Spray can of Rust-oleum "Smokey Beige." Yes, I know, mixing your own paint and using an airbrush is better, less detail-covering, etc. But I...
I remember my firs N layout, I built for a friend's kid in 1969, remembering my Colorado road trip crossing the divide 14 times. But my layout...
Oh oy, lots of memories about this kit(s). I built the one story store, almost identical to a Kress store 2 blocks from my childhood home. The...
Good, Bad and Ugly might be town names. I once used "Bigg" as an industry name. A friend put together a layout with an area named "Bigg City"...
My latest purchase. Store brand DOUBLE STICK TAPE from the school and office supply aisle at the neighborhood supermarket (name no mentioned per...
I always like seeing N scalers borrowing stuff from other scales to make things not directly available in N.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] When I started my new layout, I just built a table, and put up my own scenic background while I waited for my first test batch...
"Crazy" idea about appearance of long cars on various radius curves. If your layout will be mostly viewed from one side, the long cars on the...
Gorre and Daphetid inspired me back in 1970. 4' x 11' HO layout in friend's open garage.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I used the last smear from my dried-out vial of Microscale Kristal Clear several weeks ago to affix window "glass" in a N scale building. No...
[ATTACH] I took this picture to show a technique, but it's just the latest picture I can find that shows my shaky hands. Nearly all my model...
CMR N-scale 3D-printed mailboxes [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Bachmann mechanical reefer with a few modifications and MTL couplers
Double-stick tape from the neighborhood supermarket. I use it to tack down N scale structure walls to a piece of scrap cardboard while spray...
[ATTACH] A shot of my favorite Santa F zebras includes Minitrix FM #503. Came as Santa Fe but blue & yellow. I cut out top of weight in cab,...
My latest purchase: a "2D" printer (like, prints on paper with files from computer) to replace my old one that cratered. May not sound like a...
I don't know about GN, I'm big on Santa Fe, so that's what I know about. Some. Back about 1980, I drove along the Matagorda district of the...
[ATTACH] Sulphur gondolas (that spelling during use of cars, not more modern "sulfur"). Rivet detail filed off of flat car base to resemble...
I have seen a lot of town/road arrangements where the road is closer to tracks out of town, then has S-curve as it enters town to leave more room...
[ATTACH] Heinz baked beans reefer, using printed car sides from 1970-something NMRA Bulletin. Everything scratchbuilt except car sides and...