to the paint for the grainy look of the paint. It came out really rustic/old looking. When I sanded it down, it was too smooth and looked spanking new, so I had to do something. With regards as to signs... I have tried both...

It's almost complete. I started this way back in the spring. I even took it and my tackle box of tools/balsa wood on a cruise in May. The plans came from Railroad Model Craftsman. Here you see the building painted white then weathered with an India Ink/alcohol wash. I am needing some...

That is a wonderful building! Stunning, even. I have a few ideas for signs on my buildings, and I have no idea how to get them to look faded and what not, but right now I am trying to scratch build some abuntments for 3 bridges on my layout. Here is one pic I found that I would love to put on...

I am sorry as heck to hear about your mess. I have had some Intermountain Models on order since last summer. They were supposed to be released Feb of 08. Then June. Now I hear it's Sept. Who knows when they will release... I found this Tower 55 engine... ... for $299.00. I really liked the...

Hoo boy. When I was in high school my folks brought home this brand new monster floor console that had a speaker phone AND Pong built into it. PONG!!! I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I later found out that the folks, who owned their own business, had accepted it as trade from a...

I started scratch building my own stuff as a joke on my wife. I wanted to show her how poor my skills were, but I was surprised how well it turned out. She was too, actually. I know there are things that are beyond me in scratch building; turntables come to mind... although in the Academy...

... a "friend" of your wife, when told your hobby, asks you, "What are you? 12?!?" and you laugh along. (Actually happened to me. I was struck speechless for a moment and was about to verbally abuse said "friend" when the wife stepped in and diverted her away from me for the rest of the...

I debated between MRC and Digitrax. There were pros and cons for both, but in the end, the expandability of the Zephyr sold me. I know that MRC can expand, but I can take my Zephyr and go from my 2 consisted trains (A-B-A and A-B-B-A, where only the A's are powered) to having some friends over...

They need to switch who the support is all... I mean, no one EVER confuses yellow & blue for a workman's vest! HEJA SVENSKA!!!!!

Depending upon who built the loco, you can find these kind of "weight skirts". I don't know what they are called, but that is term used at our club. These are really nice for weighing down engines for hauling 30+ cars. My 2 Stewart's have these and I pulled 53 cars up the 2% grade at our...

Doc, I think wood glue works just fine. I had some spill on my work bench and laid a piece of wax paper over it on accident. Parts of it are still there to this day from 2001. As for Al -You - Min - E- Mum or Alyoo-minum its a regional thing. When I was in Savannah, GA any cola product as a...

Last night as I was bemoaning the fact that I don't have enough windows to finish my current project, my wife asked me why I don't scratch build them. I answered my usual, "because it's too difficult." But are they? It got me to thinking about building my own. I would only build the simple...

One of our club members did the same thing on his return from AK. He does N scale and bought a bunch of Alaska engines and what not. I must admit, I am currently at my photos of the First Lutheran Church in Ketchikan and thinking of dimensions for a scratch build.

I was scared stiff to use glue, so I just went thru the steps of ballasting without the glue. I had a heck of a time tapping and shaping, but once it was done, I didn't have an issue. The ballast sat there and didnt move. Of course, I forgot that I didn't glue it in when I took down my...

Very nice! Everytime I hear of someone else working on their layout I get all excited about heading out to my garage! I am just to the point of cutting my plywood to lay down on my new benchwork.

All the parks around our area that have trains, tanks, planes, etc all have a fence around said item. I wish they didn't because there is a very nice consolidation I would love to crawl around on. Its the kid in me! Looking very nice!

From what I have been told/read/seen on video and limited personal experience... Any water based acrylic will work for washes. There is the finer Woodland Scenic paints made from pigments, which supposedly make for finer detailed washes. On the non-plaster part of my mountain, I actually used...