I am looking for a modern passenger train .
I am modeling present day and would like to get something that is common to Southern Ontario.
Any help would be apreciated.
Thanks
Tim K
I had prety much the same thought I have made an insert from the foam I cut out and glued a thin bord to the back of it for support.
I had planned to put the Auto plant on it and was just curious as to what others have tried.
Tim K
Actually the access is an opening in the midle of the layout , it is just a hole that I use to access the back of the layout .
Without it you would never be able to get to the back of the layout.
Tim K
Reading through a book on scenery I noticed that there was no mention on how they planted the trees on plaster mountains.
Making the mountains with cardboard strips and plaster cloth seems easy enough but how do you stick the trees in such a hard shell:oops: .
I would rather ask a dumb...
Can some recomend a good software program for layout operation .
Windows XP compatible dygitrax control .
I am far from the operation stage but I would like to try running my layout using the computer.
Thanks
Tim K
All of the track in the pics are just for reference none of them are permanent.
I was just laying some temporary track to get an idea to see if what I had in my mind would work.
It also helped me to see if were I wanted the elevation and industry would work into the track plan.
Everything...
Thank you everyone for your encouragement , I was a little nervious posting pictures of my first attempt at MRR. :)
I actually have a good program for editing pictures but for some reasonI had to make them a lot smaller than the suggested size.
Tim K
Thanks GEC
I tried to make the pictures the suggested 640/480 and it wouldn't accept them so after a number of tries I ended up with 200/140:curse: .
Way to small to enjoy.
I will try to lower the pixel count and take a couple more later .
I have given up for tonight .
Thanks
Tim K
Thanks guy's for the kind words ,I enjoyed the bench work part I am just disapointed in how the pictures turned out .
To give you an idea of the size the longest part of the bench measure almost twentysix feet although it seems much shorter in the pics.
I am going to start adding the...