It's been a while since the last update and I actually got to build something. However, my building efforts didn't quite follow my original plans.

Landor Street was exhibited for the first time yesterday at TVNAM in the UK.  I'm very pleased to say that the layout ran flawlessly all day and seemed to be well received by the visitors to the show.  A big thank you to my guest operator Steve Williams (seen in the pictures) who looked after the layout for most of the day.  Sorry for the poor quality of the pics - the yellow walls played havoc with the camera settings.

One of the rural towns along the area I would like to model is Hartland, Wisconsin.  I really like the track schematic as seen here: 

I did a full scale mock-up of this keeping the proportions as close as possible to the picture above: 

I recently purchased a new micro cut paper shredder and after shredding tons of old paper clutter, I realized that the shredded paper was so fine that it could be used to build model scenery, rocks and landscape.

Most of us own some kind of paper shredder but the stuff from the "cross cut" type really works, since it cuts it very fine. Micro-cut shredders produce much finer particles, so they can be used in scenic modeling requiring smoother surfaces..

I had this challenge of operating a turnout motor and simultaneously operate a signal to indicate the direction the points were set.

Since I do not use the expensive Tortoise or Cobalt turnout motors that have a set on contacts to operate accessories, I came up with this simple idea and circuit to operate both accessories simultaneously, from the same DCC trigger.

Here is a small tower, some kind of a -free- blend between Tuckanoe and Nova tower. 

This is my first full scratched wood building, and i hope not the last. Not intended to be fully realistic, but done just as a trial...US Railroad see through French eyes...

Built using only wood, pieces by pieces.

So the sun finally popped out to do a bit of priming. I also did some preliminary assembly before priming. As I looked through the instructions I saw several smaller brace pieces that had to be attached to the sides and ends, so I figured rather than fiddle with painting the little bits individually I’d glue them in place and prime the side and end panels, as you’ll see why in the following pics.

Okay, I'll bite. I was perusing google maps tonight (was looking at the DMVW rail line) and found something odd...