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Good start PD. Keep it going. How's everything up in beautiful Oregon? Cheers, Bob

More pics of Equity Junction Here, we have the Canadians arriving at Mill Pond and an image of the Pure Oil Depot in Equity. Looks like a busy place.

More Equity Junction Pics Here is a bore through Equity Mt. Also deer playing near the tracks and a boar about to become dinner. Do deer always do that? Seems so.

#2 is sharper and shows more detail and is a bit brighter. Look at the lower part of the loco for comparison. With software available now I could take out that loco and put in another using the same scene as before. You can never believe a picture anymore. Remember, from now on, one word is...

Some more recent pics of Equity Junction are included here. One has prisoners pounding rocks with their guard looking from above or maybe he's just a railroad worker and they're likewise. :oops: Another bucolic scene is of horses and cows in a corral. Then there is a train yard with the usual...

Ed, I couldn't have said it better. I too used to like to "build" things and it's sad that everything we have now is "ready made". But I have to admit that those plastic models are very nicely detailed. I couldn't do as well. Maybe that's why I like to do the landscapes for these sets so much...

Hey Bill, I know it's Saturday night. I'll bet that you're a Canadian from somewhere, probably from where else? Canada? Sure we always put Democrats (donkeys) in the corral around here. Keeps em out of trouble and they don't eat much. Afterall, this here NorCal is cowboy country. We put...

Hi Dave, nice to have you here on the Gauge. Not too many of the current folks here are into European models. But there's always room for it. I used to have a German Z scale setup. It was all Marklin and very good. On a 9 ft. board (3 meters) I could run 7 trains at one time. Of course it...

I've just noticed that some of my train parts come from the Czech Republic and others from Hungary. I guess that Eastern Europe will be the next great industrial region after China self destructs. It's interesting that very little is made in the good ol US of A anymore. The world's...

I know what you mean. With my Z gauge setup I'm always afraid of tunnels or places where it's hard to get to. Some of those prefab sets with the very long tunnels would freak me out. I've been using the Marklin versions of Z track and so far it's been ok. But with those tiny wheels there is...

Dave, my wife informs me that the Silk Tree is usually called a Mimosa in most parts of the country and that they grow about everywhere. Try a gardener in your area. Bet he might know where he cam get some trimmings for you. A little grease in the palm might speed up the process. Bob

Dave, the Silk Tree is a common ornamental used here in Northern CA and it should do well in LV as well. It has pink flowers most of the summer and then rather large ugly pods hanging from the tree in the fall. It grows fast out here if it has water. It's a medium sized tree but grows rather...

More pics of Equity Junction Here are some more logging pics of the Equity Junction mill area. Included is the 3 truck Heisler next to the UP Big Boy. That huge Big Boy is by Marklin and the Heisler is by Riverrossi which was converted for Marklin by adding the Marklin decoder, 5 pole motor...

Pics of Logs at the Equity Junction Mill Shown here is my version of HO logs made of trimmings from a Silk Tree. All natural. Bob

Where was the manufacturing point for your trains? What country did they come from? Are you satisfied with the quality or has it gone downhill somewhat. As a Marklin user, my trains came from many different places. All of the older stock, before 1995, came from Germany and was made of metal, and...

Mountain Man, I'm with you, my natural "logs" look very real and need no paint or anything else. It has worked out well. I'll get some closeup pics out soon. Bob

There's a lot of good advice here on logs and how to make them. For logs on my HO layout "Pics of Equity Junction" now showing on this forum, I used trimmings from a Silk Tree which is in my field. After drying, I cut the ends with a box-cut saw to the right length for the rail cars. The bark...

TL has it right about putting wire between the poles. I put in poles since it looks good but declined to put in wires. Elbows and hands just get in there too often. It would be a total mess. Wires between poles is a difficult proposition for a train layout. Don't do it. You would spend all your...

Hey BM, you found a great treasure with this forum. Lot's of great people here and good info. I just found it last month. Even if you are from Marin, we won't hold that against you. (Local joke, guys). Good luck with your projects and as stated by one of the gurus on this forum "remember, it's...

Josh, that's a good start. I like to use the plaster cloth by using cardboard or newspaper under for support. Then after the cloth is partially dry I build it up with joint compound and mold it with my fingers. Like you, my temperature is about a 100 this time of year and it will dry...