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Feel free to ask anything about the Walthers kit, as I still have yet to start building mine. Hope you've had a chance to look at the photos I posted in my thread of some of the components. I'm still a bit unsure of how I want my dock to 'meet' with the land. Do you have any pics of your...

My next step (I can’t believe how long I’ve put it off) was to put a layer of extruded foam on to my benchwork. For this I used a type of LiquidNails that won’t melt styrene. After setting the sheets, I put bricks on them to ensure a tight bond. I then tacked my Woodland Scenics foam...

Geez Fred, way to be the bearer of bad news. I do appreciate the advice though. I still have to wait until I get a voltage stepdown transformer so I can plug it in here in Australia before I can test it out. I don’t think I’d return it anyways… it’s just too pretty. So it may just get shelved...

Ore Dock Photos for Kevin It turns out that I have a backup digital camera so I can actually take some snaps for you. I still haven’t started building the ore dock kit yet because I’m still messing around with extruded foam and starting my terra-forming. Here are a few shots to give you an...

My mine will certainly be able to help you out. Not only do I have in-ground ore grade haematite, I also will be constructing a beneficiation pellet plant for my taconite reserves. There will be much more iron ore than what my small mill needs and excess will be exported pending completion of...

I was wondering if you could tell me how high the highline on the BF is. I’ve got two BFs on order and I want to plan the track to connect with the highlines. I’m hoping you’ll say 4” (as this would make my life easier) …but it looks less than 4” in the photos. Thanks.

My First Mistake So… as previously mentioned, this is my first ever model railroad project and I’m a complete newbie to this hobby… this was confirmed today. I obviously don’t know much about couplers. Silly me, I thought all N scale rolling stock and locos would have a single standard type...

“Specific railroad in mind?” …well, I could say the mining component is very loosely based on the Dampier region of the Pilbara iron ore province, down under here in Australia. Because I’m using ye old faithful Wathers Cornerstone blast furnaces, coke ovens, etc. I can’t really avoid the Great...

Being away on vacation for the past few weeks, I haven’t made any further ‘progress’ on the layout, in the literal sense, however I did do a fair bit of online shopping. Now that I’m back home, Christmas has come early, as there were several packages waiting for me; so now, I can really get...

Nice work on the BF’s, they really look great. Do you have any plans to integrate the BF high line into you existing track plan? I ask because I’ve ordered two BF’s myself and I’m continuously looking at how I’ll handle this also. Thanks.

I love what I’m seeing so far. I’m looking forward to watching how you progress. I find it interesting that you’ve used cork track bed on top of foam board. I’m currently starting my first layout and I’m using extruded foam, however I was planning on just laying the track directly on it. Other...

Right on, thanks for the suggestions. I’ll certainly look into more modern, concrete style ore docks, but in the mean time, I’ll have to hold off scratch building an N scale ore dock until I develop my skills. Don’t be fooled by the ore dock, as the title of this thread implies; this is an...

My favorite resource for finding photos is Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing There is a steel group there with albums of high quality, detailed photos of essentially every stage of the steel making process.

Yeah the chutes are the only really hard thing to scale down to N. I may just leave them as they are and hope that no one notices!!! ;-) I’m not to worried about the height because I will have the dock jetting out into the harbor, so the bottom several scale feet will be below water and it...

That is an awesome kit. I had never heard of Greenmax until now. But after doing some Google searches I can't really find any of their kits to order. Can you recommend a site or two that stock Greenmax? Thanks

Looks great. What kind of engine is that?

I didn't notice on your BF thread, but does the Walther BF kit include a grate below the highline? ,or is that something one would have scratch together? I ask because I've got two BF's on order, and I would like to make my layout look as seemless as possible from minimg the raw materials to...

Hi, I’ve recently started on an ambitious N scale steel mill project and I just joined zealot.com the other day. I must say that your work is top notch and very inspirational. I may have to pick your brain from time to time as I progress with my layout. I’m wondering if you’ve put any thought...

Thanks for the advice. I think my wife too would like to see a train going around the mianline sooner rather than later just because for her, that's more interesting than watching me build kits. I've strategically decided to start with the ore dock because it will have to be integraded as part...

I’m going fairly modern. I just got a GP38 last week, so I have to say post 1966. I have also bought a super-rare model bucket wheel excavator for my iron ore mine. I’m not sure when they were first used, but I’m guessing late 70’s. I have two blast furnace kits on order from Walthers. I’ve...