I am going to be scratch building an HO structure that requires 10" Log Cabin Siding. I'm trying to figure out how to deal with this. Does anyone commercially make Log Cabin Siding? I need a good amount of the stuff...about 220 scale ft., 5 logs in width. I suppose it will be the 3D route if nothing commercially exists.

Thanks for any help and suggestions.

Tom 

After reading Bill Brillinger's method for painting track and weathering ties I was motivated to get this done on my layout over Thanksgiving Eve and morning. Thanks Bill!

Today and this weekend I plan on drybrushing the ties following an older technique on this forum. I will start with drybrushing a white paint over the top of the ties and us a series other drybrushed colors of washes. Once the ties are finished, what is the best step for adding static grass. Before ballasting or after?

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Robert Gross

I'm looking for a source for sanding towers, fueling stand, etc., that will service 1-2 tracks on a small Lionel layout with modern day diesel locomotives.

My son had a school project on world religions to complete.  You could pretty much do anything on any religion, just be creative and make it applicable to some aspect of some religion.  He chose Shinto but didn't know what to do for it.  I suggested he do a diorama related to something in Shinto, possibly a shrine.  However, he didn't have enough time to build a significant structure (with the complex roofs and such of typical Japanese architecture), so he built a simple, natural shrine.