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Bundling a lot of threads and a little philosophy.....
62 down, 38 to go for another 100 Decoder Buddys.
Definitely a What’s on my workbench, but a story too.
New Fascia's & Fascia Control Panels...
Today I spent the day reinstalling the layout fascia and fascia control panels around Carlisle Junction. This area was altered when I installed the helix, I also had to add another fascia control panel for the east end of the Staging Yard.
The Hills Line - End of the line
This will be my last entry on this blog. Moving forward, updates on The Hills Line can be found at a new website, https://thehillsline.com/
My thanks to MRH for hosting my content for the past decade.
James McNab
NNE Scenic V3 - Design Process
As announced in my NNE Scenic 2 Build blog thread, my imminent move back to NH where we will eventually retire amongst family and friends also has led to a decision to start fresh and return to HO scale after my 6 year detour into N scale.
This thread will chronicle my design process to come up with the design for the HO scale NNE Scenic V3.
Dismantling and rebuilding ebb and flow (Siskiyou Line 1 teardown, TOMA build)
I'm continuing to dismantle my old Siskiyou Line 1 and exploring how to build the new Siskiyou Line 2 TOMA modules. There were some questions around all this on another thread, so rather than pull that thread off-topic, I've moved those discussions here.
Sliding into Prototype Modeling
I have found myself slowly and inexorably drifting into prototype modeling. Long ago, I decided to model my locomotives with prototype fidelity, and make sure my other rolling stock was generally correct. But I hadn't extended this to the layout itself until recently.
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