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I love it, Paul. :thumb: Another excellent photo! :thumb: The overhead crane and water tank really caught my attention. And that's after I stopped drooling over the engine house. Beautiful modeling!:wave: :thumb:

I have the SW Twin Mills kit (Sig. edition). If you build it according to Brett's plans (and include at least a small pond), it occupies an area that is 3' x 3'. I haven't started it yet because I'm still working on other projects. When I do, I will construct an "oversize"module for it and...

Thanks, Jon. :) BTW: I doubt the average teen of today would know how to chop wood - and probably couldn't go at it all day if he did know. :rolleyes:

Jon, actually hardwood logging is the main focus of my layout planning. I have one tie raft collection point under construction and another planned. It's only been in the last month or so that I have started to think about devoting some space to pine and cedar logging. One of the things that...

I've had a lifelong love affair with Missouri's Ozarks. Since logging and railroad tie production were major Ozarks industries until around 1928, a logging-based layout was a natural for me. At one time, the tiny town of Grandin, Mo., was the home of the world's largest sawmill. It was there...

This is how I download my photos also. I like the convenience of a card reader. I have a SanDisk CF card reader (approx. $30 U.S.) hooked up to my desktop Mac and a CF card adapter/reader (approx. $15 U.S.) for one of the PCMCIA slots on my PowerBook. As CSX said, using a card reader eliminates...

Thanks, guys. Actually, I'm a New Years Eve "baby." But I'm also left handed, used to have red hair, and am a steadfast Mac user in a Wintel world. What can I say.... I'm weird. Happy New Years, everyone.

Re: MR then and now. Absolutely! Many of those old issues are a treasure trove of info. If you're a scratchbuilder or a "super-detailer," you can't beat those old magazines for information, drawings, and photos. I have kept all of my model RR magazines since the first one I ever bought...

For many, many years, I used Canons. I still have my FT-QL (fully manual and stopped-down metering, with f.1.2 lens), my FTb (open aperture "match needle" metering, with f.1.4 lens), and my A1 (both fully auto or manual modes, with f.1.4 lens). Two years ago, however, I bought a Minolta...

Well, it may be the day after, but it's still the Season...:D ....so.... Merry Christmas, everyone. Yesterday was a very different Christmas for us. This is the first year since our daughters were born that we have spent Christmas day mostly by ourselves. The older of our two girls...

And the same to you, Tyson! :wave: from beautiful but snowless Lake of the Ozarks. :)

When I started my current layout a few years ago, the plan was to model logging in the Missouri Ozarks, circa 1910. Within the last year, however, I have changed from trying to model a specific year to simply modeling an entire era. I won't bore everyone with how and why I made the decision, but...

Jack, first of all, your site is a marvelous piece of historical information. Many thanks for photo documents of all those stations. Second, your providing a link to it comes at an excellent time for me. I'm just about to begin a station building project. I haven't decided whether to scratch...

Paul, your trees are beautifully done. The whole scene is simply stunning. :thumb: :thumb:

Happy Holidays to all! :)

Dick and Krokodil, you guys did some beautiful work on your stations. Congratulations! And thanks for the inspiration. :thumb:

Many thanks, Paul. Your compliment is truly appreciated. :)

Thanks, guys. It was fun trying to do something different with a kit that has been well established for several years in the HO market. :p

Thanks, George.

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone. :) Dash, yes, that is real wood. The entire structure is built from scale stripwood. I started with 4x4 framing over a simple template that I drew. As for the color of the wood, it's a multi-step process. In a nutshell, however, I prestain the wood in...