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Jacob, check with Beisser's on 19th and Central (573-4166). There is also a Lowe's or Home Depot (I'm old and can't remember which but I think it's Lowe's) in Ames. Just over an hour away from you. Tom

Here's my P2K E8/9 in Milwaukee colors. It's straight out of the box. Tom

Interesting idea! I've never done any documentation on success/failure rates. I will have to start this and see what I come up with. Tom

Chris, Sounds like a good idea to me. What I did was get a couple of city backdrops and used the spray adhesive to attach them to the foam board. Thay way, they are very lightweight, yet firm enough to stand without much support. Mine is about 7 feet long by about 14 inches high and is held...

The children are definitely old enough to appreciate trains. My 20 month old grandson was here in April and sat fascinated while grandpa ran the trains. In fact, the first word he learned after mama and dada was wooo-wooo. My daughter is bringing him up correctly. My 6 year old granddaughter...

Reminds me of the saying attributed to Al Capone: "You can get more form people with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word!" Actually, I'm rather grateful to Bill. His mistakes provided me with a nice living! :thumb: Tom

This could be as much fun as steam vs. diesel!

Glad I was able to help! Tom

One thing at a time: To change the sizew of the font in IE, open IE and go to View on the menu bar and select Text size. Then pick medium and that should return to normal size. In Outlook Express, try the same tricks as for IE (drag borders to full screen, shift-click to close window). Do...

OK. A couple of other things to try: 1. Try opening IE and rather than maximize, drag the edges out to full screen or as close as you can get to full screen. 2. Try opening IE, maximize it, and then close it by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking the X. If these don't help, then you...

Lynn - a bit of clarification. What Will was referring to was the icon (or little picture) you click on to start Internet Explorer. When you right click on that, you should get a menu on which the last item will be properties. Click on that and then make sure maximize is selected. Hope this...

There is another free program called XtrkCAD available (sometimes) from www.sillub.com . The owner has been having problems finding a suitable hosting site so it may or may not be available. If you have a problem locating it, send me an e-mail and I will provide you with a link to download...

Here's what I did with another DPM kit. I needed an odd shaped building to fit an odd shaped area. Took a little fiddling but I think it came out fairly well. Many details yet to be added but progress is being made. Tom

Here are a couple of shots of my humble efforts, one from each end of the room. Tom

It would be very boring! Tom

HO scale 8X12 around the walls. Table is 30" deep. 4 engines 20 cars. I'll leave the math as an exercise for the student. Tom

Now, that's funny!! hamr Tom

I would go with #3. You can put up view blocks down the center of the two peninsulas and give the feeling of separate scenes. This will also allow you to move along with the train. If the boys are involved, they can each have an operating area. The long stretch along the wall can be hidden...

Nazgul, all of the last three revisions show some promise. One thing you might consider is offering to use the area under the table for toy/game storage. This would allow you to remove the closet. Even if you go with one of the first two revisions, removing the closet will improve the useability...

I've been thinking about your area and have a couple of ideas. If you want continuous running, you could put a loopback on the 4' peninsula. This would give you 22" radius curves in that area. Not too realistic but workable. Pewrhaps it could loop around a roundhouse/turntable. In the 5'...