Another of the great model railroad stores passes into history this coming weekend. April 29 will be the final business day for Hawkins Rail in Lafayette, Indiana. The owner, Jack, is closing due to health reasons. I first discovered his shop in the early 1980's when I'd ride my bike from the Purdue campus across the Wabash River into town. Occupying a few different locations over the years, every nook and cranny was always filled with stuff and more stuff, and one could browse the small store for an hour and not see everything.

ok so my original layout was going to be a standard oval with some track on the inside to create a small factory with a small rail yard. the left half of the inside of the layout would be a small town the right half would be factory/industrial. below is a pic of how the layout looks now.

I noticed that "Model Citizens" is available to stream for free if you're an Amazon Prime member. You can rent it in HD for $1.99 or standard def for .99  

https://www.amazon.com/Model-Citizens-Michael-Gross/dp/B01IQ1WBGK/

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Hopefully this gets read, even though there isn't a forum designated for "tools". 

Last year during an RPM meet, a few modeler's mentioned a manufacturer of drill bits that have regular sized shafts for really small drill bits.  I can't remember the manufacturer and I lost my notes from the meet.  So if anyone has any idea who the manufacturer is, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Ken L.