This is a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood that didn't grow.  It has provided plenty of enjoyment for the forty five years I've had the pleasure of visiting and operating it.  It remains covered most of the time now.  When the great grandchildren are a little older I'm sure that it will come to life a little more regularly.  The cover works well, no dust and easily removed!

July 14, day 3 of our Road Trip.

First Stop: Scott Thornton and the IAIS Milan Branch (Visit Scott's BLOG on MRH)

On day 3 we loaded up early in the morning and headed south from Minneapolis. At around 10:30 AM we rolled up to Scott Thornton's home in Ames IA.

July 12, It's still day 1 of our Road Trip.

Second Stop: Minneapolis Meet Up!

I put out the call on Facebook, the RailPro User Group, and MRH looking for any model railroaders in the Minneapolis area who might want to meet up. The response was very good and we had people from each of the groups represented at dinner.

After reading a lot of different forum posts here and on other forums about the "chipping" method of weathering I'm curious if anyone on this forum has experience using any of the commercial products vs using hairspray. I know of two companies that make a "chipping solution" (Ak Interactive and Vallejo).

To me $5 or 6 for a 2 oz or so bottle of chipping fluid seems a bit high, when I can buy hairspray for about the same price and get more volume.

However, I'm willing to spend the money if someone can convince me that using these commercial products will be better than hairspray.