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Good luck in your travels, everyone here at the Guage will be glad to have you back. Hopefully you can find somewhere to check in, I cant imagine not being able to visit the Guage for a long period of time.

Over the weekend I had some freinds over, and while screwing around, I fell of our clothes pole, and later that night, upon turning it on, realized that I landed on my camera. :cry: It still takes pics, and can do eveything, but the digital screen is all white and black, so I have no idea what...

Well more pics will have to be put on hold. My camera is broke. It takes pics, but the screen is busted up so I cant see what I am taking pics of until I load them on the computer.

Thanks for the links. Tonight I put up more backdrop, I also made a hill and put dirt over it for a narrow 3" section between the track and backdrop, I think I will glue some polyfiber to the backdrop and sprinkle on some flocking material to simulate trees, this scene is in a book of mine. I...

Here are some pics of a corner I did. I also have a pic of what I want to do for scenery, that along with the second pic posted in my first post (wrap your head around that)! I figure a tall grass patch a ways out from the track, and then make some scenic express type trees (because they can...

Take pics! I want to see. Make sure you also give us a good how to description, Id like to hear more!

Ill check the box for the tag later, but I think it was like $9

TruckLover, I want to build a few more but possibly use resin dump bodys. Maybe we will need to build a huge nationwide (HO Scale) cement supply chain. Beamish, yes most trucks that size are only 2 rear axel trucks, but they make tri axle trucks designed to haul heavier loads, theres a...

Thanks guys! As of right now (dont tell the DOT or OSHA) but the dumper is just sitting on the truck frame. I tried to make a pivot point but it raised the dump box too high for my likings. I might get a cheap dumper and use its frame.

Its pretty much done. But I will add a ladder and possibly some chains, along with a tool box between the dumper and cab.I pretty much modeled the box from a neighbors box he built for a real truck. Its not a Mack though! what do you think of my custom gate hinge, a.k.a., nails? sign1 With a...

Bummer......for the kid who just made a big mistake! Didnt you just take down a layout? Why not keep it? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Thats a VERY nice photo!

Well its far from done, but the basic dump body is complete.

I am converting a concor mack ch cement truck into a dump truck. Here are some pics of it in progress. The truck with the mixer removed, but teh cab leans backwards, so I shimmed it up. I then added L shaped styreneto raise the frame above the level of the tire tops.

I figured I couldnt be real upset at the comment, because it was all true. :rolleyes: Anyway, heres some pics of the new backdrop, pics of the sections primed, painted, and one in place, along with a pic of an section I did a while ago.

Well last night MilesWestern pointed out how my scenery looked to toylike and not Northern Minnesota-ish enough. He also posted some good pics for me to work off of, and some advice. I figured instead of taking over my Missabe Layout Progress thread, I could make another with the scenery...

Well Mr MilesWestern, you sure have gotten me into the better modeling kick. Headed over to Home Depot today, (I should mention that I do have some better backdrop painted in another area not photograped made out of 1/8" hardboard) and went looking for hardboard, I couldnt find the good light...

Thanks everybody, even though I was almost a week late on posting it. sign1 Its good to have, but I bought it all, no train stuff given to me for my B-day. :cry: I did get other good stuff though. I will make a new thread (somewhere) Ill post a link here, on the dump truck build. I need to...

Thanks, I know my scenery isnt the best, but there are no trees yet, or hardly any, and Im counting on them to blend it all in together. Pines over the clump follage make a good dense pine scene, and I hope modeled birch trees will cover up the backdrop pretty good. But who am I kidding? Im...

It was my birthday last Thursday, so I went to the LHS, Bought a decoder, some ground throws, a cement truck, and materials to make the cement truck into a dump truck! Heres a pic of the loot, I figured you guys might be interested. You usually are. As you can see the dump truck project has...