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I recently was going thru an ad and found an RDC for $14.99. Up until last year, I think they were up around 50 to 80 bucks. And a Proto1000 at that. I ordered it and low and behold, it cost almost as much to ship it from NJ to Idaho as the unit cost! Anyways, I knew it wouldnt be DCC...

Hi there My lovely wife has decided that I should order the Bachmann Spectrum 2-6-6-2 as a "Happy New Years, But We're Building A House So No More Engines This Year" present from Micro Mark. I would love to add this bad boy to my roster, but I can't find how well they run. I have 2...

Hey everyone So after 6 1/2 months of working on my railroad, I now have a working layout again! After tearing down my old layout, I thought I would have this new one up in 3 months. Didn't foresee a death in the family and other crazy things happening this summer, but it is up and running...

Usually when I fall into something, it usually is stinky or terrible in many ways. Yesterday at our club meeting, a friend brought in a whole mess of balsa wood that he got from a club 25 yrs ago and he said they had years of dust them when he got them. He asked me if I wanted them, I...

It's almost complete. I started this way back in the spring. I even took it and my tackle box of tools/balsa wood on a cruise in May. The plans came from Railroad Model Craftsman. Here you see the building painted white then weathered with an India Ink/alcohol wash. I am needing some...

Last night as I was bemoaning the fact that I don't have enough windows to finish my current project, my wife asked me why I don't scratch build them. I answered my usual, "because it's too difficult." But are they? It got me to thinking about building my own. I would only build the simple...

Hi all We just purchased some land, and in a year/year and a half, we are going to be building a house with a separated garage. Said garage is going to have a full second story, to be a train room for me. I couldn't believe my ears when my wife said that. I thought she wanted a guest room...

Hi there So, I have searched for the better of half last night and again this morning on a "How To" or even a "This is what I did" when it comes to attaching figures to cars, engines, what have you. See, I have a few open cars and a nice new caboose and some figures I wanna attach to said...

Starting at 9 am tomorrow, I will be internet-less for an entire week! No wi-fi at the place we are staying. No dial up. No nuttin'! I am going to go insane without my Gauge fix. I might just have to sneak away from the Better Half with the laptop and try to find a coffee shop... "no...

Here we are starting another great set of weekly pics. Unfortunately, I still don't have the knack (lighting, focus, etc) quite right. I am thinking of bringing in a ringer to take my photos for me. lol. Here is my new passenger car. A Kato Business car being pulled by an A-B-A carrying only a...

Hi there There is fellow in my club that wants to recreate the railway that went by his home when he was a kid. He lived in NY, and of course it was the NYC commuter trains that ran by his house. They had some 4-6-0 engines that weren't like the 10 wheelers I have seen around. He showed me a...

Hiya folks. Before I get too involved in my question, be assured that photos are coming. Wife took the camera to work with her, am going to see her at noon and post them then. That being said: Can I use chaff from my hay barn on my layout? It's going to be Autumn in 1955 on my layout and I...

For the past month or so, I have been retreating out to my layout in the garage 2 to 3 times a week after the wee babes are in bed. I always tell my wife what I am going to work on that night. (ie I'm going to be laying some track tonight, I'm going to do some wiring... that kind of thing.)...

I didn't see anyone posting yet... sorry if I jumped the gun. I have 3 pics for this week. This first one, if you squint right, you can make out the mountain complete with trees, rockface, portals... ok, maybe you better do more than squint. Here is a close up of one of my fright work...

Ok, so. I go to the hardware store and pick up 2 florescent lamps to hang in the garage over my layout. Put the bulbs in, which didn't come with the lamps :x and turn em on. What happened? Oh, they lit up my layout alright. Lit it up like some freak show. Everything had a blue-ish tint and...

Hi all I was working last night on my layout, not really paying attention to the overall picture, just the matter at hand when I realized that I was cutting, fitting and laying my last piece of track. For a while, at least. I stopped what I was doing and took a look around the layout. I had...

Hey there Does anyone have opinions one way or the other about Stewart Hobbies? I have been looking for a certain line/paint scheme for about a year now, and have found one at Stewart. I thought if any place was going to have members that have good, bad and indifferent things to say about a...

Hey folks I am not sure if this has been posted before, but whenever I put in something for a Search, it comes back with a bazillion hits and I am left fishing. So if this has been put up recently, I apologize... While I am working on my railroad (Northern Pacific circa 1955), I like to have...

Hello On my line, I want to have a siding that runs to a stockyard then back onto the main line. I am unsure of a couple of things, though. Any help would be great.... I am not sure if I want my siding to split in two and go on either side of the stockyard then form up again before getting...

Hi folks Last year, I decided to turn the garage into a little studio. We cant use the garage for our vehicles as cars built in the late 20s/early 30s required smaller openings. Then I got back into the hobby and bought a 4x8 sheet of plywood to set a layout on. My daughter loves the...