Hello all. This post will be ongoing and include the slides that I used at my latest clinic on the use of Gatorfoam® (GF) and model railroading. If you GOOGLE search for "Modeling with Gatorfoam" you will also find links to the manufacture's website and some of my other posts. I plan on adding to this post, daily if possible. The last attempt I made ended up not uploading and I lost an hours worth of work.

Tip: To avoid losing data I am writing in MS Word and copying and pasting into this blog.

Slide 7 This is the GF I picked up from my supplier, all cut to width x 8’ long. Dave Myers www.gatorfoam.net Currently he only ships up to 48”, as longer lengths are too expensive to safely ship. I was lucky enough to be close (NY to VT via ferry) and able to pick my ‘kit’ up from him. Notice the vertical Honeywell filtering fan. I run this 24 / 7 and it helps stop dust from settling on the layout.

This 6 plus minute video shows some basic techniques for working with Gatorfoam with only hand tools. Great for those of us with no shops or living in an apartment.

Thanks everyone.

Thanks to your suggestions and a quick response from Joe F I now have Mozilla Firefox installed and MRH / Blog editing is working again.

The worst part of all this is I bought the new Win 8 HP computer so I could upload and blog faster than I could with my tired ole HP running XP.

My latest project with Gatorfoam® was to build a 21” wide by 8 foot long extension L to my N Scale Mooers Junction Railroad. I have put together an article showing the construction techniques I used.

This post is just the latest advantage I wanted to put out there about the benefits of using lightweight Gatorfoam®. My friend Jeff and I spent about six hours adding eight (8) tortoise machines, five (5) homemade turnout direction indicators and a switch controlling the USB camera that show hidden staging.