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Hi Lighthorseman, If you go to http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/spe/histphotos/ and enter "donkey" or "Capilano Timber" (my favorite) under Keywords, you'll find some mighty fine photo's of steam yarders and skidders as well as other juicy logging pics. Around these parts (British...

Sweeeeet! Gary, your track work is second to none! Beautiful stuff! You're right, the spikes and tie plates on the flex track do make quite a difference to the overall product. One of my concerns was how to make the plastic ties look like wood, looks like you've done it! :D Another concern...

Jon......off thread topic Hehehehe....nyuck nyuck nyuck......guffaw.......chuckle..... :D :D :D :D :D Tuned in late to this thread....... Crocodile Accent ON......mate, yer killin' me, tears runnin' down me face. :D :D :D :D :D Kinda embarrassing in an engineering office. Can't read...

:confused: Hi Gary, Did you say that flex track looks better that hand laid? No kidding? :confused: I was under the impression that hand laid was the "professional" way to go. Mind you, I haven't seen either installed before (I don't get out much :) ), what do I know. You wouldn't happen...

oh...jeez....can't flex my brain either Well...this settles it........somebody send me to the rubber room. I didn't buy Pico code 55 flextrack, I bought HO standard gauge Rail Craft code 55 (and a piece of Micro Engineering code 70....it's no better). Thanks for the tips guys. I too saw an...

Hi Gaugers! I have a wee problem. I just picked up a length of Pico code 55 to take home and play.....er........experiment with for future layout considerations (hand lay or flex track). Small problem; I can't flex that durn flex track! That stuff is trying it's darndest to stay straight. I...

BINGO!!!! Bill, that's perfect! I'm gonna give it a try, looks like Mico Mark will have something that will work. Thanks for the tip! Oh, this is a tale about cast-a-ways.....dum de dum..... :D

Hi Bill, I'm glad you posted this thread, I've been thinking about casting with RTV molds. Is it possible to cast an entire skeleton log car (minus the fiddly undercarriage parts and trucks of coarse:) ) ? If the resin is not heavy enough to meet the NMRA minimum car weight requirements...

Bummer, Mike. But there's always next year! Have a good time hoisting suds! Maybe you can empty a few cans for those oh-so nifty beer can tank cars! :D

Hi Mike! Let me say Welcome to Vancouver! Bring your raincoat, looks like you're just in time for our rainy season! :O) (all that water keeps everything fresh and green, eh) A really great model railroad shop (my favorite) is Pacific Scale Rail in New Westminster (just next door to...

My favorite model railroad store up here in the Great White North (Canada) claims not to know anything about the new Bachmann Climax. (sure hope they make one, their Shay is to die for!) They did point out the newly updated line of Rivarossi (sp?) logging stuff, including a Climax......their...

Holy Schmokes!!!! Gary!!! I am in Awe! What fabulous modeling, such detail. I like the paint splotches (bird poop?) on the sidewalk under the bridge, it's a detail I haven't seen before. Mind if I borrow your idea for my future layout? Cheers, Stan

Oops Sorry Shamus, :rolleyes: Didn't see the "Re" in front of this thread. Serves me right for not paying more attention to what is going on in The Gauge. Best of luck with the Logging Forum, I look forward to it. From the sounds of it....so do a lot of others! Thanks! Stan

:confused: Hi Shamus, OK, I'll bite.........logging forum? What logging forum? As a fellow crazed logging nut, this sounds almost to good to be true, I just Loooove old time logging! If there is a forum out there that can help me make a layout that comes even close to looking like yours...

Sumpter's Boat Hi all, my appologies to Cookyy for breaking the cardinal rule of not deviating from the thread topic, but, Woh......Sumpter...what a yacht! Did you build that schooner yourself???? What a beauty, the skipper must be real proud when he participates in the commodores sail past...

Well fellas', As it happens, just three weeks ago I married Jill, the most wonderful woman in the world. When confronted with the prospect of building a relatively small layout in the family room of the rancher we just bought, this most understanding and spectacular gal suggested (without...

Wedgietown? Hi Steve, From one newbie to another, your plan looks fantastic. I like the dual gauge aspect and also the way your river winds around the layout to necessitate those bridges is impressive. So.....Wedgietown, eh? Any thoughts of plunking a futuristic nuclear power plant in the...

I also saw that photo of the reduced scale church, it was very convincing. Didn't they also show a duplicate photo, only substituting in an identical HO church for comparison? It made a believer out of me!:cool: In a recent issue of MR (last months?) I noticed a photo of a HO steamer...

Ouch! I just got a headache! :D HO Trains disappearing and reappearing as n scale; sounds like I'd need to build some kind of a shrinking machine in a tunnel. "Honey! I shrunk the trains!" ;) Truth is I didn't intend on duplicating trains, background trains would be background trains...

Hi billk, I would use it all! Everything from N-Scale engines to structures to wee little people! But I was thinking of rolling stock in particular, I would have essentially two separate operating railroads. The HO down low and up close, the N-Scale up high and farther back to represent...