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Colorado gets a lot of tornados, too, but the K-winds blow steadily in the same direction with heavy gusting for hours and hours on end, powered by gravity feeding very cold air downwards from 14,000 feet all along the front range. It's a bit like an invisible avalanche. I had to re-engineer...

Better than using your hands..:mrgreen: Colorado is known for for a weather phenomena known as "katabiatic winds". Warm air rises, cold air rushes down the sides of the Front Range mountains, and accelerates easily up to 80mph or more. Up in Boulder, 100mph roof-rippers are common. When I...

Barrier cloth keeps down weeds. Mulch migrates.

If you get much wind, you may find yourself picking that mulch off of your layout unless you plan to glue it down.

You can make foam risers yourself for a fraction of the cost. As for whether or not a 2% grade is too much, the only way to tell is to test your loco with the anticipated load. It's a lot more expensive to build the layout and then find out the loco can't handle it. I use an eight foot board...

Your opinion, not mine.

"COMMISARY"? Ya'll ain't from around here, are ya? :mrgreen:

Scale railroading = scale TIME! Too many people in too much of a hurry means it isn't a hobby - it's an obsession.

You might be a redneck if...:mrgreen:

Don't glue back that knocked off corner. Leave it as a natural occurrence caused by some sort of accident, which will enhance the realism. :cool:

Is that ivy in scale? :cool: Practically speaking, and for appearances sake, the cribbing or rock walls should also be in scale, to avoid overwhelming the layout and emphasizing it's diminutive size. Just a thought. out here I use tree trunks, myself. :mrgreen:

Let me guess...real rocks. :cool:

Remember the joke about the two vultures? "Patience, @#$%&*! If something doesn;t drop dead in the next minute, I'm going to fly down there and kill it myself!"

Track plan? Overview? Before and after shots? :confused:

And you will find that it is very hard to do in early steam engines due to lack of room inside the model.

Hmmm...I guess I stumped the "expert". No response after one whole month. :cry:

Beautiful work. Looking forward to seeing the whole set-up, company store and all! :thumb:

My wife helped me crystalize my layout plans. :thumb:

I remember that joke, only it was originally about Lion Powder used in New York...

I've used the little diamond blades to cut ceramic tile with. I have no idea how they would be for cutting wood. Sounds like your 4' was built to cut pretty light stuff, although oak is a challenge for any saw.