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hello folks, been away for a bit...er a long time. been trying to catch up on the posts. good to see all the wonderful modeling and the familiar faces. I hav'nt had a bottle of CA in my fingers in so long I've almost forgotten how to use it. Now... where did that train room go to! lol t.

Happy Birthday guy's! Hope the day goes all your way. t.

yeah Val like jon said it's, uh.... twoderful :D t.

Excellent superb work Philip. taking a year to build the one sounds like you work at my kind of pace, but your effort was definetly worth it! t.

Hi Charlie I like them alot. I might go b&w with some of my pics if'in I ever get something together enought to shoot. t.

Michael, I've been away, so to speak for a few days, just read your post. I am sure sorry to hear about your loss. Your in my thoughts as well. t.

Looks like it's going to be a winner for sure. The buildings look great too t.

Yeah, me too!... or I mean third it :D Happy Birthday!! t.

looks absolutely wonderful Robin I too am amazed at the card construction. I'm going to have to give this a try. t.

Alright! looks like your off to a great start Val. It's going to be a joy to see this all come to life. t.

Looks superb Dick! Even in N scale that thing looks like it would still take out the bridge piers on my HO sized curves. t.

good post topic Interuben Errol thats a behemeth of a bridge. Don't have anything to come close to that 'round here. :cool: t.

Hi Jesper, what a pretty bit of tracklaying!! I'm with Gary got to wire it. I've gotten only two turnouts layed and have stopped till I get a plan for the manual throws. I keep eyeing the wire clothes hangers in the closet, hmm....but I think I'm going to pay a visit to the RC plane shop here...

Welcome Cpt. Carter you've picked a wonderful home away from home here. t.

Vic I thought something was a-miss since I hav'nt seen ya for a few days. So sorry to hear this. She's for sure in mine. t.

ok, I was thinking the samething about the throw slots I think I'd like them of to the side too. Just got to figure out a simple way for them that works. LOL :D t.

Gary the throwbar design is from an MR artical. I could never come up with something so simple that actually worked :D. I noticed Jesper's switch has a hole cut off to the side for throwing the turnout. How do you do yours. what kind of throws do you use? t.

Thanks Marty and Steve! with help from master switch builders like Gary and Jesper I can't go wrong. Gary, The throw bar isn't actually glued to the rails. Heres how I made it. The styrene throw bar slides under the stockrails with another piece of styrene (.O30 thick I think) that is cut...

Hi Gary now it's all rushing back to me, been awhile since I've built them. Installed the turnout and hooked up some feeders to test run the loco's through it. I was a little worried some of my older deep flanged loco's would snag on the spike heads but they did'nt and the engines run through it...

Great looking trestle Gary, but I was sure hoping to see a bridge meant to suspend:D I'd like to build one based loosely on a bridge that hung over the Niagra river about a hundred yrs ago. t.