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  1. Bill Nelson

    HO stations , depots, and terminals.

    I kit bashed a station , using parts of two of those stations , to make a station , and company headquarters for a layout I built when I was in high school in the early 1970s. I think I still have the box one of the kits came in. I looked in my bungalow workshop, and it's not there. I will be...
  2. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    Slow going , Have been insulating and sheetrocking the workshop/railroad room mat my Texas winter residence, soon, I will make my anual pilgrimage to Tennessee. The benchwork for the narrow gauge is sheet rocked as well for neatness. Likely painting the room will have to wait till I...
  3. Bill Nelson

    old time stuff in N, any of it worthwhile?

    craftsman kits , or kitbashes. The RTR stuff available at times, from Backstone are pricy; and they are having issues with their Chinese builder.
  4. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    Worked today on profile boards , to begin the land forms on the gorge east of Bugtussel. Experimenting with building placement. The two story blue building is a stand in, it belongs in Bumpass The entire east wall is insulated . , And sheetrocked . Still need to md the joints...
  5. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    I've got the east wall insulated., and hopefully can get the Sheetrock up on the east wall. Ans D above the windows on the north wall. Need more insulation to do the south Have the subroadbed in for the bottom of the switch back and the siding for a mine. Am planning on yet another...
  6. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    where were you in Mississippi? I'm from Meridian originally. Moved away when I was 3, but my folks moved back when I was in college. My sisters and I sold my dad's tree farm just this year.
  7. Bill Nelson

    Oldies but Goodies. The Old Stuff.

    Check ho seeker.com they have a bunch of old instructions folks have uploaded. I was running an HOn3 box car on the Bugtussel Loop built ancient Binkly kit recently.
  8. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    I got this photo of my dad's reframed , and hung in my RR room. Folks on one of my Facebook narrow gauge groups helped me identify the location. I had thought it was on the Durango and Silverton; and that was confirmed. This is in Rockwood Colorado. The cut leads to the high line over...
  9. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    Starting land forms at the viaduct. Starting the the land forms at the viaduct. Covering the cardboard Christmas tree stand hole plug. The plug is starting to look pretty decent. The buildings I have been working on for the plug.
  10. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    The loop is civilized enough for my FED 4-4-0. The phone video is jerkier than real life , and the phone excagerates the gear noise. It gets loud in tight curves though , and this lauout is all tight. Curves
  11. Bill Nelson

    HOn3 locomotive shops

    The Toma kit Has arrived suprisinly quickly, I ordered it as soon as it was available, a good thing as the second run sold out in less than a week . My first HOn3 locomotive aquisition in years . Live has been weird. The wife moved to take care of her folks, which led to us having a...
  12. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    My concoor goose #4 didn't like three spots on the Bugtustle loop that were too tight . By removing a plastic washer under the Screw that fastened the Two sections togeter created enough slop to allow it to negotiate the tightest spots on the Bugtustle loop.
  13. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    . It is alive ! I have the loop put togeter And am running my PFM HOn3 Coshwain 25 ton, shay first, as it is extrely flexible . And is More forgiving of the track Imperfectections that I knew were there, and the other's I knew were likely there. This locomotive is...
  14. Bill Nelson

    HOn3 locomotive shops

    https://tomamw.miiduu.com/1131-hon3-porter-0-4-0-saddle-tank-3dp-kit I have ordered one of these. It has been a while since my last HOn3 locomotive ptoject. I'm retired now, and am spending the winters near my daughter in Texas. My space down there is limited, so I'm doing all HOn3...
  15. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    Have been making a lot of progress towards beginning an HOn3 layout I'm my Texas workshop , using my Bugtussel loop Christmass tree layout as a jumping off point. Am building a cardboard and hot glue framework for a removable Christmass tree stand hole plug. I have removed the...
  16. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    The view entering the workshop. This ancient I pad Doesn't have a flash . So the image is dark I'm starting some 2 foot deep shelving on the The benchwork is notched to allow a lower section for a gorge. In the right corner . There will be a big mine. Not sure if it will be an...
  17. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    After bolting the benchwork to the floor, the benchwork is still mostly level. I hove the layout up there. I think I will make it removablre in case I want it to go under a Christmas tree, or go to a show. I'm doing a lot of cleaning and organing on the north end of the room, the...
  18. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    Earlier this week, I got some insulation up on the walls of the garage workshop at the Bungalow. I got two pieces od Sheetrock up before running out of sheet rock screws. Them I started benchwork near eye level for the loop, leaving space below for a future lower deck.. My phone...