I’m using Proto:87 Stores Near HO Scale Spikes. These spikes are much smaller than even the Micro Engineering micro spikes with a head that is not so obtrusive. They are just short enough to not extend beyond the bottom of a full thickness tie, which makes it easy to spike the rails at the bench. And even though my track is actually glued down with barge cement, the spikes give a little extra hold and a big extra detail.

I am interested in buying (1) or (2) 5 amp boosters & power supplies that CVProducts used to sell (now out of production). Does anybody out there have or know of someone who would like to sell them.

Richard Superintendent CNW Peninsula iv.

Back into the hobby after a very long absence. Thought i was going to build a cookie  cutter layout. Was going to use Atlas sectional track. So headed to the local hobby shop at lunch for a great discussion. Except now i am second guessing.

Do I use a flat table and foam as suggested by the shop?

Stick to my plan and use cookie cutter?

Use all flex and discard the sectional?

So I fixed the weak spots and added an end piece to the truck.

I use the 3D program Alibre Personal Edition for all of my drawings. Most of what was fixed you can't see.

I also am drafting this at 1:1 and then I scale to HO.

The ends are raised as that way the parts print as 4 parts not one.

We will see what it looks like when I send it to the printer in a couple of weeks.