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I'm wondering if this is the answer my cedar shake project. I've been thinking of having a sheet of N Scale shakes etched with a laser but the results of printing them on wood might be similar and certainly a whole lot cheaper. Have to get some thin wood next order. Wayne

Nice! What wouldn't I do to have kids that young again waving to trains !! Oh, well, someday there may be grandchildren who appreciate a good Northern. Wayne

Looks great! I think I've been there. The first architect I worked for sent me out to field measure a building that looked a lot like that. It also only had three standing walls and was quite drafty. Careful with the fine dining. Before long some smart developer is going to eat there...

When posting, select "Go Advanced." Select the "Insert IMage" icon in the toolbar at the top. It's the yellow icon. Write the full URL for where your image lives. (You have to have them hosted somewhere on the web.) Do this for each image you wish to display. Wayne

Apparently the owner of #71 has a small collection of railroad cars. I looked at the terraserver site to see if I could spot it in a photo. The lastest aerial photo of the area is from 1999 and I'm not sure if what I think is a short string of cars really isn't a line of chicken coops. (Can't...

I knew there was (and still is) salt mining in the Finger Lakes region and am thinking about stretching the Adirondacks "boundaries" a bit to include one. I don't have any info on coal mining in NY State yet. I'm reading a lot about iron mining in the area now. I just learned that the...

A steam era resort town might be a good alternative to a mine. Gives you a destination for passenger trains and local freights bringing in supplies in a variety of cars. Like kchronister, I'm modeling early-20th century Adirondacks, but I'm unaware of coal mines in my area. Iron mines were a...

The South NY RR did send a Climax to the museum; their site just seems to show the wrong one having been sent. In the Gove book, the Grasse River roster shows their Climax #44 sold in 1944 to Dexter Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co, then sold to South NY RR & scrapped in 1956. It also lists the build...

Hello again silver, Bill Gove is one of the authors of the book "Rails In The North Woods" which as I said was my primary source for info on logging roads in the Adirondacks. He wrote the Emporium and the Grasse River chapters. I'll definitely plan to attend his talk if possible. I've been...

Styrene doesn't have to be expensive. If you buy it in small sheets in plastic bags it's going to be expensive but if you don't need it scribed and buy large sheets, it can be pretty cheap. Check: US Plastic Click on: "Sheet/Rod/Shapes" in the blue menu box Then click on the "Styrene" link...

This weekend I had some time to work on assembling my N Scale sawmill building that I received last weekend after having the 1/16" basswood laser cut. I gave it a rough coat of paint and installed the metal roofing. The main building is 8"x14" and with the drying dock, the overall length is 3'...

Thanks Jim, The laser cutting was done by Laser Image Works in washington State. You need to send them the wood and a vector drawing from a CAD or other vector program. They charge a set-up fee of about $15 and $1.00 per minute for laser cutting and etching. There may be other charges if they...

If you're near San Franciso, you can tour the C. A. Thayer, a schooner built for lumber transport in the 1890's. It's been restored and is currently owned by the National Park Service. At 219' the Thayer would be an imposing feature in your dock area. You can see it at...

Finally, I've had some weekend accomplishments to report. Saturday morning, my first laser-cut project arrived in the mail. It's a 12" x 24" sheet of 1/16" basswood containing parts for my design for an N Scale sawmill complex consisting of an 8" x 14" main mill building, a kiln building...

I found the trick in the Dec. MRR for modeling stone buildings using the metal eraser holder of a common pencil to stamp rock impressions in wood to be really helpful. Even a novice can produce craftsman results, I think. I tried this simple technique with a favorite material of mine, DAP...

Clark, The Nov. Model Railroader has an article on scratchbuilding a huge one-story warehouse (about 5' long) using styrene and 4' drop ceiling light panels. May be a few hints in there that you can use. Wayne

If you're modeling the current era, you may be dating your layout by building a KMart. Their merger with Sears apparently involves dropping the KMart name. Wayne

Up in my part of the mountains, when logging was at its peak in the early 1900's, softwood logs were towed to the mill on the lake in booms by small steamboats. The heavier hardwood logs were loaded on barges made of softwood logs and towed. (I've seen a photo of a Barnhart loader sitting on a...

Looks great Marcin. The brick process looks great and the Swiss Army knife looks like it's the perfect tool for scribing the mortar joints. Can't argue with success! Wayne

Is that sign an ad for Union Station, Grammy Award winner Alison Krauss's band? Wayne