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I used Woodland Scenics prepared liqued glue because I'm lazy and that way I know the mix was always the same. As far as the ballast "slipping" down the slope of the grade, I ballasted the bottom of the slope first. When that dried I went back and completed the ballasting. That way the dried...

Welcome MadCow. Most impressive modeling and attention to detail. Not only excellent pictures but superb photography (there's a difference!). I, too, am involved with a move which hopefully will take place September or October. I planned my layout, which is a walkaround, to saw apart in four...

Andrew's answer does make sense. Now that I remember, the Morse Key used to set right out there on the desk in the windows. I paid more than $64.00 for my last Bar-Mills kit. I'll see if I can find a pic I took last year in Nova Scotia at a station that shows the operator's desk on that one...

I've never heard anyone refer to that set of windows. I would go with Bay Window. How about "My train is running late window"?:D Will be interested to hear if anyone really knows what they're called. Wonderful question for "The 64 Dollar Question". Does that date me?

I'm as about as far away from a "joiner" as anyone can be, but several years ago I joined the Railroad & Locomotive Historical Society, and have found a very classy source of Prototype info in our hobby. They publish one of the classiest magazines twice a year (June and December) called simply...

Salute returned... Scooby...I return your salute with as much snap as I can manage at my age. The Gauge is the only forum I view. Although I have several hobbies, none is as satisfying as model railroading, and no forum as stimulating as this one. Keep 'em rolling,

Andrew... Sorry so late entering this thread. I bought the Bachman/Spectrum doodlebug when it first came out, but found it just too damn long for my operation. So I chopped it down to 54 feet HO and am much happier with its looks. I also made one from an Athern diesel frame and power, an MDC...

That's very fine modelling! Well done.:thumb:

I started out trying hard to model early winter. It was a bit dull, so I jumped a bit earlier and now am in late Fall. More color is pleasing. If you were running steam, I think winter seems to enhance the huge, black engines, their steam, and basically watery existance. But running colorful...

Are you building a home or a train layout? Are you gathering info for scratch building model railroad structures...or your new home? I'd like to know the answers to these questions before I launched into a lengthy answer.

Hi Ozzy...Could we have a little more detail please? What gauge? HO, O, N, Z? They all get cruddy at different rates, and after 15 years they'll all need general cleaning and lube.

We're talking 1:1 scale here? I'm having a hard enough time finding HO scale Kemtron spikes:wave:

I'll add my two cents worth. I use the corrugated cardboard strips (about 1" wide) to form the general shapes. Then 2" and 4" wide masking tape over that. Then a product that's become my favorite, "Scuptamold" which you can get at the hobby shop. This is a lot lighter than Hydrocal or plaster of...

Wal-Mart and Michaels are about the same distance from my house. For some reason, I tend to ignore Wal-Mart's craft department. Michaels had a sale on the Aileen's this past week, so I bought four large containers. They didn't have the small jars, which I prefer. I'll just pour from the...

Tacky Glue... I didn't even know that Woodlands had a tacky glue. I ran across Aileens at Michaels years ago, and have used it ever since. It dries as hard as wood glue plus has the tacky quality which is very handy on small parts. I build a lot of Bar-Mills stuff and believe me, one gets to...

Never heard of Hob-i-tec...Use Aileens all the time. love it!

Stuart...I join the others with the compliments, both on your scenery and the B&W shooting. Hate to admit that 50 years seems so long ago...Wife and I were married 52 years ago! Specially interested in your vehicles. I have a lot of trouble getting the "toy" quality out of mine. Also your...

That's show business, Andrew. Even though CN can't really help them, any blockage of trains is bound to make headlines, as did the original article. You guys are just going to have to be able to open the windows. The rental of lever-action Winchesters should be a thriving business. Wow! Back...

Wayne... The weathered styrene article was terrific. Just another one of those instances where one is never too old to learn something new. Also another reason I've dropped MR in favor of RMC. I wish I could get some of my wood weathering to look as good as that plastic.

Andrew beat me to it. Definitly leave enough for fingers on both sides of rolling stock PLUS! Unless they make rerailers for that gauge, allow even more for getting car wheels on the track. Fortunately Atlas makes rerail sections for HO track and all my staging tracks have rerail sections at...