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Right now Arizona is the worst. (MONSOON) You can expect the temps to be in the 120's and you also get a wonderful sand storm from time to time. Last year I lost three new trees and a couple of wind chimes. :)

I sit in a server room all day. At 65 Degrees I welcome the heat! Can't wait for in the heat swap meet! :)

It only gets worse. Just recieved in my email. ... Very hot weather Friday and Saturday... ... Desert dust storms and an increasing possibility of thunderstorms this weekend... The strong high pressure system aloft responsible for the excessively hot weather is moving north over Arizona...

I had to re read this post. I shouldn't post right before lunch on an empty stomach. Errrrr. I had to leave my module club. It was hard to have only once meeting a month and shows two times a year. I couldn't get out of probation due to lack of participation. After my first review by...

YEA my two favorite things Football and Trains. Sign me up! GO BEARS!

My father in law called today and told me one of his uncles recently passed away. The uncles wife will be going to a nursing home soon and wanted him to have a basement layout etc. Apparently his uncle had a very very large somewhat complete layout in the basement of the home. Long...

Wow that looks bad. NJ international apparently is based in my nieghborhood. (Higley PO box) Since we have 4 businesses and one post office in higley I suspect it's a home based business. :) I would give them a call.

I'll try to find a pin or a screw. I haven't gotten into scratch building items yet. As you can see from my signature I'm terrible with glue etc. :)

Ya know AHM was the first thing I thught of....the truck mounted couplers are similar to my passenger kits I'm upgrading.

I have a unindentified brand of IC coil car that came to me in bad shape. I'm currently putting metal wheel sets and new Kadee couplers on it. I recieved the coil car with one truck detached and missing the pin that attaches it to the bottom of the frieght car. What are these pins called...

Wow this is great. Do you mind giving me a parts list? I can't wait to get started. Thank you!

Great information guys. Excited to get this started. It will be my first sound loco.

I need to find a site with pictures...I've never done one but Joe Fugate says it can be done and highly recommends it. http://siskiyou-railfan.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.26

Ahh Harbor Freight. Forgot all about them. They sell some low cost light use modeling tools. I think I bought a set of small files for $2. Sorry I derailed the topic.

Can I get everything I need at WalMart? I actually hate going there but if they have a good deal on a low cost airbrush.... I actually don't have a lot of painting to do. Mostly Railings and some touch up work. I'd like to try some weathering but I always seem to do pretty good with chalks.

I've always wondered this and never seem to ask. What's the pro's/Cons of using an airbrush over cans??? Itsn't it the same thing?

Modeling fall season here. (Northern Illinois) It's funny you can find some really strange looking fall colors from manufactures. Like the woodland scenic ready made trees....the color just doesn't make them look like trees. I've seen one winter module....nicely done. I think it...

Ahhh I get to clean out my garage. Getting reading to start my bench work in a few weeks. Work on some covered hopper kits. (awesome deal on eBay) I might add it's getting a bit hotter here. 107 today. Hmmm wonder if my garage will be a bit hotter. :)

Ok now that I think about it it was a dumb question. I just didn't remember I could get 4 x 8 sheets. Opps. I think I'm going to lay everything out. At the transition areas use my Xuron to cut the Flex track section. Create ballasted joiners.... out of the cut outs. You think that...

More questions. I plan to use blue foam to keep the wieght down. I'm wondering because my 2 end modules are 5x4... Should I cut the foam 4x4 and add 1 foot section or should I cut a two foam boards at 2.5 x4??? Also I planned to recess the 2" foam into 1x4 frame... how do I handle the...