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Years ago, I often used the '3 foot rule'...if it looked good from 3 feet away, it was ok....now, even with bifocals, it's a '2 foot rule'. IMHO, the main thing about using off-scale components, [usually oversize], is to maintain a good degree of proportion, and make good use of painting and...

Jon ; best way to get a dinosaur to turn it's head, is to also provide a lady dinosaur in a halter top. regards / Mike ;)

Two coupler failures = no winners. regards / Mike :) ;)

Most people don't care who intends to "boycott" companies or individuals who send spam emails. Just delete what you don't like. Spam emails trying to sell product are no more annoying to me than paper spam [ flyers] in the snail mail, most of which go in the recycle box....but I can't...

Have a great summer, enjoy those 1:1 scale pursuits, and best regards. Mike :)

Re: Model Railroaders' Creed I don't know how that got out......it's Classified.......it's the repair instructions for a Canadian Sea King helicopter ! [;)]regards / Mike

I thought Irrational Numbers were the ones used by federal, state,provincial, municipal & school board budget departments to calculate our taxes !!! ;) Anyway, I am sorry, Trainclown, I really thought you were kidding us, partly because of the nickname you chose. BTW...there was a thread a...

Good point, and jon-monon's middle names definitely include both "time" and "effort"....( and Jack Nicholson, and Paul Bunyan, and P-K the LPB abuser, and many other complimentary monikers, too). regards / Mike :D, :D

Pi was 3.1416 when I went to school, nevertheless, I am glad you have 'found' this way to calculate the circumference of a circle. ;) ;) Trainclown....you are joking with us, I assume ??? :D If not, my apologies. regards / Mike

Good idea Shamus. Only thing I would suggest is to use a piece of 1/16" styrene sheet instead of the cardstock, as it won't react to the moisture during ballasting. regards / Mike

Robin : Scenic Caves hope to be completed & open by May 24 with the new bridge. If you'd like to email me around then, I will check and confirm. I will however, be away fishing May 22-26 incl. Best regards / Mike:D

I'm putting some scratchbuilt trestles & bridges in the auction tomorrow. HO, Lionel & G scale. These are 2 of the Lionel units :

Superb model, Terry. Did you keep track of how many hours it took ? regards / Mike:D

cacmage; I don't know where you are located, and whether your layout room is subject to varying humidity between seasons, but most of us have to deal with that, even if our layouts are up on a ground floor. No offense, but the lumber as shown in your photograph looks to be of a type that...

CSX6638; Valid points, but there's a couple of reasons why there's no figures on the unit. The prototype is 410' long, but because my client's display case width was limited, I had to compress the model a lot. It only scales at about 210' long. To partially compensate, I made the...

Tom; The basic 'box' was built with 5/8" particle board, all straight edges with 45 degree gusset corners. The fascia is 1/8" Masonite, freeform jigsawed. I glued my blue styrofoam up to the Masonite edges. Paint on the Masonite is just Hunter Green craft paint, "Plaid" brand. Then...

Another view: regards / Mike

Even though not a strictly 'railroad' bridge, I thought the 'bridge fans' might like to see this one. It's a diorama I just finished, featuring a pedestrian suspension bridge, currently being built at Scenic Caves, near Collingwood. This model will be going into a display at a tourism...

I'm hereby voting for a ''write-in'' candidate, the advice thread to Spitfire on ''How to Attach Homasote''. Of course, if I'd been around in Noah's time, those Pushme-Pullyou critters would have been on that Ark ! ONLY KIDDING, FOLKS...;) regards / Mike

This is a puzzler....everyone is trying to help Val as best they can, and everyone thinks their recommendation is best. So Val has to be Solomon in this, to truly take best advantage of all the suggestions, and combine ALL of these methods.[;)] So, it's half-inch foam, glued to the plywood...