August 2021 layout update.  Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/ifxt49TZnk0

In this video I receive two very awesome pieces from a follower/friend, as well as some D&H things another friend picked up at an estate sale in Albany.

https://youtu.be/MPjVyqIt0jg

Hi All,

I looked at best I can locally (Im in Aus) and also though Joes excellent painting guide document and have a couple questions.

No one here is Aus seems to stock C&NW Green - there is a preference for Aus Colours and General Colours.

I need to repaint the roof on some Walthers Passenger cars and looking for best paint mix that represents the CNW Green well.

Usually, I like to run Santa Fe passenger trains, however, this time I will be running a mixed freight train. The train’s number (#73, Westbound) and type (Mixed Way Freight) were borrowed from Chuck Hitchcock’s previous Argentine Division since I had gotten a lot of inspiration from that particular layout in building the N-Scale ATSF Paradigm Division. I did not have any issues when rehearsing this operation but, of course when doing it for record, several things go wrong so most of the bloopers and laughs are left in the video along with using the big hand for uncoupling duties.

PART 1

What paint color for the metal parts on concrete coaling tower by Walthers?  The plastic parts are a dark gray. Just use a dark gray paint or is there a better color?

There's a little bit of everything in this video. If you want to see how much railroad-related action I can pack into one day, follow along...

https://youtu.be/I0PaP8KHmkk

Well this week I decided to delve down the rabbit hole that is 3D printing.

Many who follow along with my blog/progress would have seen the signal system that I have installed and the older IHC plastic heads that I used for my Triangular Colour Light - Signal Heads.  Whilst these are good, they're not perfect, and they've bugged me for awhile, and until I could find a better alternative.