I picked up the Chevy and Dodge 3D printed N scale trucks from Shapeways. I'm impressed at the detail attainable with 3D printing. The trucks came in clear styrene. I gave them a coat of primer then coats of Mr. Color for the red and Mig Ammo Rubber & Tires Acrylic for the tires and rubber. Tamiya clear red and clear yellow for the lights. I ran .25mm fiber optics for the front and rear lights. This size proves a little small for the front lights, but great for the taillights. Somehow one of the rear view mirrors got busted off in shipping or by me. The way it goes.

I'll let the photos do the talking.

I tell you, I did not want to rush the process of building this module. My plan was to take several weeks tinkering with it. But that was not to be. The Great Train Expo is on our doorstep and every effort has been made on my part to have something that resembles a partially built module ready.

Quick update.

First off, I recommend using a piece of plastic wrap between your clamp and whatever you are gluing down with Gorilla glue.

Works great. Once dried you can carve away the excess.

Most of you have read my pink foam fiasco. Suffice to say that issue has been solved and I'm moving forward. The show is coming up this next weekend and the guys asked if I would bring my work in progress modules to the show. Being the seeker of punishment that I am, I said okay.

Not too long ago I picked up my 2" pink foam at Home Depot. Not so today. They no longer carry. Lowes doesn't carry. It doesn't seem anyone in my region carries it. Menards back east shows they carry, but maybe no longer.

Not too happy at the moment as I was in the middle of building up a module. I have one point of contact to reach out to on Monday, but not holding my breath.

So it begins.

Never built a layout, never even ran an engine on a layout. Don't know a whole lot about nothing and much about some.

After several years of reading, searching and nail biting for the opportunity to have my own fairytale world where I could manipulate the caricatures and play God in sculpting a perfect landscape, I hit paydirt; N scale Free-moN.