My first Module!  30" x 8' table base made with 1"x3" Pine,  2"x2" legs and furring strip bracing.  It stands at 48" and I'm 5'-8" so I think it's good.  (Also in the photo a long neglected .60 Ultra Sport R/C Airplane and remnants of an older workbench)

One of my last purchase is the J1 class 2-10-4 steam locomotive produced by Broadway Limited.
This model is in general good, but poor of details. Many particulars are missing.
After an accurate search on the web, viewing photographs of some prototypes, I hazardous improvement work ....

We left off last week with the straight(ish) stock rail in place, congratulating ourselves on a good evening's work, considering we started with bare plywood.  This week, we got through most of the rest of the engineering, with the exception of the switch rods.  I hope to get those and the remaining details done by the end of the week so I can get back to house construction, and clear up the turnout mess. 

Finally got the turntable finished and installed - Just needs the Digitrax auto reverser and approach track linked in and we're good to go..............

Turned out much better than I thought for a cheap eBay 1963 vintage kit (Cliff Line).

There are many bargains about on eBay for the patient - (I recommend casual hunting on a laptop  while half watching TV).

I received email with the folloing link attached. In the link that shows some of the great model trains it say "Estate Sale"

Guess I missed this one along the way.  Can anyone tell the rest of the story?

http://www.uniqueestateforsale.com/feature.html

I just put my first engine into service, but it needed a little more tractive effort to work the mine branch. I tried MRH sponsor product Bullfrog Snot and it worked like a charm.I dried it with a hairdryer for faster results. they recommend waiting overnight, but I am not that patient with some things.Hope you Enjoy the short video and give Bullfrog Snot a chance if you need more pulling power.

Updated my blog yesterday.  You can catch it at http://trainfanatic.blogspot.com

Here's a pix of some of my more recent work:

Have you ever known that you have a problem but choose to cast "blind eyes" on it?  Well, that is me with the light switches in my office / layout room.  When I was putting the bench work in the room I could see that access to the light switches was going to be obstructed but I was in such a hurry to get it in I ignored the problem.  Thank goodness I've come to my senses before it was too late!

Well today I decided to start finishing off some of the structures that are just about completed on the L&T Branch.

First project was to install and paint the awning that sits over the loading dock of the storage warehouse.