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I like the conversion Doug. (you didn't have to go to that much trouble!) The Green Max building reminds me of older style medium rise office blocks I've seen here in Australia. Mine won't be a station entrance either. Obviously I'll have to scratch build a replacement ground floor (or...

For some reason I particularly like that building you're using as a 7-Eleven (?). I bought the Green Max kit. You have obviously doubled it up because the kit only has three floors above the ground floor, yours has more. Must get around to building mine one day. Gavin

I don't trust "Santa" to get me train stuff ... Invariably it is the wrong scale, wrong colour, wrong road (as I'm a freelancer, "he" can't buy my road anyway!) or it's British! (to "Santa" it's just a "train"!) I don't really want "Santa" to know exactly how much my little trains cost...

Here's a closer view. Really, the only danger areas are the small areas under the moving blades and the area around the throw-bar. The remainder of the turnout can be ballasted without too much concern. Here's a postscript in regard to this particular turnout:- Just this week one of...

Here's a photo of an expensive single-slip Peco turnout that was a particular challenge to ballast because of the numerous moving blades. I was anxious not to wreck my $65 turnout so I judiciously ballasted it using the "trickle" method described above. Each "gap" between the sleepers was...

From my experience (for what it's worth):- Do and Don'ts of ballasting turnouts:- Don't - * Pour ballast all over the turnout and expect to sweep away the surplus as you would with normal track. You will end up with particles between the blades that are an absolute nightmare to...

Charlie took the words right out of my mouth ... Great to see some more shots of your city scenes. There are plenty of model railroads featuring industrial or rural scenes but few that feature the detail-rich environs of the central business district. Great modelling! Gavin

For those of you who, like me, do not have the huge amount of space to build an "empire" (like Ray's or Mike's) but still want to operate long trains, why not consider my philosophy. I have built just one NTRAK module. By attaching a "turning" module at each end of my main module, I can...

Point taken. But it certainly gives a more realistic corporate feel to your roster if they are all painted in your company's livery. This is just part of my locomotive roster:-

I'm a freelancer. Pure fantasy actually. Fictional railroad, fictional location, fictional country! I like being the CEO of my own railroad. That way I can make my own decisions about what operates on my rails. I can mix US, British, Australian and Japanese prototypes because, as CEO, I...

Simon, As Ray has said, it is an Atlas FM C-Liner. Ray was diplomatic about their performance. They ran like CRAP. My pair just decorate the RIP track because they're no good for anything else! I decided to paint them in an "original" colour scheme for my fictional railroad (the...

SD90, what are those HO Athearn boxes doing on your N-scale empire? :) Don't tell me you've got an HO layout as well!!!!

There could be some real excitement for onlookers if a minor derailment turns into a massive pile up - all while the proprietor is busy serving icecream!! :)

Well done! A great effort put in to promote the hobby where it will be seen by so many who may not have otherwise given model trains a thought.

Wow! For so-called "toy" train set track, you have certainly done a great job improving it's realism. I loved your choice of paint. I think painted rails look just so much more realistic and the effort is well worthwhile (as your photos show). It certainly IS very reliable and it is a...

True! One of my 221 series power cars could probably pull more, haha. I'm not too bothered though. Mine is one of just two "restored" steam engines which pull the odd heritage consist around my "modern day" layout!

I know Perth Hobby Centre had a few last time I visited (some weeks ago now). You could call or fax them and ask. I remember they were priced around $169 AUD. Unfortunately for you guys the Aussie $ has strengthened against the US $ and now exchanges for about 65 US cents so the price is...

I don't know why they were so cheap here in Australia and so expensive in the US. They are a beautiful little loco though and probably worth the US price! Gavin

Here's another shot without any "enhancement".

Ian Smith is an accomplished HO modeller who fell in love with Life Like's N-scale 2-8-8-2 and, at the price (approx $90 US), couldn't resist buying one and doing a great weathering job on it. I photographed it last night on the West-N-Trak layout in the clubrooms of the WA Branch of AMRA...