A friend and I were discussing flatcar loads one day. Now, he owns and runs a small engines repair shop and in that shop he also has a sort of hobby shop. It's not the kind you buy detailed parts or the latest engine from Athearn. He strictly buys up other's surplus railroad items or picks up items at swaps meets that he sells on E-bay or at other swap meets.

Anybody have experience with Testors Non-Toxic Cement for Plastic Models?  I picked up a tube at my local Walmart as that is the ONLY cement that they had.  I usually use the liquid cement; however, in some instances I find that the tube works best for out of the way areas where I don't have to worry about the "ooze".

I'm wondering if it has the same holding strength as the "toxic" stuff.  This stuff has a nice citrus smell.

OK since I've cut out the middle section of the benchwork, for easier access. Yes I dealt with the pop up holes for 3 years. Don't laugh.

Anyways, I've been reworking the outside mainline, that is done. Now I'm working on the two inside mainlines.

I've got some room on the right side for a small industry.

I was banging around in the train room the other day and had my yearly flash of thought that made some sense. I thought I would see if any one agrees or has thought of it before.

My idea is to make the valance around my layout from 3/4" foam. It is light enough to require lightweight hangers, easy enough to paint and best of all softer than wood when you hit it with your head. plus if you have a twelve inch valance you get thirty-two running feet out of a 4' x 8' sheet.

Any thoughts?