Life. Don’t talk to me about life – Marvin The Paranoid Android Well, I know that it has been a while since I last posted, my new layout room is still mostly painted and a lot has changed. One of the biggest changes is a new job. For the first […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
Quite a few years back, I was given a PDF of the Santa Monica Air Line SPINS from 1975 and I saw a great opportunity for a track plan for an N Scale layout. Since I am only using the spirit of the area in my modeling, I can get […]
Refining the track plan
Life changes are always fun, my kid moved out and I now have a 10’6″x11′ room. I have come up with a basic plan for the benchwork. I am planning on a stub yard on the wall on the left side of the diagram and a switching area on the […]
Playa Desnuda 3.0…
Ok, I admit it. I like watching a train just go around in circles. I find it relaxing. A few months back, I was given a bunch of basic track, rolling stock, broken locomotives and buildings. A lot went into the trash, I plan on using a lot of scenery […]
You Spin Me Right Round…
Oh boy, where do I start? After operating Playa Desnuda V2.0, I quickly realized that I hated the design, it was too small and a 6 car train overwhelmed it. I also got frustrated with the lack of overall quality of Atlas switches, and some mediocre soldering by your’s truly. […]