This morning, I hardwired my first decoder, milled the Kato/Atlas GP35 frame, and wired the PowerCab into the layout (still have to cut the hole in the fascia to mount it). As soon as the Powercab came online, my Geep took off at Run 8. I did some research, discovered […]
John
OK, let’s make it the $1000 layout. I picked up a NCE Powercab and a TCS CN-GP decoder. I knew that they were small, but holy snotballs, that decoder is tiny. I wound up today getting a new soldering station and will attempt my first DCC install soon (maybe later […]
There goes the budget…
Well, I had a meh night at work last night until my last call, when I got to speak with one of the true rock stars of our hobby about his website. One of the things that I love about model railroading is the lack of egos out there. It […]
Worked some overtime tonight.
I was able to start work on the floor of my caboose, cleaned up the parts, started gluing, got 3 ribs glued to the floor and my 11 week old son starts screaming….ugh! Next up, the search for a airbrush
I had some free time…
Yesterday I was driving home from work and out on the old SP main to Phoenix (now the Chandler branch) I came across a UP Rent-A-Wreck. I didn’t catch the first car in time….
I was out by Sacaton yesterday
Ok, screw the budget, let’s make this the $750 layout…I just picked up a Traincat Southern Pacific C -30-6 caboose kit. This kit is a brass kit that is just about perfect. I already know the correct interior color, I just need to figure out what number to build. The […]