Well, I can kick off this week...this weekend will be filled with photographing and shooting video of my Estrella & Sonora Grande railroad in On30, which will be dismantled very soon now. A fun but slightly somber time!

When I first began this hobby in the 60's I quickly discovered the superiority of Floquil paints and learned to paint with them. When I went off to college, I messed around with oil paints enough to learn basic principles of mixing and brushwork. (I also learned that music was a much better career path for me!) I even used oils on a few models that still look good today.

<45 years pass>

A guy at work asked if it was possible to model a working mag Lev train. I'm stumped for ideas. Anybody have any thoughts on this. It would be HO or larger scale.

Hello everybody. Have been a member for a while but am just now posting. A little background about myself. I have been seriously model railroading since about 1974 or 1975, and on my second layout. My first layout was poorly designed and in a limited space. I used it to learn techniques and to get trains running, but it had no operational opportunities. I have spent the past three years getting the basement train room finished, bench work built, track laid and some basic scenery land forms done. I finally decided to take a break and do a little modeling.