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Does anyone here know of a good LHS in Northern Virginia that has a good selection of trains. I've not been able to find a store in the area that has what I'm looking for. Seems the hobby shops today are not like when I was young. dhd

How long into the drying of the gel do you use the hairdryer and toothpick before it will hold the new shapes you created. I’ve heard that if you do this too early in the set-up of the gel medium the ripples will flatten out. Have you experienced this problem as well or do you wait for a setup...

myltlpny - thanks for the post and I like the photo you have for your icon. I'm looking to model dock and I've been looking for cranes such as the picture you use.

I'm building in HO scale, but I've not started at this point. I'm thinking I'll start by building the loading dock and run a rail line that will have a refinery and other stations along the line. I still need to determine if this will be a railroad in the northeast or the west but it will be...

I wanted to know from anyone who has purchased the models made by Plastruct if the models have good details and do you need to buy many additional parts to make the model complete. I was looking to build a fuel refinery and they have many models that look exactly like the model I want. Does...

Val - Thanks for the great reply. I know that I should know what scale I'm going to be building before I worry what models to buy but I was thinking I would like to know the quality of the models I can get for N or HO and if I’ll be happy with what I choose. I would like to build in HO but the...

I’ve seen layouts that have foam insulation attached to the plywood and then build on the foam as the base. This way gives you room to cut into the insulation for rivers or valleys as needed. Does anyone know of any drawbacks to doing this? I was thinking it was a good idea and wanted to know if...

I’ve recently started to build my model railroad after about 25 years since I last had my hands on any model trains and I have so many questions. I want to start my questions by getting users options on what brands of structure and building models I should be looking for my layout. The local...