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Thanks for sharing. I've gotten some great ideas out of some of those shots.

Well I received another kit for my harbour region of my layout: the Walthers bridge crane. Like the ore dock, the bridge crane is a HO kit, and yes, I am doing an N layout. You’re just going to have to trust me that I’ll all live together in seamless perfect harmony one day. I have the ore...

You've done such a great job blending your scenery into your backdrop... very, very nice work! Your photography is also admirable.

Nice pics... thanks. I have a couple shots in a magazine too, and I think the silos are a "must have". I was thinking the refinery, just to make the main strucure look a bit more industrial. So... is DM&IR now CN?? What the heck is Canada doing in Minnesota? I know nothing about rail history...

So I’m looking to build a N scale taconite pellet plant by kit bashing together perhaps a Walsthers North Island Refinery and maybe a New River Mining as starters? I really have no idea… Has anyone made a pellet plant before? Or does a kit already exist? I don’t have a specific prototype in...

Iron Giant Well the ore dock pieces are all painted. Now it’s a gluing marathon to put it all together. I thought I’d take a couple of happy snaps while I had most of the structure set up prior to gluing just to see how it was going to look. It’s whole lot of plastic I’ve got here. The kit is...

Well after washing the parts in soapy water (dish detergent) I have to say there was significant improvement to my second painting attempt. As pointed out to me, the plastic now no longer rejects the paint since being washed and I will certainly adopt (and recommend) washing all kits down the...

Ha ha, that’s awesome! What’s the current price on unobtainium now-a-days? I know gold’s floating around 800USD/oz and iron is at 50USD/ton. I may have switch commodities.

That's crazy... oh well, off to the kitchen I go with my ore dock :p

Dam sweet dam

Ok. I’ve never painted a model before and thought it would be relatively straight forward. However, I’ve been disappointed with my first attempt at painting some details on my Walthers ore dock. I’ve decided to paint the railings on the ore dock and nice bright safety yellow. I am using Tamiya...

I'm a Happy Camper I finally got around to testing out my power pack today. I've been waiting on a step down transformer so that I could use it here in Australia. Everything you warned me about Fred makes perfect sense, and I was prepared for the worst, but fortunately the power pack works...

There's no tracking number. Its says ship via INT-ECONOMY PP. Four weeks to have something come from the US isn't out of the question, which means it was due here between Christmas and New Years. I'm sure that's a busy time for the postal services so I'm not too worked up yet that I don't have...

I'm sure I'll be doing business with you this year. I'll be in touch.

yeah I've done that. The status has been "completed" since Nov 29. I guess the fate of my kits lies with USPS and Australia Post... ...oh well, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

So far I've been loving all aspects of this hobbie; albeit I've only done benchwork and laying foam so far. I may feel different about soldering N scale track or ballasting (from what I've read).

Evergreen Scale Models supply styrene sheets: Sheets

The back half of my layout will be relatively hilly, thus the inclines I have glued down. I’ve now started on setting the next layer of extruded foam that will form these hills. Obviously this involves cutting the foam such that the pieces fit around the inclines. Since the inclines are set in...

I'm still waiting on two kits that I ordered off of the Walthers website... that was the last week of November. How long in your expeience does it take to get orders from them? ...yes I do live in Australia, but postage rarely takes more than two weeks from the US; three at the most. So if you...

You should have a look at what this guy has listed on eBay. Very nice detail parts. GOLD MEDAL N 160-38 (1638) Brass Safety Cage Ladders - (eBay.ca item 160192833372 end time 22-Jan-08 16:26:21 EST) I would almost get them for myself, but I'm no where near that detailing stage yet on my layout.