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Nice layout B&Mfan. Keep posting on your progress. I'm modeling the Canadien National ( they have a track 100 meters down the road ) and last week when I took a railfanning walk along the track I had to ask for .. a Kleenex to one of the CN employees. Nice friendly people. Now I can even get...

kinggargantuan, I didn't want to make fun out of you with my reply. As a matter of fact Woodland Scenics recommends to tap on their "Paving Tape" after pouring the "Smooth-It" plaster. Last Friday, at my LHS I checked the height of the paving tape and it looked like it is about 1/16 " but for...

I voted Atlas for the engines Microtrains is an excellent rolling stock ( boxcars ) manufacturer. Life-Like make good engines ( Be sure to get the ProtoN one ) For the Canadian fans ( CP , CR, TH&B ) PWRS ( Pacific Western Rail System, why did they choose such a long name ) has some special...

Doing some tap-shoe on the table sign1 Jacques

How about a landscape "compression" :canada1: Eh Jacques

I have 2 projects I,m working on right now. A "big" layout 25" X 36" ( yes, inches not feet ) and a smaller switching micro layout 11" X 23 " Jacques

Thanks to all the helpful members on this forum who took some of their precious time to reply. To Kevin : I don't think it is reacting to the foam because , as seen on the picture, the bubbles seem to be located on the surface and not from the area in contact with the pink styrene foam. To...

About rocks: nice ones TomPM, here is a pic of some improvments I did on my hill. It's so cold here in Montreal , -23°C ( -10 ° F for our friends south of the border ) with the wind chill, I didn't feel like doing any railfanning. Nice night pic with the moon EngineerKyle Ah that good old TH&B...

Take your time Roch, work at your own pace, there is no modeling clock ticking. I started my 25" by 36" mini layout more than 1 year ago and it's far from being finished. It's a hobby, enjoy it, have fun. It shouldn't be a source of stress ( well at least most of the time ) Jacques

Thanks for posting those pics cn nutbar, and thanks Wayne for taking the shots. I'm modeling CNR so I find it very interesting. cntown, you mentions that the yard" is not as busy as was your picture during the CN days. " , who own or operate the yard now ? Jacques

Yes, Elmers glue softens with water, but how will you inject that water between the cork roadbed and the plywood or the pink styrene ? My 1st layout is small ( 25" X 36" ) and I soldered all the sectional tracks first. Then I temporarily fixed the tracks on the pink styrene using push pins...

I tried twice to make a road using WS smooth-it material. Both times I had the same problem: When pouring the material, it creates bubbles. My road looks more like a piece of lunar landscape , or as it was hit by a squadron of Stuka dive bomber. Any suggestion to fix that problem will be much...

Very fine painting work sabretooth47. How many hours did it take to complete that job ? What paint brand , Polly Scale ? Do you have any plan for some ( light ) weathering ? Jacques

I did some cork roadbed tests . I glued some pieces of cork roadbed on some pink extruded styrene base using yellow carpenter glue and DAP caulking. I would guess that using white Elmer glue would more or less the same result as the yellow carpenter glue. Just lift the cork roadbed and it...

Nice picture Charlie, thanks for sharing it Jacques

Here is a procedure if you want to install a decoder in a Life-Like SW9-1200 LifeLike SW9-1200 I purchased the SW9-1200 2 years ago. I have to tweak it ( contact springs ) and add a micro-trains coupler. After that , it works smoothly now. I didn't install a DCC decoder. Good yard switchers...

Welcome Paul. You are at the right place here at "The Gauge" . Be sure to check the Photography subforum ( Weekly fun threads ) The pictures are 1st class. Jacques

I'm working on 2 layouts . The 1st one is a switching layout and I glued the Peco flexctrack directly on the plywood using DAP Kwik seal. The 2nd layout has cork roadbed glued on pink styrene using DAP kwik seal , and the Atlas sectional track is glued on the roadbed using DAP kwik seal too. I...

Dave, It's not clear to me what kind of foam you are talking about. Are talking about pink or blue extruded styrene or about Woodland Scenics foam roadbed ? Jacques

I always check the Photo-fun weekly, the quality of the pictures is very good. Nice work everyone. I tried various arrangements for the structures on my micro layout , that was an easy job, no cutting, gluing, painting or soldering. My wife gave me some suggestions. I also cut and painted...