Well, you can decide if this is real or not...

https://youtu.be/0JGNigBslIE

Experimenting with colours and washes to create the look of limestone and fieldstone walls. Read the techniques I used to get this finish.  

Señor plow test fitted

I recently built a trio of lightweight CN GP9.  One notable (at least to me) missing item was the plow between the footboards on the CN GP9 fleet.  As the models come from Athearn and Proto 2000 they lack this feature, although Athearn has apparently remedied this on later models.  

Have "inherited" a number of #6 Shinnohara switches from a dismantled layout. The will be cut in to my mainline where I have #4's to give me a smoother transition to my yards. These switches are in great shape but have a drop wire that has me stumped. It is connected to the outside of the frog guard rail on the diverging track. Have no idea why or what it would attach to. See photos attached.

Also, are these switches dcc friendly or do I have to have insulated joiners on the two inside rails like I do with my yard tracks? Thanks for your help.

Welcome to my latest micro model railroad project, the Herrin Micro. This HO scale layout is constructed on a foamcore baseboard box with staging tracks for the industry on the left, and two staging tracks to the right. Total layout size including baseboard and staging tracks is 523 square inches. The scene is based on the old Maytag plant in Herrin, Illinois. 

Hello everybody,

My name is Jacques from Mauritius, I have this JOUEF turntable(see picture) and I want to make it work using an ARDUINO and a stepper motor. For your info I have the arduino and one 5 wire stepper motor which I got from an old FAX machine. What I want to do is very simple, I have 6 sheds for 6 loco, I want to use a 6 positions rotary switch, so that I can move the bridge to the 6 positions foreward and backwards.

I am still working on the new layout room, but since I am using the TOMA method I decided to start my first 2’x4’ section of my HO layout. This first section will be the area around the Train Order office at Willbridge Oregon. The layout sections are built out of 1/2” plywood with a 24” tall Masonite backdrop. It is light weight enough I can move it myself and fits nicely on my new shelf system I put up. The plan will be to continue to work on the room and also this layout. 

Working on some more weathering today, added several more diluted washes of black to the ready rocks on the northern bank, then added another layer of zip texturing d

building the crankshaft and more body details to the 3D model