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If you thought T Scale (1:450) was small check out TY Scale (1:900)
I was just browsing around looking for some interesting railroad things and found this noteworthy one. I am not sure how many people have heard of TY scale (I am sure most have heard of T) but it is small following I will have photos comparing T and TY scale sadly none of them together but they will give you the idea of size.
The largest of these is 4"x7"
John Allen Time Saver Puzzle In Lego
I seem to be good at finding interesting Lego items and here is another. This is a Microscale Lego Timesaver Puzzle based on John Allen's Design.
An image--
My first Scenery Attempts
Here are some more photos of the scenery for my club layout. This is all in an 18" by 6" scene with backdrops by backdrop junction. This is still the example module I showed awhile ago but more views.
My personal favorite done with flash on an iPhone
One done the same way
My Trip To Kalmbach Publishing
This happened a while ago now but thought it would be interesting to show here. In early June I went to the Model Railroader magazine HQ. Below are some photos of what I saw (and who I met). Overall I met: Alex from Trains Magazine, and Model Railroader: Neil, Cody, Steve and David. (Sorry don't have all last names sorry)
I was able to see all past layouts except the Seaboard Short Line which I was told was sold to a collector.
Railroad T-Shirts--- Any Requests???
I will be selling T-Shirts on a website called Threadless in early October and am beginning the design process now. If anyone has some requests please post them here. I will do anything to the best of my abilities and proceeds will go to both my model railroading and my School Club. I will post the ideas here also.
Microscale Lego Train Scenes
Photos no hints on what they are unless you want to spoil it don't go to this link
N Scale McKinley Explorer coupler idea
So I took the long couplers on one car (both ends) and replaced them with short couplers. This is a much more prototypical appearance and does not effect opperations.
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the original
The changed distance on left it makes a difference even on curves
N-Scale Oversized Load
Inspiration- The base of an N scale Bachmann tank car. I thought it looked more like a Heavy Duty flat car so it became the following.
Yes I am aware it is upsidedown that is a glitch on the mobile platform.
Info- A paper tube (would have preferred styrene) between to "flatcars" The photos tell the rest,
Glenn Westlake Middle School Model Railroad Club--Construction Phase
Well It is time to start up the new blog for the school club for construction and we already have a pretty good start. I won't say much more here just to keep the intro short so read on..
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