THANKS!

Hi, I have been a spectator of MRH for a couple of years now, this being my first post. So why not introduce myself with a new layout that I have started. I have been model railroading since the early 1990's. Construction is probably my favourite part of the hobby. I enjoy building kits, kit-bashing, scratch building and detailing structures, freight cars, locomotives and such. I will post updates on my progress on the layout in this thread if you wish to follow along.

This week half of my students, the eighth graders, were on a trip to Mexico so we conducted a week of special elective courses for the seventh graders. Eight students signed up to spend two days with me making progress on the model railroad.

After trying to find good dimensions of the Marion 4160, I decided that if I was going to 3D print parts I needed a working model to help get a handle on how it all goes together. Given the change in exchange rate and costs of 3D printing, I figure it is to my advantage to scratch build the Marion 4160 first. Then if/when I get it into 3D drawings and print the parts, I can have a couple of them.

My wife just went down to the basement to put in some laundry. She called me down to show me that there was water dripping from the furnace duct. Not much had come down, but it was directly above my stash of model train stuff. I investigated and found it wasn't the first time. My collection of Model Railroad Planning books were dry but moldy, obviously water damaged. Luckily, my collection of Great Model Railroads was untouched. Further investigation upstairs showed where the water cooler has been leaking, today much worse than the past.