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Try jute twine, just cut to desired lenth with scissors,makes good hay too, takes paint well

I would "like"a nice backdrop, even if it was just sky 'n' clouds. I "have"the wall/ceiling {hip roof} painted blue.

I don't know if my vote counts, like everything else I kind of beat my own drum. My road bed is cut from leftover "maranti board" {1/4 " plywood} stuck dowm with a mishmash of stuff, caulk,white glue,yeyyow glue and paneling adhesive,depending on what was laying around and how big a gap there...

Thermal That's some nice modeling. My empire is in an unheated garage so I have a bit of a warp problem too. What I did with some of the larger roofs is glue pieces of old brass {or steel}rail on the underside.

Mountain{?} construction I don't know if these qualify as "mountains"but they'r part of a mountainus area. I made mine with foam{white,cheap}covered with cheesecloth soaked with "polly-filla" then coloured with a wash of gray paint. The crossing photo just kinda got chucked in for the halibut.

some scratches These photos were taken a while ago ,now about 1/4 of the empire is "landscaped".Even though I have to" make do" it don't look too bad ,wha'?

Due to near terminal poverty ,all the buildings on my empire are scratch built using whatever I can scrounge. Matboard, sombody gave me a batch that used to be photo backing, popsicle sticks for lumber and ties,soaking plywood till the layers come apart. Ground foam used to be the back seat of...

Mill/yardin' horse This is the firsr thing I tried to scratch build,about four years ago and have yet to finish it. I can't decide if I'm going to finish it or start over. The yardin' horse was something I did to add to a farm scene. I promise to try and improve.

I also be happy that peeples on the gage have cents of humer

Every so often I take a peek at this forum 'cause I have an old mill on my empire. It's an old "turn down" mill that I worked in off and on for nearly twenty years.Very crude piece of gear,run by a Detriot deisel it could be heard for miles,and the noise inside ,with what seemed like miles of...

Pardon me Gil, don't mean to be picky but it's "eh" not ay

Tetters I also too am a GPaholic, but they gotta be long hood ahead. I'm torn between black/orange and green/gold,lucky for me I'm mid '60's so I can run both. Next show I go to{can't afford anything new}I might try an old four axel Alco,just to see what will happen{bolts of lightning,stuff like...

This is really just a tease but there was a "how to" build that bridge or one very close in either MRR or model railroad craftsman but I can only narrow the search down to the last four years sorry. If it's any consulation it was made mostly of blue foam. good luck

Another great lineup,this time my favorite is the Dixie Line boxcar. Great lookin' rust.

Might I offer a critique? "glass" in the van windows would add a bit imo.I used a cd case. I feel bad criticizeing such beautiful work when I can't even spell it.

Word is,on a yahoo model site, that CN workers voted 96% in favor of strike, if I got it right they could go out to morrow

thanks. I had a stupid bubble gum song stuck in my head. I like Pink Floyd better

Look to the left a bit, there is a hobby that eats up money and can kill you {but I love it} Whatever makes you happy is right, if you feel like you gotta do it then it's not fun. do what you wanna do{oh no, now that stupid song will be stuck in my head for hours}

brain damage{self inflicted} is my only excuse,I built soooo many models when I was a kid{AMT was the best}I can't believe that faux pas. Look at your scenes long enough and they start moving.{now you know where the damage was done lol}

Fantastic as ever , to me it's the little things that make a big diference ,like the "t model"model{it is a "t" right?} anyway the drivers window being half was down is one such "little thing" Not to be sucking up but your stuff is consistently better than the average MRR{magazine}photos.