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:) Wil make one great train room. :thumb: Lets see, if I was rich I would park it in my yard and maybe get another one and add it as an addtion to my house as a dining room, or a family room or so forth so on.;)

My layout is loosely base on an industrial area in central nj present day. I live quite close to a secondary line which is the old Camden and Amboy rr now being shared by csx, ns, cr. This secondary is quite active. The scale I am doing is ho.

Great to have you back Brakie. Hang in there and hope to read your postings Toolman

I am also at the pointto lay down ballast, but first I made up a practice section of track on 2 x 4 scrape stud piece. I haven't decided yet on what my ballast going to look like so I made samples and also trying different techniques. I found that a small paint brush causes the ballast to move...

:thumb: The cars look great. I have done a few cars and yes there is a learning process. I started on cars that I do not worry if they come out looking like mistakes. I have read in the mrr magazines and forum's post on weathering. I have bought the materials to do weathering, chalks, paint...

I have to work this weekend. Saturday I go in to my job at 1pm and work to 10pm. Sunday I have to be at work at 11am till 8pm. I will take my wife out for breakfast before I have to be in. Its very rare that I get any weekend off, I also hold down a second job on my days off. So basicly I have...

Brakie, get well soon. Switcher

:( I have to work the weekends at my job. I get to play with tools, because I work at a tool rental center. I rarely have any part of the weekend off. My days off are during the week and I work at another job on those days. My time is limited so I try to :) work/operate my layout. I work the...

:thumb:AS far as I am concern, these pictures won the contest. Lets see, they all break for lunch and all go down to the lunchbot and those good metal subs and hot oil soup along with french fried screws with grease cheese and for dessert cookies with nuts and bolts covered with 3 in 1 oil...

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:thumb:The parking lot came out great and what you did gave some sort of what I should do with my industries parking lots, and to go one step further some areas flooded.

Val you are so right, learn from mistakes, usually mistakes can be corrected with time and effort. My layout on 3, 2ft x 4ft modules. I made a number of goofs, one was not to incorperate back drops, also where the modules are joined together. I plan to add more modules and try to plan out not...

I am looking for pictures or a book showing ballast from mainline to sidings. Time frame has to be present day. :confused: I made up samples of ballast and some came out ok, still searching for that look. i am open to any ideas,etc. :confused: Thanks Toolman

I live in nj, and near the browns yard the camden to amboy secondary. Here conrail, cxs, norfolk southern operate. I live down the street from this line and see what motive power is being used, and what road names of freight cars. Browns yard is in Sayerville, NJ. I also have my layout for...

:confused: I need to know what publication and or website for present day roster of present day rolling stock and road names. :confused: Thanks Switcher

:( I have to work both on sat. and sunday, and try to get in some yard work. If time permits and not :sleeping:, continue working how my track ballast will look, making different combinations of black, dark brown, gray,etc, then look and stare and think will look at different parts of my layout.

Cas, if you go to your hobby/modelrailroad shop that you use and they have power paks on display or use on the store layout if have to get the feel, etc. If you use a hi amp power pak you can fused the output to the track to a lower ampage fuse in 1-3 amp range. I rebuilt an old mrc model 501...

Tend to operate than build, also if time permits. Today is my day off and my second job, didn't need me today.... I repair commerical cleaning equipment, got chores to do around the house so maybe tonite I'll run.

My layout is operational with a card system, and try to keep the interchange and yard busey.

My other hobby is slot cars, not the ho type, but true 1/32, 1/32 womps, group 12's, group 20's and 4 1/2" nascar, and drag. Ran on tracks like ovals, king type tracks. rebuild the motors. I have old timers from the '60's. My oldest car is from '63 made by revell with a pitman rp 77...