"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."

So, here I am. Born anew.
My journey in model railroading is a continuous one, and after building a layout in HOn3 the last couple of years, I've now jumped headfirst into the dark side of model railroading; On30!

As some may know, I live in Sweden and work as an artist/cultural heritage consultant.

I am at the point on my layout where it is time to make trees. The modeled season is early November and the setting is central Connecticut. I model the New Haven RR in 1948. I've used a photo backdrop and I would like the trees to match that same look and feel.

I am looking at getting a laser cutter and was wondering if there was a source where I could buy or obtain some base building template files that I could use to design my buildings. As I am making a number.ber of large background buildings and other structures a set of base templates to try things out would be most useful.

I have a place where I want to be able to control some industry gates manually. Looking for a 90 degree small gearbox that would be attached to a pair of chain link gates at one end and a knob on the fascia at the other.   So far have not found anything that small and simple. 1/8'' shaft at knob and gates . Any ideas ? ---  Thanks, Ken