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I try to run for a couple of hours each week. I have only laid 120' of mainline so far, stopped to finish some scenery before I continue. I have completed two industrial sections with 11 industries to switch. I do get about five or six hours a week for modeling etc. It's spring here in North...

XavierJ123, Brite Boys should be available at your LHS, if not try one of the online stores. An old pencil eraser would work in a pinch, but they're not as durable nor do they have the embedded grit like the Brite Boy has.Wahl's can be obtained at most barber shops. It's hair clipper oil. Like...

Run trains first...every engine, every car, forward and backward to be sure you don't have to re-do anything. I usually ballast first because it's easier for me. It looks like I have made more progress that way. Like jetrock said, you can always cover the track later. I use newspaper and just...

Ditto what Russ said, cut off the couplers and body-mount some KD's. Most of the ones I converted didn't even need styrene shims. Sentimental value only...they were given to me by my late mom. A quick spray of dullcote and a little weathering also goes a long way.

How about Woodland Scenics Accent Glue? It's made for attaching LPB's and you can pull them up later.

Nice work Jetrock. I planned on painting some LPB's and completed about 15. I do them assembly line style so I actually completed some I had already started and started a few I didn't complete. The weather got nice so I tilled the garden so I could commence to planting onions etc. next week. In...

Good luck to all you snowbound Gaugers. We've missed it here in North Texas but in 36 hours the temperature went from 79 Friday afternoon to 19 this morning. Since my layout is in an unheated building I will be at the dining room table painting my backlog of Preciser figures. I hope to finish...

And a couple more.

OK, now that I have a camera to play with, here's a few.

Thanks Tom. I hadn't checked back on the watertower thread in a few days or I might have known that. Again great work. I'm starting to get the hang of my digital camera so I will post a few of my layout pictures during the holidays.

Just a point to ponder...A 4 x 8 that slides under the bed needs 4 x 8 when it slides out. That and access room. I'd re-consider and look at shelf layouts.

Nice pictures Tom, your scenery looks great. What are you using for the wires on the telegraph poles? They look closer to the real thing than any I've seen before.

Looking good Randy. I've been working on my current layout for 22 months and I have a lot more bare plywood. Love those night scenes.

Welcome Randy. I've never heard of Byers but your zipcode indicates you might be close to me. Era is about 30 miles NW of Denton, where's Byers? The "live" electric sounds real neat. Looking forward to the pictures. I will be lighting all my buildings when I get to that stage...liked the effect...

Bought my first Athearn RTR today. I got an FMC 5347 with the Railbox scheme. Found a broken stirup that I can fix, but it was otherwise an excellent model. Individual grabs, ladders, metal wheels, EZ mate couplers (I think, didn't look that close) and see-thru end boards. Like Pete said, the...

Here's another further down where the track comes to within 3" from the edge. For the record I use the plexiglass on my upper level.

Good idea Freelancer...here's one where I have run the scenery a bit higher than track level. I don't want to lower the fascia here as it borders a 24" aisle squeeze point and Bill's cows need protection from elbows.

Whoa Dave!!! 50 of them! It's taken me 3 years to do 9 and I have 6 more to go. I agree that they are great models for the money. Best looking models on my layout and they weather well. I don't know about the athearn or roundhouse thing, but I have several of the Athearn kits of that RTR CSX...

Ron, I use that technique around most of the layout, nothing improves looks like driving through the landscape. My problem area is a 30" radius teardrop peninsula with a 28.5" radius offset mainline. No real room for anything but ballast and a bit of groundcover. I just hate looking across the...

Around the edge of my layout I have a 6"-8" fascia board made of masonite. It rises about 1 1/2" above the layout for fall protection (from occasional cats, not trackwork), and I have painted it a dark green. My question is what color should I paint the interior side? The rough masonite side is...