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Thanks for the information. I hoped there was an alternate to the plastice grab irons. I tried again yesterday to use them with no success again. Broke another one. The LHS around me (30 mile radius) are hobby oriented, not too heavy into trains. When I checked to see if either one...

I may have met my match with this kit. It's their USRA Composite Gondola and the Grab Irons have stopped me! They place a note in their instructions to say; "NOTE: this step is the most tedious portion of building your USRA Composite Gondola............." Major understatement! It's not...

Thanks for the inputs and links to your pictures. I was beginning to think that there were problems incorporating real rocks into "model" mountains, other than weight, and those you've pointed out above. One reason I wanted to try the real rock is I had these two(2) fragments that can be...

Rather than start a new thread I thought I'd revive this one as it asks many of the same questions that I have and has some very good ideas. I'm starting to "build" my first mountain, scale model that is. I'm using foam, the expanded kind unfortunately, as this is readily available here in So...

Stopped at a LHS while out and about yesterday, and they happened to have one of the houses, The Tower, in stock. We took a look at the contents and sure enough, the roof is plastic and it looks more like brick than anything else. I posted a question to Branchline to see if this is the same on...

I found this link some time ago on another forum http://www.rocousa.com/preiser.asp Might be a good place to research, certainly do have good prices. George

Thanks for that input. When you say that the roofing material looks more like brick sheet, it's still wood, not plastic correct? The model I'm looking at, the LaSalle, has what appears to be a curved/sloping roof on the front, which would seem to be inappropriate for plastic. George

Has anyone had the opportunity to see first hand, or better yet, work with/build one of their Residential Structures (homes)? While browsing their website the other evening looking for rolling stock ideas, I came across a house in their Residential Neighborhood series that is a dead ringer for...

If you can't find a good source of True-Trac locally, here's a website with some very good pricing http://www.traintrack.net./AtlasTrueTrack.htm I've also purchased from 1st Hobbies with good results http://www.firsthobby.com

"If True-Trac is code 83 why would using it eliminate the possibility of using flex-track. Wouldn't true trac 83 and flex track 83 match up if you modified a roadbed to bring the level up to the true-trac?" Absolutely! Have to snip off the prong on the True Trac, level things up, and connect...

"If I really couldn't get blue/pink foam, I suppose I would try styrofoam. Naaaaaaah, I'd move. " Too severe for me. I'm using the pebbly stuff only because the official group here in California thinks the other stuff is bad for us. Regardless, this pebbly, messy stuff does work, but, just...

Atlas True Track at this time I believe uses Code 83 as the base. This was one of its selling points, remove the base and you had regular Code 83 product. I've used Atlas True Track throughout my new layout and have been very satisified. Easy to configure, change, and mount to my 9'x6'...

"or for every 100 inches you can go up 1 inch at 1% to 4 inches at 4%." I don't know what method you'll be using to get the elevation you're looking for but don't forget to include in the overall length the distance needed to transition from a 2 0r 3% incline back to level, 0%, incline...