Modeling topic

Track plan assistance

Mon, 2012-12-10 18:16 — ThatAppyGuy

Quite honestly, I thought I had the problem licked. Unfortunately, I forgot about the light in the middle of the space. It has to be open to allow for bulb changes. This is a rental home, or I'd simply have an electrician come in and move the light. I have finally given up trying to design this layout, I admit, I'm licked.

Passenger overpass

Mon, 2012-12-10 18:06 — CATTRAIN1

Finished at last..............well amost.......still need alot of detail and lighting...LOL

Forgetting the obvious, gapping Peco Electro frog turnouts

Mon, 2012-12-10 17:39 — Michael T.

Monster Models & Laser Works

Mon, 2012-12-10 14:39 — Bernd

I recently purchased a Monster Models & Laser Works kit. It's their Starter Structures Part# HOSS01.

With this offer you could have a custom engraved Cornice as long as it fit with in the specs given by Jimmy. I figured why not. Here's the custom engraved cornice.

Surroundtraxx. Anyone else successfully running?

Mon, 2012-12-10 05:04 — CP Doug

I post this again because I would like to have contact with others actually using Surroundtraxx at this time December 2012.

I would be pleased to hear about other modelers' successes or frustrations with the Surroundtraxx experience. Doug Fredericton, N.B.

6 comments

Coarse and fines.

Sun, 2012-12-09 23:37 — Toniwryan

Scenery - Structures

Working with the paving sand I picked up today. I sifted some and separated out the fine material, used some thinned white glue brushed over the inside of the cut and sprinkled it on, letting it stick naturally and run down into the ditches.

This is how it turned out without any fiddling or brushing.

ez-track help

Sun, 2012-12-09 17:14 — Ventana

Ok, earlier I made a post about using ez-track or flex track. I received a lot of great feed back... thanks again. So today I decided to use the ez-track, that I have on hand, and set it up under the Christmas tree for my grandson so he can have some fun before i start the formal bench top lay-out.

Paver sand

Sun, 2012-12-09 16:45 — Toniwryan

I bought a 50 pound bag of paver sand today. Sifting it through a fine sieve yields about 3:1 coarse to fines. Since I model in N scale I am more interested in the fine material. I went to Harbor Freight and bought one of their 2 drum rock tumblers. I filled each drum about half full and tossed in a couple of heavy bolts to try and create a sort of ball milling action. Here;s hoping it reduces the coarse material a bit finer. I'll check it in a couple of days and let you know if it worked. :)