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I have not tried it yet, but I think a decent frozen pond (or ice rink) could be made using paraffin wax, from the grocery store for sealing jellies and stuff. It has a low temp melt so it shouldn't damage scenery when you pour it and it will likely come out in one piece if you goof. It dries...

Yes, DCC would be nice from the factory. No word yet from Paul & co. about that. I suspect it will either come with factory DCC or be a plug in type situation. exciting times in N scale!

I am using Atlas code 55 on my new layout. Couple of things- Older stuff will not run on Atlas code 55 - MT pizza cutter wheels do not. MT is now including a set of lo-pro wheels with their cars, and now Atlas, MT and IM all offer lo pro wheels. NWSL also I think. If you have non Atlas...

Rick I would bet we see this with a street price between $125 and $150, we will know in probably 1-2 months. Hoping they have test shots at the springfield show in february. If they can hit a price in the above range, these things are going to evaporate! It may be high compared to normal...

Ouch, as a modeler of Austrian and Danish railways, that hurts! To me the British stuff looks funny! :D

First, if you like maine narrow guage, yes, contact matt and martha up at train and trooper, up til about a year and a half ago they were our LHS then they moved up to Phillips. Great people! Hopefully they will be down here in two weeks at the Auburn ME train show nov. 1. Second, is it...

Are metal wheel shorts that common? When I was in HO I had switched to all metal wheels and my track cleaning was cut by about 2/3! I too like the clickety clack, and they always seemed cleaner (when the tread was polished shiny, for me anyway. seemed like some of the metal wheels that had...

Timely topic for me, about to start working on module number one for the new layout. Decided on a 1 x 3 grid with 12" spacing. I was thinking about 3/8" plywood for my subroadbed. My last couple layouts were on foam or on a stress-skin panel. Opinions on 3/8 vs. 1/2" plywood?

Very exciting news, a shay. I am planning a separate, small layout with a VO-1000 and the shay, as a little woods branch line. Planning on MT log cars, atlas 55 ton fishbelly hoppers, and a wooden B&M caboose kit I am coming out with soon. Another pic of it can be found here, my friend...

I am modeling the St. Lawrence & Atlantic, from Danville Jct. Maine to Island Pond, Vermont - the old CN Grand Trunk line to Portland. Modern day, so LLPX lease power, double stacks, spine cars, all stuff that is new to me. The SLR shops are about a mile from my house, so its definitely local...

steve - the BC rail unit looks great! I like heavily weathered units, of course with the black plague of Guilford, heavily weathered is all we see around here! nice work David! steve - more SLR pics coming, switched computers and have to get all my pics off the old hard drive!

Mark I think the key is to fake sick at work, bail about three hours early, find the best ATM location, and then fight your way home through the trainwatching and hobby shops. Skip the shave, or get a cordless and do it at the grade crossings waiting for trains to pass. If something good at...

My White Mountain Central started out as the Mountain Division from Bartlett to St J, but has sort of morphed into a catch-all WMC that includes SLR today, and your era B&M/MEC/CN/NSRR/CP. In N though!

It is easy to learn, all the instructions for running, programming, and consisting are printed right on the back of the handheld. I have had two guys over to operate, and both picked it up in about a minute. I think the most important thing with DCC is to get into it, all of the stuff out...

thanks for the kind words. I had a lot of fun building it, never thought I had the skills to make a car that would go down the tracks when complete, but it goes! I am going to try another similar car in N, this time a Magor 74' Paul Bunyan pulpwood flat, one of the Maine Central cars...

This was my first HO scratchbuilt car. Made from MR plans, and a week after I finished (no kidding!) the car was announced by Walthers. This was from the summer of 1995. http://community.webshots.com/photo/63997646/63998135BJnIEo http://community.webshots.com/photo/63997646/63998256Zaegje

I model primarily in N, MEC/B&M. I am working on designing a 2 rail O scale switching layout, hopefully for my new office. I also model HO, and sold my basement (house) last year that had a 20x25 Austrian layout in it. When I can model Austrian again, I am also going to have a couple of...

Hi Rusted I have Prodigy and like it. I have found that most guys who have it don't talk about it because there is a tendency to slam those of us with it. I pretty much gave up posting about it on the big board, i had one person in particular who liked to follow up every postive thing I said...

I have a couple of pics over on my webshots site, its a MEC inspired pic, where two truss bridges have a small "island" of ledge and piers between them. http://community.webshots.com/photo/61070170/63206540VZGdJk http://community.webshots.com/photo/61070170/61071061OOoxbf

Albert, that is a beautiful model! Please post more pics! I model OeBB and DSB, and modeling pics are hard to find over here. Keep up the awesome work! brian