A while ago I thought it might be cool to have a geodesic dome on my layout. My layout is in a completely fictional setting and not meant to reflect any real country in any real time period, so I figured having a pretty modern house might be cool next to some older wooden buildings, especially if it's a modern design with old materials.

With track and a track plan, I needed some roadbed. HO cork roadbed was the obvious answer, but that costs, like, money. Well, $30 - $40, for the amount I'd need, keeping in mind the sidings wouldn't need any. Looking around the house, I found a 30" x 40" sheet of 1/8" foam board. A little arithmetic suggested that might be all I'd need. 

It's been awhile... a long while since I've posted anything here in my MRH blog.  Since the last post, I've moved 4 times, changed jobs 6 times, torn down two layouts, and switched modeling interests and scales as well.  Presently, I am building an On30 logging railroad [to be named later] that will be an L shaped, out-and-back with a sector plate on one end and a turntable at the other.  I will post some pictures now and hopefully, I will be back sooner than later with updates and photos on the progress.

My modular layout is finally getting large enough to put together an entire train.  Due to the available space, track plan, and budget I have decided on 16' for a maximum train length.  That works out to be about 2-3 locos, a caboose, and around 20 freight cars (maximum).  Last weekend I put together a 20 car train and ran it back and forth on the short stretch of main line and for some reason it didn't look right.