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Thanks for the Diagram Shamus. I was trying to get around the reversing loop but think I can manage it now. t.

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Penn, So sorry to hear about your losses. My grandfather died last September and I think about him alot. He was a true Gem and well known in the community. He was a WWII Vet and never missed one of his bomb groups reunions. At his funeral I was amazed to see all the young as well as the older...

Now that Shamus got them burning it's a shame jon ain't in the bulb polishin business no more. Great photo and modeling Tyson. Can't wait till it's nice and green for real...only about four month's to go.:eek: t.

Just one more thing to look at would be to make sure the "piston shafts" are not binding as it goes back and forth in the piston cylinders, if it has them. Vic, I have re-quartered a set of driver's without a jig, MAN what a pain. t.

Hi ima, everything is made from sheet styrene. for example I made the dental trim on the portal by stacking and glueing up a couple of different thickness of styrene then used the Dremel with a cutoff wheel and just sliced part way through the strip every 12 scale inches or so. Bill, I...

Thanks Clerk, one of those engines was a real labor of love. Hi Val, yes the bridge is completely hollow, made up of various thickness of sheet styrene. I stated the bridge and portal will be smooth faced stone but the retaining walls are to be rough cut blocks. I did some experimenting and...

Thanks for the kind words Bill, I'm not sure when the prototype portal was made. The book the picture is in was printed In 1890. On my layout It will represent a newly constucted bridge. t.

Oh man Tyson, That cracked up the whole family. :cool: :cool: :cool: It is by far the best laugh I've had in a while. thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU!! :D :D :D :D :D t.

Thanks Tyson, there is more trim to add. On the bridge there will be large decorative bracketed arched niche's, one on each side of the main arch. t.

Another way to give the illusion of hieght is to "dig" down too. It looks like theres plenty of room under there. If you raised the bridge 2 inches, as Cidchase suggested, and dropped the creek bed the same amount you'd get 4 inches and a little more drama. The blue foam insulation board...

This is a shot of a bridge and portal combo that will be spanning over the new trackage being layed to the big terminal and through the cut it took to lay them. The portal is inspired by an engraving of the Bergen tunnel's at Hoboken, NJ. They are of styrene and when finished will be made to...

Hi Val the scene looks great. :cool: That could be Casper the freindly ghost..He was a dead white guy... I think. :D t.

Welcome to the Gauge Wiley, I don't know anything about G stuff either and unfortunately did'nt stay at a Holiday Express last night to have the answer's. I do know though, having the family behind you is a big plus. When I go to my local shop I always look over the Gscale and day dream of...

Hi Gary, just curious is the foam going to be the finished surface or are you going to plaster over it? One glue I found that worked for me was Elmers spray adhesive. It's contact cement and when the two pieces of foam go together thier there, which means you can't adjust them any. Hmm...

Hi Casey, After reading an article by Rand Hood on aging metal, I used a product called PCB Etchant from Radio Shack on some Cambells corrugated roofing. It worked great! It oxidizes the metal and removes the shine almost instantly. color ranges from light grey to black depending how long the...

Boiled peanuts, Boiled peanuts, boiled peanuts:p :D Casey, thats looking very nice, what a gem it will be. :cool: I wish I could get even one evening in but my shop is "tore up" at the moment building the layout room. t.

Really nice shot and modeling Tyson. So thats what it take to move them birds. I've got a non mufflerd beetle But it don't seem to phase them. I still have to stop and wait for them to cross the road in single file.:rolleyes: I don't blow my horn at 'em as that would be rude. :D t.

Thank you Shamus, you , and everybody else here at the Gauge have a nice Christmas. t.

Hi TR-Flyer, wife says those electric jobs have to share with "sparky" :D t.