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Excellent work Doug! Love the "hustle & bussle" at the bus station. The workshop area has been really well scenicked. Top work. Gavin

Evan, I built a module to Australian NTRAK standards with the exception that I added an extra 150mm (6 inches) to the width of the module behind the skyboard. I ran tracks down this hidden section in order to create an operable "layout" at home. This was accomplished by building two "end"...

Way out here in Western Australia the dedicated "switcher" (or "shunter" to use the local term) has long gone (along with mixed freight trains). As Fred said, older mainline locomotives are now relegated to yard duties. I often see SD40 style 6-axle ex-mainline locos moving cars around in...

I owned a couple of sets of these cow/calfs (Atlas, but same model). Indeed, the calf didn't "roll" well because it was simply a "cow" chassis without the motor and gears (and there were no needle point bearings in those days!). A powered cow chassis could be placed under the "calf" body to...

That's a great "busy" city scene Doug. Love the bus interchange idea. Looks good. Gavin

Looking good Doug. Great to see more progress on Setagaya. Keep us posted. (I LOVE those Modemo Series 300 articulated trams (light rail vehicles?). Gavin

Actually, if you look again, you will note the cars are driving on the right-hand side of the road (CORRECT for US or European prototype). The photos with the cars on the left-hand side are shots of real life traffic signals around Perth (where we DO drive on the left-hand side, like...

Will, I built that set of traffic lights on a box lid a few years ago. I planned to "transplant" them into my layout once I had a suitable location but, to date, they remain on the box lid as I still haven't commenced the "city block" module I have dreamed about for so long. Too busy...

It might help if I added that to get the corresponding curve on the OTHER edge of the road I use a draftsman's compass (with a metal point in each leg) set to the desired width of the road to scribe a "parallel" curved line (by dragging one point along the initial scribed line and using the...

I purchase large sheets (eg 2'6'' x 4') of HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene Sheet) from a local plastics manufacturer. MUCH cheaper than buying it in small quantities from the local hobby store. The sheets are large enough that I have so far managed to cut the sections I need without joins...

Rob, I prefer to use plastic sheet cut to shape rather than anything I have to "mix up" and apply (I am sure I would mess that up and wouldn't be happy with the end result!). I used to use cardboard sheet but found it expanded when water fell on it during scenicking. Plastic sheet is...

Here's a link to a previous thread where I posted the same photo:- http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3756&perpage=15&pagenumber=3 (hope it works) Gavin

Rob, I have used Letraline flexible tape - available in yellow and white at 1/16th and 1/32nd inch widths. Here's a photo of me applying the double white lines (you can use yellow if that is common in your area). Gavin (Well, here ISN'T a photo because my 400 x 495 image is "too...

Scott, that's an excellent shot. The bridge and scenery look great. Gavin

Dan, I really like your tile grout idea. I wish I'd thought of that when I was ballasting my container terminal entrance area. I wanted to represent secondary, "buried" track covered in dirt. Often, here in Australia, all you can see of the track is the railheads running through dirt or...

Um, yeah I know. They just happened to be in the picture with my two SD's.

Here's a shot of them behind two company C30-7s (Kato) hard at work hauling a double stack container train. Gavin

These two (Kato) SD45s have given good service to my freelanced railroad, the RailNet. Seen here accelerating away from the yard on my NTRAK module. I used Photoshop's "blur" tool to attempt a representation of exhaust haze above the units' exhaust stacks. Gavin BTW, excellent work...

I wouldn't suggest using a Rivorossi E8 in the mountains though ... :D Gavin

He heh, THAT brings back memories (nightmares?). The Atlas/Rivorossi B & O E8 was one of my first locomotives in N-scale too. What a disappointment! It looked so nice, ran SO bad. Couln't pull it's own weight, let alone 10 passenger cars! It just makes you realise how FAR we have...