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Joe Fugate, writing in Model Railroad Hobbyist says hobbyists of today are not craftsman but an 'all thumbs' bunch, so bids 'good riddance' to scratchbuilding, suggesting a new reality. One cannot scratch build and build layouts at the same time.He says you can buy what you need to hurry the...

Forgive me, but here's last winter's N scale practice effort after I noticed how uniform pasta was. It's 27 N feet wide x 21 high. Yeah, I laughed too!

I’ve been thinking on this method long enough. Here’s the ‘blueprint’ conjured up from various bits gleaned from web searches. I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 so I can resize and print to N scale. The cost of importing 1/32 bass wood is prohibitively costly so I’m covering the pattern with...

I just got back at the hobby again, and I'm really ticked at all the MRR sites popping up. I don't have time to spend cruising umpteen 'MRR' sites. Seems everyone who fancies himself a webmaster starts his own. Most are same-old same-old stuff with nothing really new.

Craft ROBO Desktop Cutting Plotter http://www.graphteccorp.com/craftrobo The other is Cricut Cutter cuts vinyl http://www.cricutexpress.com/store.php?cat_id=13175&view=cat Watching demos and reading reviews, it seems like they are dream machines.

Interesting stuff. Thanks a bunch

I have what I now know is Old Man's Beard moss. How do you dry,preserve and colour it?

The short answer is yes.

I came across a hum dinger of a coal mine to model-the Atlas Mine, a National Historic Site at East Coulee Alberta.

If clicking on the ads keeps this site in the black, I'll click as many times as I used redial to vote for David Cook. (No, I didn't, but I needed something to compare it to)

And now, the rest of the story: I don’t like DCC- period, for one really good reason. Modellers boast about the proposed complex or simple layout still in the Xtrack software or whatever, and invariably end with the ‘blood spit and slap’ pledge of DCC. There’s not length of track in the house...

It is absolutely INCREDIBLE. News from Rosetown IMHO

Trying to think 'outside the box' and not left field, I wonder why laser cut structure makers don't make modular panels like DPM does. Walls, doors windows, loading docks, stairs, railings etc available in accessory packs. All the various structure elements ,a la carte. How much does a laser...

In my little pea brain, I see all our great modellers and members sniggering at the 'great' articles and layouts in MRR mags. Whut-Ever! When I open this site, there is no avalanche of advertising blow-ins, special edition stapled page stiffening offers, multiple subscription cards, inane &...

Cnr 6060 This CNR,number 6060, runs out of Stettler Alberta. Alberta Prairie Railway - Alberta Steam Train Tourist Attraction

Right Scale Right City Right On Speaking of real estate, my scouts just came back to report they have acquired the rights of way for the Coal Creek to Slick Rock double line.

Awesome show!!!!!! And no $10.00 parking fee and for me that was two more CN (noodle) observation cars.

I never tire of MRR photos. It's one thing to stand and try to get as close as you can and quite another to see it as if you were standing in the scene. Many members here have similar works of art and I'm as tickled as a blonde with a new puppy when they share their works. I think I can, I...

Thanks. I have the 'Will Hall' facade from that site too. Deftly deploying my triple digit intellect, superior technical and graphic design ability, all I had to do was overwrite Illinois to Alberta. That would put Jacksonville between Hoadly and Rimbey, if you turn north at One Four!

I met a professional engineer/exhibitor at Supertrains Calgary.He designs builds and supplies LED lighting circuitry and componants for N scale from his website at ngineering.com He will email instructions and help on anything you buy from him. Some of his circuitry ; Variable rate...