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Juice for Linville While not as glamorous as the number two spot working its way to the Linville interchange with a load of logs, electrical wiring is extremely important on a model railroad. With a foam sub roadbed on a shelf, there is very little depth to hide the jungle of wires so...

Looks like you got some good ideas going there Bill. It will be fun to see what you come up with. I am sure the creative juices are flowing. Doc Tom

Evolution at Linville The transformation from blue foam to colourful topography is underway on the layout design element at Linville on the On30 ET& WNC RR. Low lying shrubs and grasses have been planted on the hillsides in anticipation of “O” scale trees in full summer growth to come...

If it is temporary then perhaps a strip of sheet styrene could be used as the dam. Vaseline or white glue could be used to seal the sheet and keep the epoxy from dripping on the floor. Good luck with your project. Tom

Will the dam be a model on the river? Or will it be temporary to keep the epoxy from falling on the floor? Glad to help in anyway I can. Dr. Tom

The ore doors and the rough roof are nice touches. Nice job. Doc Tom

I hope your future plans become clearer to you. You have some great modeling skills that need to be utilized to the fullest. Doc Tom

Hang in there and keep trying. My motto: "It's hard to screw up scenery." Can always add some flat paint, more white glue and some more ground foam. Doc Tom

BLUE FOAM TAKES ON SOME COLORS AND TEXTURE. On my On30 logging mini layout I used Blue Foam landforms in anticipation of this layout depicting the ET &WNC. Even learned to carve the foam to look like rock strata by using the edge of a whirling dremel rotary sander. So it was time to put...

The ore car looks great. Everything fit together nicely. Neat stake pockets you scratched up there Bill. Like the red color of the car too. Doc Tom

Thank you Z man. Although no nails were used in its construction.:cool: Tom

Hello Bill. Did you get your homabed from Cascade railroad supply? That is who I ordered it from. Did you find them to be a good supplier if you use them? Tom

It is a good product. Unfortunately the company who sells it now reports at least a three week wait while they "cut it." I'm two weeks into that wait and looking forward to getting it soon. Tom

Thanks Bill. Slow and steady on this project. Yet eager to get the homabed down and lay some track and fire up that 10 wheeler.

Hey Micah, Thanks for the note. I was the oldest of 5 boys.........but did no harm to the modeling efforts of my younger sibs. But I am the only one still modeling away at age 67. Doc Tom:facepalm:

More work on the Linville layout design element(LDE) I've had a little more time to work on the Linnville LD E. This is what I'm shooting for in the next few months: I placed the 1:1 track plan on the blue foam shelf layout. I used the turnout templates from PECO and pushpins to trace...

Looking good. You are getting a lot accomplished. Tom

I am going to be traveling for the next couple of weeks on a late summer vacation, so I thought I better wrap up the construction of the base of the shelf layout for the Blue Ridge Stemwinder. Time also to give you guys a break for a while from studying Blue Styrofoam. When I was an HO modeler...

Yes, Bill M. is a BIG FAN of the Tweetsie and he travels on the RR a lot when not so busy in Show Biz. TOm:cool:

So that's how you built up that very nice hopper. Those Russian River kits look nice. Doc Tom