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Looks nice, Bonk; Looks like you prefer the larger dogboned oval, which is a time-tested successful layout design. If it were me, I'd be tempted to move those two wall-side crossovers out to the front, where that u-shape occurs.That's mainly because of my own relative age and relative girth, I...

More and more retailers are operating out of their homes now, which avoids the runaway rental costs of commercial space, and the problem that the space can't be where you'd like it to be, to attract the most customers. All of these home-based retailers do mail & phone orders, and most have...

I can't resist this...there was a pretty good thread Val started a while ago, on "How does a Wye work?" Well, I was going through some detailed truss bridge drawings yesterday, and a strange thought struck me.... " Wye does a Howe work ?" No offense to anyone, especially those whose time...

As of this morning, there are 9 layouts going in, from N to G. There are 22 vendors, and area is a bit over 7500 square feet. regards / Mike:D :D

msh Bonkyrail...I'll bet there's a few out there that wished they had your dilemma...MORE SPACE....wow ! It's hard to off-the-cuff advise, because of not knowing your preferences of your operating crew....like do you guys really like industrial switching, or do you prefer train running ? Also...

Pete, that is terrific detailing and modeling. The engines look excellent. At the risk of being beaten on by other gaugers, though, I didn't think that was the actual premise of 'house' modeling, since your HO and N engines are models of the same prototype. I thought 'house' modeling was...

Hello Sean..... and welcome !....you sure might get me on the next one, as there's definitely equipment out there I cannot readily identify ! regards / Mike:D :D :D

Sean, assuming you don't have time to read this thread, would you care for a small wager on what make the engine is? Say a couple of hundred $ or so???:rolleyes: :rolleyes: regards / Mike;) ;)

msh provides me with yet another rationale for staying with DC, [not that I need another one], and that's the rapid obsolescence factor. One of my DC cabs is controlled by a 1980 MRC Tech II 2400, as good today as it was 23 years ago. To me, DCC is interesting, but I think the cost is...

Woodie, I'm amazed ! Guess I take for granted the way mail order is in Canada. Here,it goes back to the mid-1800's, when that's about the only way the prairie settlers could get any consumer goods at all, even in good size towns.They'd order by mail and the train would bring it. If it's...

Hi Val..thanks for the response. I will post up some more details on the show in the next couple of days. It's put on by the Barrie-Allandale Railway Modelers, and is held at the Barrie Events Centre [Fairgrounds at Essa Road @ Hwy 400]. Feb 15 10.00-17.00 Feb 16 10.00-16.00 Adult $5...

Anyone planning on going to the Barrie train show Feb 15-16? (Weather permitting of course ). regards / Mike

Woodie, I'm surprised there's no mailorder/online source for Australian prototype there....maybe there's an opportunity for someone to get into that business??? There has to be a lot of modellers buying such product in order for manufacturers to do production runs. Here in Canada, with not...

Hello Andrew; MR has joined the DCC push. The March issue arrived here by mail yesterday [even though mail is down to dogsled now]. There's a feature article, the editorial, and a new regular DCC column, also references to other books on DCC. You might find these of interest. You can: "Get...

For classic lumberjack humor ( humour ), it's Monty Python's Flying Circus: 'I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK....." No need to repeat the whole song here, it's still around on cable reruns, or on video. To model the true message of the song, the Little Plastic Lumberjacks, must of course...

Woodie..really sorry about what happened. Hope things work out OK in the long run. regards / Mike

That flour could create difficulty under certain conditions, [insects or small mammals], but flour has some interesting properties. When using flour up here in Canada, we generally get Robin Hood by the bag.;) Mike

Also a terrific way to find out......for those who don't already know, .....why Scarborough is affectionately also known as "Scarberia". ;) ;) Interurben; Will this likely be a winter season visit ? Regards / Mike :cool: :cool:

I'm being both stubborn and redundant here [not the first time ], but I find no analogy between billboard reefers / boxcars of the early days, or even "X" type tank/reefer cars, and these wretchedly defaced locomotives and cars of today. Once again...these 'owner' cars advertised what they...

Thanks Woodie.....I just made that up about the 747.....why WOULDN'T there be a real one....?....guess there is no limit to Marketing's Graffiti of Greed. Maybe I should try to join 'em...perhaps a local wrecking yard would pay to have a Junkyard Wars type graphic on my '93 Pontiac ...