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Thanks for the feedback. I will indeed post pics when the ripped sheet is covering the mountain. As for rivers and such, I have thought to do it, but I am practicing on a spare sheet I have and its not coming out well. I messed up when I put the foam down. Its the wrong kind. Beads. However...

While out shopping one day with the wife, I found these plastic trees at a craft store. They were in the cake decorating section and sold for .69 cents per package of 5 and .59 cents for 5 smaller ones. I bought a few then hit the LHS for some Conifer foam. Got home and sprayed 'em brown with...

I kept putting off building my mountain/tunnel for a long, long time. I was real nervous about attempting to go there. I didn't want to hash it up and have a real ugly thing on my layout that would be 1.) an eye sore and even worse 2.) an embarrassment. It sat like this for the longest time...

So that ended up looking really nice. Or so I thought for a beginner. I have seen some folks here who are true masters of the Scenic and I preform Kow-Tow to them all.

I had the Railway I wanted and the layout. Then I started scenicing one corner as a test to see what it would look like. Then following Gary S.'s really captivating tree making tutorial over in The Academy, I did these. Then I had to plant them. I just had to, even though my test...

For Father's Day, I got some gift cards to the LHS, so I wanted to see if I could get a lift on my layout, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted. This is a good lesson: Have a clear and concise plan before just gluing and laying track everywhere. After a while trying to figure how to...

Then I had to get some new-ish locos and rolling stock to run, so I hit ebay and the LHS for the sales. Note the wife not too sure about what I am doing...

Then I started to lay some track. Of course, the layout would change 3 or 4 times before the final one.

I found out why all most pics went bye bye... my internet folks killed off all .jpgs from their server because someone was keeping icky pics there. They sent an email saying sorry. Oh well. I will do a quick review. I had a radio program where I had local musicians come in and do interviews...

We got the tree up last night and this a.m. I put the train around it. Still have to break out the surge protector. Ease of turning on and off. George

Holy Schnikies. Where...? How..?!? Thank you very much for the info. Where did you find all this?!? I think Dave is ordering the kit from Bowser next week. George

Me? No. I am a newbie. However there are a lot, and I mean A LOT, of folks here who chip in with assistance in finding stuff.

That sounds like a great idea... I will run all this past him Tuesday night when we meet again. Thanks for all your info and input, folks! George

I can't remember, exactly, which town Dave is from. I do know that it was the New York Central and where the tracks were is now like 40 miles of nature walk. He showed me books with pics and maps and other info. Here is a pic from one book. Everyone in the club said "Pacific 4-6-0? You mean...

Hi there There is fellow in my club that wants to recreate the railway that went by his home when he was a kid. He lived in NY, and of course it was the NYC commuter trains that ran by his house. They had some 4-6-0 engines that weren't like the 10 wheelers I have seen around. He showed me a...

Welcome! I, too, stumbled upon this forum. I really enjoy my time spent here as everyone likes to send info and give great advice to my beginner questions. And don't forget that every Friday there is a new Weekly Fun Photo thread. George

I am building fall. I like the colors and everyone in my club does summer and I wanted to see something different. But if I ever get my Super Room? I will do Fall, Winter and Summer just different scenes with blinds between 'em.

Great thread! I joined because I needed help getting started on a layout and DoctorWayne said to. Seriously. He wasn't talking to me, but I was reading older posts and such and saw a common theme... Join A Club. So I did. I needed some help, and these guys obliged. We have somewhere between...

They also make excellent wheel cleaners for locos. Put the wipe on the track, put the train 1/2 on the wipe, 1/2 on the track. Hold the loco and turn the speed up to about 3/4. Then turn the loco around and do the other side. They clean the wheels very quickly and if you use the ones from a...

Can you swap out the brass ends? Replace the motor but keep the brass flywheel that connects to the motor? Anyone out there done such a thing? I saw one site that talked about building your own engine, and it had the whole old engine broken down to base parts. I don't know how one would go...