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A month or so back, I for reasons that I can’t explain, decided to buy a pair of Kato steeple cabs for the upcoming, not yet fully designed Play Desnuda branch. After a lot of thought and more whiskey, I decided to use some locomotive numbers that were skipped by […]

Foobalicious Steeplecabs

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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

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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…

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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…

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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. […]

V3.0 coming soon…

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