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You don't have a mainline in your layout. If you trace around it, you'll find that your train has to negotiate the branch rather than through leg of quite a few switches. This is problematic if you want to just set the train to mosey around without intervention, and simply exacerbates your...

RSN, I'm somewhat serious. The linked ship is 99 meters long, which scales out to 61.875 cm, or 24 3/8". I actually stumbled across a few others that were a bit smaller. Admittedly, the 8,000 TEU monsters are a lot more impressive, but lotsa lit'l intermodals exist. For me, the ship to...

Photo vs. in person layout I'll keep that in mind. Of course, it seems as though the railcars still have to get into position (i.e., switching opportunity) and there's also a great potential is for creating functioning cranes... Maybe I'll have to visit an intermodal port one of these days...

For some reason, the thought of modeling intermodal operations really appeals to me, but... the sheer size of intermodal port operations is staggering. I mean really, who wants to dedicate the space for a static ship model that's nearly a 1000' scale feet long, right? Just about everywhere...

A crazy? enhancement... Just read the tutorial, sounds great. A suggestion for possibly improving this method would be to use a regular floUr (ed: not floWEr) sifter rather than a shaker. Mind you, I'm just floating the idea here, but if it works, you'd get a quicker and more even...

Wowza! Looks great! I'm really attracted to the BendTrack standard, it simply strikes me as being friendlier.... BTW, here's a good name for the crossing: Godot's Crossing, from the play.

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Deft Semi-gloss Sounds like a plan, flat lacquer from the Borg. Just as an FYI, Deft Semi-gloss (which is my favored lacquer for woodworking, so I have some around) doesn't look right ... I sprayed some last night on Otto's Parts (which is actually going to be a bank), and it's too shiny...

Thanks guys... The "its a laquer based" product is the key, muchos gracias folks.

From the site: This is a brand new site so content is almost non-exsistent. In the next few weeks we will be adding substantial amounts of content. I guess that means you don't know how to navigate, which means... "it's (the site) not worth the time" :confused: I'm not quite sure how...

I've seen a fair amount of mention of Testor's Dullcote, and, given a neurotically cheap streak where hobby paints are concerned, I am interested in knowing exacty why Dullcote is so special, and what potential substitutes for it would be... Respectfully, BD

check this site out... http://www.nscale.net/

Possible weathering technique Okay, I'm just spouting off here, but I'm going to try this myself: Mix up a lot of thin "dirty wash" of whatever color would be appropriate in your mind for this home. Dunk the building in the wash, then pull it out. Let it sit for a minute or so, then...

With that bump out, are you going to have adequate room for your disabled son? I assume he's in a wheelchair, will be be able to get past the bump?

With the following caveat: I don't know the layout of the prototype, nor how closely you want to follow it; I have the following suggestion: Make the line that accesses your "outside platform" a siding that connects back into the through lines, rather than a stub. Doing so will increase both...

Thanks for the advice Jon. I've got some Atlas C55 flex, and I was just looking at the "test track" in MR 2003 Layouts (or whatever that was). Seems like a really good idea that will a) allow me to test my gear, and b) allow me to make a "mini-layout" as a skill builder. One of the somewhat...

Era and Reversing loops This is going to be the QTRyNN Railroad, which is a pure freelance. A stressed concrete 500+ foot single span arch bridge isn't circa 1880s either, but it is necessary to bridge the minor tributary of the River which my engineers must cross, and circumstances are such...

try this attachment again! Let's see if it will take this time!

I'm attaching an initial draft of my proposed layout. The size is approximately 3' x 8'. The long double track across the front will be on a 4' arch bridge crossing a gorge that will be anywhere from 1 to 2 feet deep. The "waist" section will be crossing a dam. On the left, the spur...

What's the deal with the coupling... Okay, what's the deal with the variety of couplers? Again, I have nuttin', nada, so there are no backward compatibility issues to worry about. Should I stick with the factory couplers, or should I go with somebody elses, and if so, who, and why? So far...