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Multiple Hobbies
Over the years I have had a variety of hobbies. To list a few: Model Railroading, Dungeons and Dragons, Cross Stitch, Woodworking (crafts), R/C Airplanes and Aquariums.
All have cost me money. Money well spent because I got a great deal of joy out of them. This past weekend I said goodbye to the last of the lot, I'm down to just Model Railroading now. I sold my 55 gallon aquarium that has sat empty for over a year.
Trade
I dont know if this is allowed or not, if not then I am sure the powers in charge will remove this post. I have a Sierra West kit #3001 FOSS' Landing new in the box I would like to trade for a DCC system. I am thinking that maybe someone has upgraded and has the old one not being used they could part with.
Loving Life in Northern Colorado
Dale

#NMRAContest
The NMRA is having a social media contest. The idea is for everyone to have the same starting point with a simple kit and bash and bang it into something you are proud of. You can of course build it as per the kit instructions as well. A well built kit is miles ahead of a poor kitbash job. Anyway, I thought this was a fun idea. You post as you build on the NMRA Facebook page.
Here's the details:
We are introducing an NMRA first!! Its our first Social Media Kit building contest.
The rules:

Glue Options
I am building a wood kit for the first time in years. I decided to do some experiments with glue. I have for a long time used Weldbond. I have been happy with it but I am looking for something new and I won't find something better if I don't experiment.
I tried ordinary Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Glue. I was gluing some delicate wood parts together and it didn't hold well. Being a "hard" glue I think it was too brittle for my application. I found it fantastic for gluing bracing to wood siding though.

Change is hard but can be good
Well as some know I had started a thread on possible switching scales and starting with a TOMA approach.
Quickly a lot of the frustrations that I have been dealing with in the hobby came out in that thread.
I had originally thought I would be busy with work all week and take some time away, but mother nature canceled a job today so I decided it was time to do something.
First DCC System?
So after spending the past year working on a DC layout I decided I should go DCC. One locomotive is already DCC Ready a Bowser GE UB25 the other is not a Proto 2000 Alco S9. I'll worry about the S9 later I am pretty sure Tim at Maine Modelworks can convert it for me.
So I have no idea what system to get!
Wants:
First DCC System?
So after spending the past year working on a DC layout I decided I should go DCC. One locomotive is already DCC Ready a Bowser GE UB25 the other is not a Proto 2000 Alco S9. I'll worry about the S9 later I am pretty sure Tim at Maine Modelworks can convert it for me.
So I have no idea what system to get!
Wants:
The Crawford and Cherokee (v2) Build Thread
Over the past few years, I had built a 8 x 18 ft layout inspired by the Iain Rice "Vienna and Carthage" plan which has appeared several times now in books and magazines. Taking the single town approach, I had built the main section of the layout as a town on the Frisco (SLSF). My original variation on the plan appears in the MRH Trackplan Database.
US ARMY locomotives
Good evening, could you tell me if this type of locomotive model has ever really been used by the AMERICAN army?
Visiting Phoenix Arizona are this coming weekend
Good day
I am traveling to the Phoenix/Mesa Arizona area for some vacation this coming week and I will have some time on Saturday to go see Model Railroads, Train Spotting and or visit some hobby shops. Was wondering if members of this forum might have some suggestions for this traveler from Milwaukie, Oregon.
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