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Galen... My new Richmond arrived, and it's a smooth runner. Due to me building a all new layout (around-the-room type), I haven't been able to evaluate it's pulling capability, or grade climbing yet... but I'll keep her no matter what! Both the 4-6-0 and the 4-4-0 are a perfect fit on my...

I have a "confirmed bachelor" buddy who may be interested... can she email a picture of the layout ? Bob

Great shootin', Herc..... Bob :thumb:

Wayne... your photography and modeling are out of this world !!! Your attention to even the smallest of details is phenominal... Bob

That's NUT, BOLT, WASHER.... in plastic or some brass. Bob

Thanks, Bernard... I'll order some. Bob

Good call, Bernard ! I have wondered about the size on those 8 large NBW's ever since I used them on this model.... but I originally tried using the small NBW's that you also see in the photo, and it looked like the ones used for the cable needed to be larger. I think I'll look for someting...

John, I have a Bachmann Spectrum 4-6-0 that takes 15" rad. curves (every now and then she'll gripe about it)... I will only use 15" on my ore mine siding, however. Bob

Well, the shed is just about finished... I'll head for the train store tomorrow and pick up a chimney to "cap off" the roof, then I'll scratchbuild a coal bin on the side of the shed, do some weathering on the shed itself, stone walls, and the Law's gallows.... and that should do it until I get...

She's a beauty, Steve. That BN Exec. scheme is one of my all time favorites.... Bob

Hi Krawler, and welcome to the Gauge!!! Jump right in, the water's fine.... Bob

Thanks, Tom... the stripwood used was .0208" X .125" X 11" sections (Basswood); and the wire that I used for the cable was some scrap steel wire left over from another project (I really don't have the wire dia. info, but the diameter is about half the thickness of the shaft of a straight pin)...

Very nice, Jon. I felt like I was viewing the prototype, and not the model. I was glad to see that you had not "detailed" the cars with the customary white border along the floor of the cars, to simulate "lime disinfection". The more prototype shots I see, the more that proves to be the...

I just bought a Spectrum 4-4-0 "Richmond", and it should be delivered Thursday according to UPS. If anyone has one of those little feller's, could you please give me your assessment on it's performance (pro's & con's). I based my decision to purchase the 4-4-0, on the Spectrum 4-6-0 that I...

One of the guys from the train club that I belong to, posed the question of how they would access the below deck area of my T/T to perform maintenance, and clean-out? (This guy's got Eagle Eyes like Galen!) Well, the more I thought about that one, the more I knew the little workers on the...

Congratulations to you all. The photo's were extra special this month... and the voting turn-out proved it! Bob :thumb:

Right you are, Galen... but I really did score lines, but I am afraid I did not scratch deep enough as the two coats of paint filled them in. I plan on re-scribing when I start my weathering process, which will be my last task on this project. At present I am working on a small detail that...

Nope!!! That's a Plastistruct sheet (comes in Grid and Diamond Safety Tread designs)... it took long enough to do all the other stuff without scribing my own styrene. Bob

Loren... If those grids are 12", it looks like your ice house/cold storage bldg. will be about 2 inches from the edge of your turntable. You might be able to slide your T/T to the left a tad, and then "swing" those roundhouse tracks a bit to the right. Bob :thumb:

Thanks, guys. Gus: I've heard that they are interchangable, but not 100% certain. Loren: I bought Plastistruct sheet styrene in the "diamond" safety tread pattern (the kind of steel sheet material that they make cat-walks, running boards, etc. out of in real life) and I cut it to fit the...