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Cliff, I know from personal experience that it's easier to detail in HO because there is more available parts, even if you scratchbuild it seems to be easier to find materials which are closer to HO scale. But there is a lot to be said for the ability to put a lot of railroad in a small space...

Nope, real railroaders work too hard for me. They got good bennies and pay but until you get enough seniority you will earn what you get!! You gotta really love that lifestyle to make it. Talk to a real railroader about what sucks and you'll see what I mean, it's not for everybody. And it's not...

13Mt Look at the newest issue of Model Railroader Magazine, June or July can't remember which. Anyway there is a article on benchwork construction which is pretty informative and well worth reading, will probably give you plenty ideas for benchwork. I believe one of the hardest things to do is...

Slurp, I remember seeing some pewter military pieces for war gamers someplace. And I think there was a company called 'Trucks and tracks' that was making resin military pieces in N scale. For the pewter pieces try GHQ they might be the ones I'm thinking of. P.S. Yep, GHQ has 'Micro-armor'...

Frenchtoast, You're off to a good start. I would consider returning the Southern caboose and seeing if they have either of these in stock, or could order one of these for you. Atlas 35963 Atlas 30618 or 19 Either of these would look much better bringing up the rear of your trains...

Arlaghan, Has she seen this? Man this is cool, she's gonna do some cart-wheels, (know I would, even if I am a fat guy!!) You're gonna be number 1 on her 'buy that dude a beer' list for sure! Great work man! Can't wait to see it installed. 2slim

Val, Must be the hotel managers office, pretty swanky, don't forget the leather upholstered office furniture and mahogany executive desk! 2slim

Andrew, That plan looks great! One thing to consider on the curve between 'A' & 'B' the turnout at 'A' should come off of a secondary track like a passing track or small interchange yard and not directly off the main. You'll find this useful if you want to use this as a drill track for the...

I don't see what's so strange, Canadians vacation in Mexico all the time! 2slim

Glen I actually have a set of U28/30B handrails unopened. I also have a undecorated U30B dummy which I was going to build into to a cabless unit, because when I bought it the cab was missing. I have a hi hood casting from High Tech but I don't have the part which replaces the cab area. All the...

Leroy, In HO 3.5 millimeters equals one HO foot. This measures, (roughly) to 9/64" per foot. You can fudge to 1/8" equals one foot for the eyeball. HO means 'Half "O" in which O scale measures 1/48, or 7 millimeters, (again roughly) per foot. This then measures to 9/32" per foot for O scale...

Lynn, I don't know how you could have said it better!! Leroy, I second those sentiments, still wishing you loads of good luck!! YOU GOT A EMAIL FROM OPRA? HOW COOL IS THAT?? That and a layout room, train field trip, Dude, where were you when I was in school? Is 46 too old to be a student...

Will your layout is lookin' better all the time!! :thumb: CAS Don't know what era you plan to model but I found this guy's link John Leader to be one of my favorites as he models the Rockies and that's what I want to do. But he has a lot of benchwork pictures which can give you, (or anyone...

CAS On open top benchwork you would have to know where your tracks are going to be and at what height, not exactly but pretty close then you'd map their locations on some sub-roadbed made out of plywood supported on risers, (sounds more complicated than it is). Get yourself a book on bench work...

This is probably old news but Bachmann is releasing a 4-8-2 Mountain in N Scale, here is the link;Mountain Hope it's as good as the 2-8-0, I don't run steam myself but I am excited to see those who do get some more cool locos to share with the rest of us!! 2slim :thumb:

Ray, That picture reminded me of a late good friend's rendition of the Little Joe. He took 2 Athearn F7A's and cut the shells behind the side doors then glued the cab shells back to back. He had it mounted on a switcher chassis with a dummy pantograph up top. He called it the 'Mighty Little...

Leroy Try these guys Scenic Express they seem to have a good selection of stuff. BTW can't remember if Accurail came through for you but they also have scenery products on their website called "Sunlit Vistas" try hitting them up again, maybe mention WS wouldn't help :thumb: 2slim

Yea, he didn't respond to that one, only to say "what do you mean, reverse running?" I took reverse running to mean if an ABA set was working as helpers, how would the lights on the end A unit be displayed. My guess would be a dimmed, (rule 17) lower light and lit numberboards. But that would be...

Whistleblower, Think I got a answer: Top - single clear gyrating Mars light Bottom - 7 individual bulbs as-delivered; later converted to recessed twin Pyle For the original 7-bulb configuration you could try drilling the pattern in a blank styrene or brass disc, then use the smallest...

Whistleblower, Howdy fellow Rio Grande dude! Well I'm not 100% certain but I read someplace that most roads had the Mars or Gyra lights mounted in the upper position partly to make them more visable and that the mechanics of the light unit were too heavy to be mounted on the front door. Now...