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Hey again everyone, Im at the stage now of applying the plaster to the new layout and Im having some real trouble with plaster. Actually, plaster is kicking my butt!! Ive read a number of posts here and other forums about making your own plaster cloth by dipping paper towels in plaster and while...

Hey group, Im getting to the ballast stage in my layout and Im wondering whether to use medium or fine. What are the rules for HO?? Jim

Hey everyone, here are some pics of my progress so far on the new layout. All risers and inclines I made myself gluing up layers of the blue foam then "resawing" them on the bandsaw, tapering them to the desired grade. The outer loop is all 4 percent while the inner loop is at 2. I rigged a hot...

Im trying to determine if a DCC setup is the way to go for me and Im hoping maybe some of the good folks here could offer a tip or two. Im doing a Civil War ear layout so things like signal lights and the such of course wont apply. I would like to have a light on my locomotives and I''l have a...

I was wondering what most folks used for building up the topography of their layouts before things like plaster cloth from Woodland Scenics was available. A friend suggested just cheap ol paper towels dipped in a soupy plaster mix would do the trick. What else would be good?? Thanks! Jim

Hey guys, Im getting ready to put together a new layout using flextrack so I did a few searches here and read where some made references to soldering the track together before making a radius with it?? Are the standard track connectors not enough to hold them properly or????? Could anyone...

Im sure most here are familar with scenic glue like that sold by Woodland Scenics, however given the price of it I was searching for alternatives and wondered what you guys use on your layouts. Especially for things like making trees, grass flocking, securing track ballast and so on. With the WS...

Hey folks, this is my first attempt at making a mountain for my new layout. Any opinions or suggestions would be welcome. My son and I made this thing last night and it went pretty good all considered. Been out of this hobby for about 25 years but am getting back into it now and Im loving it all...

I hope this would be the correct place to post this Im new to the Gauge here. Im hoping someone can help me identify these locomotives, both are of course Civil War era and since this is the type of layout Im interested in doing I wanted to make sure I got the right era of train! Thought that...

Greetings everyone, new member here. Also new to this hobby, well kind of new again as I was into it some as a kid like we all were I suppose. Im doing some extensive research before I begin building a layout and right now Im looking at doing a Civil War era layout based on the VA Central and...