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Ballast color test and code 55 Narrow Gauge ME Track

It's been a while since I posted anything on my RGS RR and NowI'n working on some ballast I have made from soil and ballast fron the actually RGS in Colorado. Here are a few photos of a mocked up area on my RR:

Testing...testing....

First post, just to see if anyone actually reads this....

OK, some content just so I don't look like a pathetic attention-seeker. Here's a Mail Pouch barn we found down a rural highway in eastern Kentucky, back in August:

A little Googling informs me that there are still quite a few of these around -- but not in my part of the world (southern Ontario) and this is the first one I've seen in the wild (as opposed to pictures of a model on someone's layout).

Capturing That Expensive Scenery Turf/Grass

I have discovered on my first table that 1.) scenery turf and grass is expensive, 2.) it looks the best when applied quite liberally, and 3.) this liberal application is difficult to recapture for reuse.

While at the local thrift store, I spotted a handheld dustvac for a buck and thought I just might be able to make this work...

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Latest on the Wharf

Hi Everyone,

I've been on the back burner for a while. I've been reading your post and staying busy building my wharf on my On30/O scale 2 Rail  small layout. Here are some photos of the latest accomplishments. This is a point to point layout. The wharf is the starting point. The ships arrived with different loads and from there it goes to the city. My layout only covers a city. The whole layout is based on a fictitious city in the Northeast. The railroad serves the city.

C&O Carfloat & tug boat drawings

I am building an N scale layout for a friend based on the C&O Brooke Avenue Yard in Norfolk, VA and I really need a copy of the drawings & photos of the Chessie carfloat and tugs that were published in the 1999 Mainline Modeler.  Do any of you have said drawings?  Would you be willing to burn me a copy?  I am willing to pay a reasonable price if necessary.  You can reply to this blog or e-mail me at g.spag@juno.com.  Please leave me a good contact phone number and I'll call you.  Thanks, Glen 

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New HO Scale Goggle Valve Detail Kit

For those building HO scale blast furnace models, Alkem Scale Models now offers
a Goggle Valve detail kit. This laser cut multimedia kit is an HO scale model of
a 72 inch goggle vale. It is designed to fit the stock pipes of the Walthers HO
Scale Blast Furnace model. The detail kit provides all the parts to build a
detailed replica of these important components of a blast furnacel.


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