I filed off the stem of the ear ring and glued it on. Time for a little bit of putty and paint. For the loco, I am only going to remove the windows and add number boards.
John
So last week, I went to Lowe’s, bought some extruded polystyrene foam, and started the door layout. I do not have a train shop within an hour from me, so I went to Michael’s and bought a roll of cork to make my own roadbed. I only got to the […]
starting the roundy round
The new roundy-round is starting to take form. I have a 30″ door that has some damage. I am going to cover it with extruded foam that will also become the base of the scenery. I went through my hoard and found tunnel portals, a large amount of Woodland Scenics […]
The roundy-round…
Well the shift back to the 1950’s is starting to pick up steam. As loyal readers know, I finished the engine house. Today, I dug out an old Dimi Trains water tower that I built back in the 1990’s when I never thought about modeling diesel locos of the 80’s. […]
Let’s do the time warp
I currently have a fully functional N Scale switching layout that needs scenery and buildings. It is working great but I don’t seem to be switching trains as much as I thought that I would be. It seems like each time I operate the layout, I complete the exact same […]
At a crossroad
Or should I say brass? I have been working on a Traincat Southern Pacific C-30-6 caboose kit for the last six months or so. I have been assembling sections like the floor. Today I took a giant step forward by painting the orange ends and steps of the caboose. I […]