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 […]

Different iron in the fire


Man, this is getting frustrating.  Atlas has new code 80 switches on the slow boat from China, but none of them are Customlines, they got code 55 #5’s but no flex track.  I have a lot of code 80 flex,  a pair of left #4 Customlines,  another pair of left […]

Trying to figure out the Central California plan




Here is the almost finished Micro Trains engine house from Joe. After I took these photos,  I noticed that the roof was not on right,  so I removed it.  

The engine house


So I have been wanting to build a roundy-round set in the early 1950’s so I can run my Bachmann 2-8-0. My fiend Joe D’Amato really planted the seed when he gave me a Micro-Trains engine house. This engine house has many components that look and feel like John Allan’s […]

the second layout


And I wanted something that is SP but not what everyone else has   I still have to putty it, add trim to the windows then paint. The roof will follow,  then the deck. The wife got a little bit mad at me, so I had to point out that […]

I decided that I need a depot…