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well guys i thought i would drop bye and let you all know whats going on . well my boy is doing good we took him sleding for the frist time the other day knowing we are getting slamed with all this snow we just got 6 inches to day on top of the 9 yesterday and the 12 the day befor that ...

well guys i haven't post in awhile and thought i would let you all know that i am still here some where. been busy with son in hospital 4 times in the last month and 3 bowling turnaments and another one the end of the month.(father in law bonding time) wife don't like it she gets the weekends...

well i don't know where to start i took knifes, pots, spoons, sifters i even took the mixxer to mixx up plaster i took the coffie pot her blender and the hood from above the stove for my paint both as for other rooms in the house lets see took my sons mach box car holders to store my trains in...

it would make a nice coffie table i was thinking when i was working on it today i would have to build me one this size for i can have a talk pice in the living room

it is some what of a reverse loop in the middle it is their for he can enter that middle for any way but the power does not switch that is part of the middle loop i tested it and can run a train on it with no problems in the 2nd pic that is the outer loop that runs under the rest of the...

i brought your qustion to my mom becouse she dose pottery and she told me when she used to make plaster bowls she used a glaze that needs to be heated but you can do it with a heat gun she just said mix it up in what ever color and apply it and hit it with the heat gun and when dry it would...

here is a shot of the yard

well guys here is a couple of photos of the layout it is a dubble loop with a small yard on the front side under the layout and all joins in the back behind a back drop he can have all the switching he wanted and still run another train it is all going to be wired for dc due to he...

here is a pic of me and my son the morning of his b-day

well guys the test went good . and he is doing very good i took him out yesterday with me while i was getting some fine tuneing on my bowling game we had him up on the lane to bowl a game in his wheelchair and he bowled a 122 with help pushing the ball down the ramp. we are going back out to...

well guys i am back after a leave i had to take some time off for my son. we had to take him out of state for pre surgery testing and while we where gone he had a b-day and got alot of good gifts from dr's and other pepole a local hobby shop gave my son a box of train stuff in o scale i...

well i should get in to this one i have done the real water thing on 2 of my layouts. Here is what i did . frist i got some fiberglass sheets 1/4 thick and cut them 6 inches wider than needed for the space then i got a heat gun and heated it up just for i can bend it ( no longer than 12...

thanks screwysquirrel i'll show this to my brother and see what he thinks as for the running locos he woulden't know the diff between a gp and a sd so i might give him two of my old gp38-2 i have that he runs all the time when he come over. but as for changing the bench work to a 30...

call me the pack rat everytime i buy a new pice of rolling stock i save the box it came in and take a paint marker to both the box and the bottom of the car just a dot works so when i pack them all up i just match the colors up ,as for buildings i use that bubble rap you see...

well guys my new layout is on hold agin, due to my brother in law ( a.k.a brother zilla) he was over last night and asked me if i could build him a layout and he would pay me for it. we sat down and i asked him many qustions on what he would want, he said he would want it to be in n scale due...

thanks john i'll try to get their this sunday but if i go wife wont let me buy anything. but i maybe able to get a little money off the worden for the boy she don't like going to train shows with me all she does is find a chair and sits their till i am ready to go ,well it's the same when...

his wheelchair is 30 inch at the widest point he would have room to get in to the layout and see everything on top of the space i also made it lower from 42 inches above the floor to only 34 inches and i am making a contorl panel that would be able to sit on his wheelchair for he can run the...

that is the one flaw is that long tunnel but it would be 4 inches below the rest of the layout their is room for me to get behind the layout and my brother said why don't you put a yard under that part where you can have full trains ready and do a lap or 2 with one and change it out with...

well guys here is a draft of the new layout

masonjar i looked at the link and did my math that would take up a space 13 foot long in n scale but the onething i would need is a diesel service for my orther locos i could put that on the long side and run a hidden track behind it now three sides to go