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I can do ya one better, heres the track.....pics arent great, but gives an idea...theres a big loop, with a little bridge and what will be a tunnel area, then a small loop inside that..a figure 8 that will cut through where the town will be, and a switch off to the staging yard area...overall I...

I found after trying many different types of saws and knives, and even fashioning a hotwire tool from an old soldering iron, that foam is a pain to cut into shapes for landscaping........so I dug my old 9 inch baby bandsaw out of storage and put it into my basement workshop. that thing is...

Just an update on the contact cement issue.......model rr magazine must never have actually tried it, cause it doest work....even though the can says the cement is safe for foam it isnt....it eats it, and the fumes are bad beyond all explanation, overall its a total mess, dont try it........

Im ready to start laying track, and I have the shape I want, but what is the best way to lay that design out on my mat, and insure I mantain the functionability, in other words how do I lay it out without laying out some weird curve or elevation that will not work? or is that not so much of a...

thanks cannoball, but Ive had enough woodwork for now.......the table is almost done, just a little finishing to do. I finished the edges with little poplar strips, painted with a textured green paint to try and match the grass mat, and stained it witha dark mahogany stain (which seems to...

Well I got some build time in tonight, building in the basement helps since I can work anytime day or night, heres where I got to tonight. Frames done foam is on, and some of the fascia...... the last pic is an idea of the nice finished look I want for the top eventually Ill have it all dialed...

thanks for all the fast answers, against the advice of those that know more than me I went with the solid lumber after all. I had already gotten it, but was debating a return trip to do everything by the book in plywood. In the end I decided to stick with it. I got good straight pieces, and did...

Im building mybasic layout from an article I saw in the new model railroader mag, but they do some things in there I dont get. They say to build the benckwork and table from ripped 3 inch strips of 1/2 plywood, that doesnt make sense to me. Why go to trouble of ripping a 4x8 sheet of plywood, on...

Thought since I was just starting out it would be fun to keep a running thread on my build. Im building a 4x6 table with a 2x4 extension, I got all the lumber for my table this afternoon. By tonight it should be most of a table.........heres the before pic, my pile o lumber. 1x3 's for the...

Hello everyone, Im new to the forum, and mostly new to trains, when I was a kid I had an N gauge setup, nothing fancy, just a board with some grass and buildings, that was nearly 20 years ago, and now Im starting back up. I used to build motorcycles, but thats become too dangerous, and...