I've never done rolling stock painting or weathering before and I was thinking of starting with some HO freight cars using acrylic paints in washes and chalks or powders.  What types of brushes (size and type) do you recommend using?

I have been working with the panel for some weeks now, sorted out a couple of electrical issues. Played with it enough to realize that while my basic idea was sound, some of the LED placements were suboptimal. Essentially I had been struggling with how to signal the thing -- on a layout this small probably overkill but it did provide some measure of idiot-proofing for areas that were obscured from the command location. Anyhow, it has been fun and is starting to make some sort of sense.

I love to see all the comments I recive and especially the fact that they are all nnice a tthing I have noticed from the model railroad community. If you can look at my other posts I am looking for some HO scale supplies cheap/donated or some chicago area operating sessions. 

This is a good storage tool you can use a lego tile on top of a lego plate with a two stud gap in the middle example if you use a 4x8 plate you should put the tiles on either edge. Go to this link- http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Pick-A-Brick-ByTheme and search for 4x8 plates and 1x8 flat tiles (those are the largest possible) I recommend layering the plates to make a strong base but it can be as long as you want.

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