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This guy has been getting in trouble for years. I forget what mental disorder he has, but it's similar to autism...if memory serves me. He has an obsession with trains, and not like you or I. He can't help it. I'm not sure if that's the real deal, or just some legal jargon to get him out...

Welcome! :wave:

I've used Weather-It, and it isn't all that great.

Howdy! I haven't taken any pics of my weathering attempts since I got my new camera, so I thought I'd post a couple images of my covered hoppers: I didn't show the trucks because I haven't weathered these. This hopper is from Atlas, and I replace those with Micro-Trains...just haven't...

Does anyone have a link to where I might find the Atlas N-17 (Scenic and Relaxed) track plan in either 3rd PlanIt or XtrkCAD format? I don't think I have the mental capacity to learn another program...my head may explode. I have both programs, but haven't used either one. I'd like to do some...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I had a feeling that wasn't what I needed, but I don't know much about tank cars. I'm not having much luck finding generic tankers in N scale, but I did find this little gem: This will be my first tank car purchase, hopefully I can find more like this...

I recently purchased the Walther's Cornerstone Interstate Fuel & Oil for my layout. I also need to buy some tank cars to service this industry. However, I'm having difficulty finding out which tank cars would've been used to service bulk dealers such as this in the 1950's era. I'm modeling in N...

Yeah, look out is right. My wood benchwork attempt wouldn't win any awards for being pretty, that's for sure. Oh, I should probably also mention that to date, The Aluminum Benchwork Project has cost me $23.10 and maybe an hour and a half construction time.

Here is the completed frame. Measuring 4 x 6, with two support braces. As rigid as this thing is, I could've gotten away with using only one...but better safe than sorry. In the background, you can see the bottom of my original wood benchwork, complete with blue foamboard.

Here are detail pics showing the front and back of what a corner joint looks like. I used a framing square and got the corners as straight as I could.

Here I have attached casters to the legs. The center hole of the extrusion (pictured in the post above) has been drilled and tapped to accept the bolt on the end of these casters. I had originally planned to use different casters. The ones I had picked out were much nicer looking and had a...

Here is an image of the extrusion. As mentioned, it measures 40mm square (approx. 1 1/2 inches) and is aluminum. This is commonly referred to as "T-Groove" because of its shape. Not all T-Groove looks like this, however...and it comes in many different sizes. Also pictured is the attaching...

Sorry...just realized I posted this here instead of the photography forums.

I was out railfanning at Delaware, OH today and saw this. At first glance, I thought the gates were just in the process of being replaced, and the old one hadn't been removed yet. But then I noticed not only how new these were, but saw the old ones laying not far away. There is some kind of...

brakie: Thanks for that list, it actually inpired me in more than just a few ways! As usual, you've been a great help to me. I noticed a lot of lumber industry, which I thought was kind of odd for Ohio...but then I remembered there's a huge Hoge (I think) lumber operation not that far from...

I'm not really sure who makes it to be honest. It comes from a supplier, and has been repackaged by the time I see it. I've heard that it's a company that also builds robotics, as this material was intended to be used for cages around them.

Another update... Being the impatient person that I am, I moved the shipping dept.'s junk out of my way myself after work today. I already had measurements converted to millimeters (since that's what the saw fence is set for), so all my pieces are cut. We have a table saw equipped with...

Sorry, I forgot to post that info. Timeframe: 1953. Locale: Northwest Ohio. Very good point about having the feed store "in town". The good news with that is, the structure isn't completely finished yet, and it's generic enough that I can really make it whatever I want it to be. I also like...

I'm pretty sure it was a Google search for "model railroading forums". :thumb:

Update... The shipping dept. parked some of their stuff right in front of the racks I need to get to in order to use the extrusion. So, this project may be temporarily put on hold until next week. :curse: