I took a break from paper mill work this weekend to finish an old kitbash I started 20 some years ago. I used 2 Red Wing Milling kits to create a 23 inch long building designed to sit against the backdrop on a layout. I just never had one with the space to use this stinker until the Idaho Belt came along.

This long weekend I finished setting down the sub roadbed and making sure everything was glued down securely. Next step, drywall compound laid in the cracks between the pieces and all of the screw heads. Get that sanded so everything is perfectly smooth and flat as a piece of glass. Then dark brown paint on the entire length. Once that dries, its time to start drawing the track plan and laying track.

I did give some thought to actually hand-laying the track, but that thought lasted about 3 seconds! :-) 

Hi all.

So I have been a bit quiet, because I had a hard time at work the last months (I work in a model train shop in Lisbon, and Christmas is that time of the year that we have a looot of costumers to please...)

Nevertheless, I am building a small display layout, in N scale (as stated in previous blog entries), with MRL rolling stock. I asked my father to help me on building a show case.

Well, that just happened... The show is almost completed, and them I can take it back to my place, and start working on the scenery. 

   I see Walthers is at it again. Nice discount on their 1953 Ford Courier ambulance. Was $15.00 NOW $7.98! When you go to order it is "Out of stock". Guess you can sell any thing at a good price if you don't have it. Bought some passenger cars one time, on sale, and after two years of not in stock I finally gave up and canceled the order. They sent reminders if I still wanted them every six months instead of letting me know they (evidently) were not going to carry them any more. They still don't list them.