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so yer in the AF hemi?

yeah well since I am modeling current era... here in Michigan gas prices seem to get crazy lol just a year or so ago this is what they really looked like.. I started throwing some details on the gas station.. those lpb's better bring a pocket full of l.p. quarters.... so they can inflate...

Progress here is some lazy saturday afternoon progress

how do ya get on this list????

COMMERCE, Calif. (June 20) - A line of train cars broke loose in a switching yard and rolled 30 miles toward Los Angeles, picking up speed before derailing and hurling tons of lumber onto trackside homes Friday. The noon wreck demolished two homes and damaged two others, and left a massive...

the only thing store bought is the ford pick up :)

construction has started on a new gas station in my little yet to be named N-scale layout :) Now al the vehicles ( all 2 of them) :D :D Have a spot where cheap fuel can be had. The owners of "name to be announced" gas station warned area citizens that fuel spills may be hazardous to our...

yes they are preiser. I need to break down and buy one of thos boxes they have with the paint your own people...

Man that looks great... I dunno what I would do with myself if I had space for a layout like that... I know I would be completely broke :) turning in pop bottles to buy the next piece of track LOL

thanks tyson.. I appreciate that .. I know they are not the most healthy hay bails... but.. the material was handy ;)

Today I went out and added my first LPB's!!!!!!!!!! woo hooo... so I had to start my hardcore pretending... is it normal to make your lpb's talk to each other LOL j/k..... anyways farmer pete is haggling with old man johnson over the price of hay.. in the back ground you can see farmer...

wow.... I bow to the master of scratch build.. wow!! awesome!!!! because of you I now pilfer through the house racking my brain wondering what common household items could be my next layout addition!! thanks!!

I am thinking about making my freight yard a little bigger so I can put an intermodal crane. The bad thing is I cannot find a good close-up picture of one for me to study ao I can scratch build one. Can anyone help me out and hook me up with a couple nice close ups so I know what kind of...

i reworked a bit... does it look any better??? and I had some fun playing with backgrounds:D :D

Thanks. I am not 100% happy with it.. I have to put a fence up and some other things

It is hard to see but I sanded the spackling down pretty good between the rails and test run all my cars through it... as far as the joints... I cut a piece of styrene the size of a "cement slab" and used it as a guide to scribe the joints in with an exacto knife. I varied some up to look as if...

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With limited space and being my first layout I wanted to kep things a bit simple.. that and those darn turnouts cost some money when you have a huge yard. I wanted to have concrete because I figured I could maybe switch it to intermodel easier if I so decide in the future. besides it is my story...

The servicing facility needed to be a secure area.. in light of todays terrorism threat... so A fence was constructed. The next addition was the ice cream shoppe / scenic train ride depot... since I am modeling Current day era... I had no use for my conrail caboose... so a nice...

Been working on my layout all morning... man what a stress reliever.. here is an overall shot of the progress I relocated the area for the farm. and scratch built a better barn than the one first pictured on my layout.. My citizen's also upgraded their communication...