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Hi all been a while and figured it was time to return again with a new project of mine. With all my newfound free time I've been drawing up some track templates, so far I have a #4.5 Turnout, 30 degree crossover and 22" and 18" curves along with a straight. The link below includes them scaled for 2" to the foot drawings as well as full size. The cad savvy of you should easily be able to resize as needed in cad and it's not to hard to scale in other ways as well.

Once a decision is made to model a specific short-line prototype, one has to face the problem of obtaining engines and rolling-stock for the short-line.  Painting and decals are also a possible solution, but it turns out that finding MMID decals is harder than finding painted models!  Fortunately there have been a few models lettered for the Maryland Midland over the years, and thanks to Ebay, one can find these over time.  Both Atlas and MTH have made GP-38's lettered for Maryland Midland.  This has led me to purchasing a few MTH engines despite the proble

Follow along as I blog the journey in building my HO scale, proto-freelanced Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad - a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway running between its namesake cities and across the Straits of Mackinac.

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It is not exactly the lyrics or the meaning Pink Floyd had in mind. 

Yet, I still have a hole in my wall. It is a hole that goes between the finished and non-finished portion of the basement. Don't worry. My wife will think it is just fine, as long as she doesn't know it's there. 

Hello all,

I'm interested in buying a 1:20.3 Accucraft Plymouth (like this one: https://www.accucraftestore.com/ng-plymouth-el).   I prefer a new item but will certainly consider used.  

I've talked to Accucraft and searched the web and have been unable to find one. 

Thank for any help you can provide!

Greg

HI THERE! Does anyone know 1)where I can possibly find an Athearn RTR SW1500 in the RF&P paint? 2) does anyone know anyone who is willing to sell one?

None exist online anymore and I missed the one that was just on Ebay. Does anyone have any suggestions??

I already posted this on the April Workbench thread, but I thought I'd put a longer post here. I'm using the Model Power State Power Substation kit as the transformer yard for my paper mill (paper mills suck juice, easily enough to justify respectably large supply hardware). Model Power kits are a little...basic, but with some work they can look pretty good.

In the latest MRH magazine (April 2020) Jack Burgess has an article on using calipers. I am a great fan! As I do a lot of scratchbuilding, the calipers are my go too tool for measuring and marking out. Also in that article he talks about converting measurements to scale sizes. I have done a lot of measurement conversion also. Modelling in TT scale (1:120) is one of the reasons that I scratchbuild. As I work with metric and imperial rolling stock I have had to convert between the two units of measurements, and scale as well.

Here is how I paint and make my mortar lines that I cut on laser. Hope someone finds it helpful.

Mike