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
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 […]
Got a new project. ..
I was looking at Google Maps and I found a simple group of tracks. They appear to be a mix of a pair of popular model railroad switching puzzles. If you look closely, it is the three sidings of an Inglenook and the switchback of a Timesaver. This could be […]
Found a possible prototype for the extension
Today, I went to a local train swapmeet with Terry, and came across an Atlas 33,000 tank car that was released in 1999. Atlas had Roco build a simular car released in 1967….I got the new one today for $5, and have had a pair of the old “Warren” cars […]
sometimes it pays to be frugal…
So I have an odd distance from the front of my layout to the closest siding, and I was thinking that a long, narrow warehouse would fit in real well. I was thinking about making it a sale 50 feet wide, 200 feet long, and have three car spots, with […]