I am doing some 1850s-60s scenes and need some oxen (harnessed and unharnessed). My usual sources don't have any. I was talking with Grizzly Mountain Engineering (Tel # (970) 586-4650) and he said he would like to make some, but he needed a sculptor to make originals for molds. Any artists out there who can do HO, S and O scale animals, like oxen?Actually he would also like to add mules (harnessed and unharnessed), horses, elk, badgers, chickens, foxes, and other animals (squirrels?).

     Hi All, I got the shops benchwork up last week so now I'm placing cars and shops building on the site                           (Cherokee lane ,Stockton Ca.  if anyone wants to look it up on google earth) to help me decide on the scale to use. I took a few photos of S scale and HO scale equipment along with cardboard mock ups of the shops buildings. I'll post them separately so the page can load faster....DaveB

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Planning an iPhone speaker install in a Bachmann tender. The tender is not sealed. I am curious about getting the sound out. Is it OK as is or should I provide a hole(s) for the sound to get out. I have used the many holes in the coal load before but this is an oil tender so no coal load to drill out. I was thinking of aiming the port of the speaker to the bottom of the tender and drilling a hole(s) in the bottom. Any suggestions?

GregW66

Well they asked and I guess I will step up. MRH asked for articles on small layouts and I guess my 31.5 square foot switching layout qualifies as that. So I sent a message to MRH and got back an affirmative response. This will give em some incentive to get cracking on the railroad. And besides that, its getting towards summer here in Florida which means it'll be too bloody hot to be outside during the daytime. Directly the opposite of you guys up north where you want to be outside in the summer.