There was recently a subject thread started that concerned itself with sloping/slanted roofs over portions of a train layout space. It got me to remembering one of the interesting articles (of many) I have saved from older Model Railroader mags (what a great inspiration some of these older mags can be.

This particular article was in an Aug 1984 issue, and titled 'Making Room for Making Tracks'. Basically the fellow created an attic in his 2 car garage.

I am nearing the completion of the river on my layout. I am using Envirotex Lite for the basic river. I would like to follow it by having small ripples rather just a glossy mirror coat. I have seen a few videos on You Tube, but I would like to know if anyone has had good results in creating ripples and what your technic is.

  Can anybody help me locate this "film"? There was a video shared on here about prototype time-table/train order operations. This was a few years back. It was black and white but high-def. It was perhaps Canadian and perhaps mixed in with other "films". I can't seem to locate it on here or other sites. Thanks if you can help!   -Chris.

Here's my most recent "procrastination" project... a masonite track cleaning car. I decided it should blend in with the other rolling stock, but chose a "tongue-in-cheek" road name :)

Research showed that Highball sells Masonite decals, but they are for a Thrall All-Door boxcar... tried to make them work, but it is really too new and too big, plus they are just too large to fit on a smaller car, so - I ended up making my own with a similar format, except for the data blocks from Microscale.