Hey all,

I'm continuing to play with the design concepts for my eventual Pacific Midland railroad while I'm still off at school. Basically the concept is a freelance road crossing the Rocky Mountains during the transition era. I'm thinking double-track would make the most sense for the road if it were a prototype, but I'm not sure how interesting this would be on a model, as everything I've read seems to say that if you want a railroad for operating, single track is much more interesting.

Awesome work everyone last week!  Time to start this week's photo thread!

As always, we get as much out of your in-process photos as we do the highly polished "all done" shots!

Andrew

When working on plastic models of any sort I have been using Faller's plastic cement called Expert. Nasty stuff as far as smell goes and not very healthy either. Is there a safe plastic cement?

I can use a fan and blow it all over the house, it's a small house so my wife will really not appreciate it.

So the question is how do the rest of you handle dealing with the fumes? I'm thinking air filter, but what kind? Room size is about 11ft square.

Thanks, Jack

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