Modeling topic
Run before you're done?
On another thread someone was saying that all too often modelers these days are afraid to run trains until their layouts are finished and perfectly detailed. It was also suggested that this makes a smaller layout preferable to a big one because it takes a loonnnnggggg time to finish a monster layout.
Well, there is certainly some validity to this opinion, but one should never make broad sweeping statements ... (oops... I just made one). I mean, there are often exceptions to the rule(s)...
Static grass with fly swatter
Does anyone remember the issue which contained the article on applying static grass with a modified electric fly swatter? I finally got my hads on the swatter, and now can't locate the article.
Thanks,
Jim
The Great Great Northern Railway
Don Bozman's HO gauge model railroad. Unique location in the house and unique front door entrance.
Crazy hidden staging
This is a video that a fellow member of a German model railroad forum posted. He let a camera train run on his layout. The video is almost 33 minutes long, of this the train spends about 30 minutes running through his humongous hidden staging yard. His helixes use a maximum grade of 0.7% to allow him to run trains of up to 9 m (30 feet) in length. If you watch this you will need patience!
List of Industries, loads, and car types?
Is there an online resource that lists various industries and the railroad related traffic they use?
Basically I'm looking for a list that I can use to populate my waybills with legitimate traffic.
Ideally this would include
- Shipper (load origin, including city)
- Receiver (load destination, including city)
- Product (what is being shipped)
- Type of car used to move the product
- Bill
A Memorial Day weekend!
Hope everyone enjoys the photos as I did creating the scene, and photographing them! Enjoy!
What is this? Updated Picture
Found this Bachmann part in a on sale bin. Have a guess as to what its purpose is, just want to confirm it.
Thanks
RJ
Stuck in the details?
Anybody else have the problem on when to "move on" or know when "enough is enough" working on your layout? I constantly have that problem especially when working on landscaping or building structures. Recently I've been foresting the hills next to the backdrop and while adding additional layers / details improves the look I feel like I'm "stuck in the details" and should be moving on.
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