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    Joke of the day

    :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :p Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Streets, curbs and sidewalks....

    Ron--Where can I find very thin foam core? I want to experiment a bit on some scrap plywood...Thanks!:) :) Also; what's a good adhesive to attach foamcore to plywood? Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Streets, curbs and sidewalks....

    Hi Folks! Going along with Aartwmich's recent threads (re: bridges and rockwork pics), I'de like to check out pics you all may have on your streets, curbs and sidewalks and with a brief "how-to"... I'm beginning planning on this aspect for my layout and prior attempts I have done using hydrocal...
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    Happy Birthday Guys

    Rory: Congrats on your new loco! Have a great birthday!!:D :D :D Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Happy Birthday to

    Have a great day, Ravensfan!!:D :D :D Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Vic, McFortner, and Toon!!!

    Happy B-day folks...Hope you had a "railroady" type day!:D :D :D Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Custom Hershey's Reefer

    Beautiful work Tom! I wish the factory here in "Chocolate Town" would still send out those types of cars! Matt--Hershey (believe it or not), Pa.
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    Backdrop "holes"

    Thanks for all the replies folks! As I'm sitting here with a foot of snow on the ground and another foot coming tonight accompanied by winds and drifts; I'm trying to get the wheels turning a bit and your ideas are starting to help!:D I probably have some time to think on it and physically...
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    Backdrop "holes"

    After installing a double sided backdrop to visually separate two different scenes, I'm faced with the question of how to hide or conceal the holes that rail must run through. There was an article in MR awhile back I must locate, but I was wondering how anyone here who has faced this type of...
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    Over & Under Bridges

    I'll add my "thumbs-up" to the above comments!!!!!:D :cool: :D :cool: Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Happy Birthday Guys

    Thanks folks! It's been a great day as my best present has been the masonite needed to complete my double sided backdrop!! Installation day has been scheduled for tomorrow AM!!!:cool: :cool: Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Can I come in?

    Hi Bones! Just wanted to add my welcome from one Pennsylvanian to another... Love the "railroady" atmosphere in your part of the Commonwealth. Especially the areas of Carbon County and the town of Jim Thorpe...Enjoy your stay here at the-Gauge. You indeed have joined the best forum out there!!:)...
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    Hello

    Luis! There you are! I was also thinking of you and your layout the other day.:cool: :) Hope you can post some pics of what you've been up to since you've been "gone". Even if it is only a little bit!!:) Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Master craftsman

    Very cool sight---bookmarked as it will take a while to get through it all. The "free -sign page" is very nice as well Thanks for the link! :cool: Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Deleted??

    msh---don't go man! Farmer Ron said it best. I've enjoyed your posts and threads in the past and have found them informative. I'm sure it was a technical glitch somewhere. Had the same thing happen to a post of mine about a year ago. There one day, gone the next! &^%$#@$#$%...
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    In and Around Millers Creek

    Casey: Can't add anything more complimentary than what's already been said.....Just EXCELLENT WORK!!:) Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Mallet "back logged"

    Great scene Pete.. Love the engine; Now those trees!:cool: how 'bout a quick tutorial on how you made 'em? Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Columbia lost.

    What an awful thing to wake up to this morning. Instead of spending some time in my railroad room, I found myself glued to MSNBC. Another National tragedy to deal with:( Matt--Hershey, Pa.
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    Your favorite model railroad injury ?

    Been away for a week and just came across this thread. I MAY have the topper for this cake.... 1999: I'm relocating across state and am in the process of dismanteling and packing up my RR. I decide to not keep the masonite backdrop and burn it in my 55 gal. drum trash barrel in the back yard...
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    Train Room Excitement

    Hi! Thanks guys... As I feared. alot of the details in my above post are a little blurry, so I'll try to explain some of them and some of what I've planned. The left peninsula will ciontain engine facilities including a turn table and roundhouse. Water tank, columns and coaling tower. Also a...