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Where I live the water table is high, but it seems just in the past 25 years, contractor's just don't seem to be able to build a basement that doesn't leak. My house is built on a slab with drains around the foundation. It's nice having windows with the layout, but keep the drapes closed to...

HAPPY 4th EVERYONE! Too bad it's in the middle of the week this year. Sorry you all missed Dominion Day on Sunday, it was a blast! Just think, if there wasn't a revolution, you'd all be living in Canada and the beer would be much better! OK, to celebrate, I want everyone to get out their...

HAPPY 4th EVERYONE! Too bad it's in the middle of the week this year. Sorry you all missed Dominion Day on Sunday, it was a blast! Just think, if there wasn't a revolution, you'd all be living in Canada and the beer would be much better! OK, to celebrate, I want everyone to get out their...

Bob! Congratulations on your Intermountain windfall! Like friends with pools and boats, we all need friends like that! One thing as long as we're on the topic and especially for folks new to using flex, here's what I was told and it works, for me at least..... Buy a rail cutter (nipper) at...

Sorry Mate! Never seen this kind of beast. A picture might help? George.

Hello Bob Collins! The key word here is "FLEX". The sleepers are not joined to allow the structure to be bent. One key fact the gallery has overlooked so far is that when laying flextrack, especially on a curve, the rail that slides goes on the OUTSIDE of the curve. Cheque it out, one rail...

Gruss Gott, Nopoop! If you're doing a logging line, you shouldn't have any problem in going with #4 switches. The #8 curved switches perhaps close to town, but little engines take tight curves, so you have to have some of them too. I like broad curves, but the small stuff gives you greater...

Hello Jerardr, and welcome aboard! Railking? You must be talking about "O" scale? Woodie's right. It also depends on the manufacturer. An IHC E-8 in "HO" will spin it's wheels with anything over 6 IHC passenger cars. Nice looking model, but what a disappointment performance wise! But a...

Hello Gary et all! I'm really glad you brought this problem up for the gallery. This will save beginners and people with "Oldtimers Disease" alike, the heartbreak and frustration 6 months after commending themselves on a job thought well done. I would like to add that when laying...

Woodie, The Hotel in Dunedoo looks right out of the old west in America. I especailly like the semaphore shot. Are they still widely used around there? Thanks for the pictures, any great whites off that beach? George.

I won't cry, we'll see you soon! Warmest wishes and heartfelt thanks for everything you've contributed to this site and our skills and imagination. see you later, dear friend! George.

Justin, Welcome Aboard! Nothing since my last note to you, but don't fret! George.

Hello Nopoop, and welcome aboard! I have to agree with you about the vision issue and gauge. I went with "HO", but if I had the income (or get the windfall) I'd like to dabble with some "S". Like one MRR from the south once said of "N"; If'n a dawg kin swaller it, it's too damned small!"...

Hi Billk! Am I assuming correctly that you dried your grass before you "strained" it? It will turn brown, but it won't turn green again with the seasons. Too much together and it will turn to slimy mush if it's not dried before use. Depending on where you live, try moss. The only problem is...

That would probably depend on how well behaved the child is in general, my emotional state of the moment, and what the thing was. If it was the dawg, I'd bolt into action by quickly reaching down his throat, and pulling the foreign object out of his mouth. If It was my mother-in-law, I'd walk...

Hello Bill Stone! I remember seeing desplays like that as well. From what I remember, the problem was taking a car around a corner and having it go askew at an angle instead of the nose straight with the centre of the lane. Once the road straightened out, some of the cars were at a 30 degree...

Nice shots, guys! Shamus, have you considered changing the name of your railroad to "Beaver Creek"? You've been as busy as a beaver with this undertaking, and the results are truly magnificent. Just watch out for the "Tree Huggers", as some call the environmentalists! George.

Lieber Hauptfeldwebel Nopoop! Es gefallt mir SEHR dass wir einen Flugzeug Bastler bei ihnen gefunden! I do not participate in these simulations, but none the less I have been an aviation enthusiast as well for years. I have combined these two hobbies by rotating a small collection of scale...

Hello Michael and welcome aboard. You could probably put one of each on and be correct. To make sure, go to; http://www.railroad.net/forums Try asking your question in the GN forum there if you don't get satisfaction here. George.

Shamus, The only thing more remarkable than the quality of the detailing, is the speed at which you accomplished this job. I tip my hat to you, sir! Just one thing though. You say you're the only one in your area doing the American scene, but it must be Canada, as there's no trash at the...