This is my attempt to Scratch build a Colorado & Southern butterfly snowplow.

Hi every one...I am struggling at making trees. Joe makes the pine tree scenery look so good, us plain old folks trying to model eastern railroads don't have a chance. So here is the issue... how do we make realistic eastern type forests of trees? I have never been a real fan of the puff ball. Model Railroader used them on their Virginian project railroad and it doesn't have the realism I am looking for (see - Joe has spoiled it for the rest of us).

So let us suppose one had the option to go through door number one or door number two...

Door number one is a rather fun package.  I'd be opting for the 6200 package, though, seeing as how it has the 2000 series mill instead.  This package would allow me to do fun things like convert the Bachmann 2-10-4 frame into a 2-8-4 frame, or tool up new driver beds for my Bowser Challenger[s].  But after these projects, then what?

Just posted some new free kits at our website. An 85' brick chimney  and a section of steel and concrete pier in HO & O

Hope you find them useful and enjoyable. Lots of other new stuff too.

www.clevermodels.net

Thom

Hi All,

Well today I started back on the JL&T and the first of several small jobs to be completed was a quick tidy up, and the installation of a backing board for the work station & maintenance area.

As some of you may know my interest is mainly narrow gauge On30 and I am in the first stages of construction. Besides having a nice collection of On30 equipment over the years I have acquired some HO scale locos,rolling stock and structures. As it so happens On30 and HO track is one and the same with the possible exception of tie spacing and tie size. So now I'm thinking, What if I "Nested" HO scale structures inside my O scale structures.

For any other MRH members wishing to have look at the JL&T or chat over Skype I will be on for the next couple of hours...

Cheers,

Jas...

PS:  Our Skype address is in our signature...

I've been posting here for a bit now so I thought maybe it was time to upload some pics  of the progress I've made on the benchwork for my new HO layout. Nothing fancy here, just the spare bedroom I've been given rights to for my layout and my computer and ham radio station plus my layout. I've built three different N scale layouts in here to varying levels of completion with the last being ripped out  because I decided to make the switch to HO. This used to be my daughters room, hence the pink walls.