Well, when Buck & Loretta's old toilet busted Buck was going to throw it out when Loretta said "Honeybunch, ain't it a waste to throw away such a nice ole' toilet as it's got a lotta of good memories".  Buck put on his thinkin' cap (the camo one) and came up with a brilliant idea - a beautiful front yard planter!  He hauled the toilet out front of his trailer house and Loretta did the planting of some purretee pink roses!

One of the advantages to working on small(er) layout sections is you can play with various elements without feeling that guilty about other, necessary work getting done.

I've been planning this for a while, and finally I had the time to put it together.  It's not a big deal, but it was surprisingly more fun than you might think.

Instead of me boring you with my text, I think I'll let the pictures tell the tale, and save us all 10k words.

Below is a quote from Joe Fugate on the throttle pocket thread and I thought that is was important enough to have it's own thread so it was "buried" in the original thread.  When using any cutting tool be sure to keep your fingers (and anything else you don't want cut off) a safe distance from the blade.  When necessary use "push sticks" or clamps to hold the work in place.

"It's come to our attention that the video showing this pocket making technique demos hazardous practices using a chop saw.

This is how I added wipers to the lead truck on my Bachmann Spectrum 4-6-0.