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That sound like a bit more than a diorama, Chris - that's a whole layout! What all does he want done - design, benchwork, laying track, wiring, scenery, buildings, etc? Go to a hobby shop (or maybe a bookstore) and get an issue of Model Railroader - they usually have ads for outfits that will...

The ice rinks I've seen (NHL on TV) all have dull white surfaces. I don't think a mirror would look very realistic. How about one of those new-fangled roll-up cutting boards, what are they, Teflon or something? You could animate it like TC described.

Anybody catch this from the Model Railroader site's report on the Las Vegas show? http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/004/610levco.asp

Acccording to my calendar, Monday is also Health-Sports Day in Japan. Wuzzat?

I'd think the width would depend on if you intend to mount any controls on it and how high the scenery is, among other things. The scenery should determine the profile af the fascia, whether you cut the fascia before the scenery is in place or not. Of course, if you cut the fascia first, then...

Went through a similar thing with my Dad several years ago, Ron, and just knowing that there were people out there thinking of me made a lot of difference. We're here for you, my friend. Bill K.

On the Bachmann forum they just announced that Bachmann will be making, in N scale, a 4-6-0 (Ten Wheeler) and a 2-6-6-2 (Mallet?). Combined with the just announced 2-6-0 Mogul from Atlas, this could cause a lot of light wallets!

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I beleive he is referring to "sniping" software. Here's one: http://www.cricketsniper.com

When tracing out track centerlines on a foam surface, I end up drawing a lot of lines perpendicular to one another, to locate curve centers, parallel lines, etc. To make this easier I found a piece of clear plastic (acetate?), like they print overhead projector presentations on. I taped it...

Should it look right or measure right? Are you making it to be looked at or to be measured?