I'm trying to design an HOn3 layout based on the Jerome and Southwestern and I've been using a #6 for all of my switches but am interested in seeing any switch variations that are available (#4, #6, straight and curved). Seeing as how I will not be laying my own track, I'm looking for pre assembled switches and flex track. I know that Shinohara makes HOn3 but I can't seem to find any pictures or specs to help me with my design process. As far as that goes, I can't even find the offical Shinohara website (if they have one). Any help would be appreciated.
Come to think of it, somebody even makes dual guage HO/HOn3 but I can't remember who.

Went to the LHS yesterday to get some turnout ties. I asked the owner where they were and he looked like I had called him a dirty name
He sounded down right hostile and said " I don't stock that anymore, special order only with a $ 5.00 charge ". Then he tries to sell me Peco turnouts. He has always been friendly and helpful before, and no charge for special orders. I couldn't understand his attitude until I looked around some more and saw quite a few shelf's were almost empty. Looks like another place is cutting back on inventory or going under. Tis a sad thing to see.

Loren

I'd like to remove some letterings, specifically the CN logo, off a red Atlas caboose. Is there a way to do this without removing the base paint? Perhaps denatured alcohol on a cotton swab will work?

This is the first in a long line (hopefully) of Tissue Box Creations. Tissue Box material, well, it ain't high on density, in fact, it's pretty flimsy stuff. However, I see that as a challenge. While I wouldn't choose it for all my cardstock work, it's fun for this kind of thing. The structure will be constructed entirely and only from the material provided by the tissue box. Well, except for window glass and perhaps interior detailing.

Materials so far - A tissue box, Xacto with #11 blades, little bottle of white glue and small paint brush for application, pen, nylon burnishing tool (usually for dry transfers, by WS), scale ruler and small square (also by Xacto, I believe).

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Here is the structure after a couple hours work. Most of the time was spent drawing out the walls and cutting openings before any assembly took place. At this point there are four walls and a base.

I decided to add interest and make it a corner site so that I could have a nice pair of large windows to display...hats! Didn't take long to decide what to make it. It had to be an 'industry' or retail shop that didn't need much space for storage or a workshop. A haberdashery fit the bill nicely.

Up next...winders!

Galen

How do I permanently remove threads form this list. Sometimes you just want to do a quick post and not return. All posts go to this list and stay foreaver.
frank

What is the current contest?
Les

Was cleaning out the basement the other day. Getting rid of the stuff that had been water damged, chewed by the rats and mice. Most of the boxes had been down there since we bought the house eight years ago. One box, was off in the corner, buried by other boxes. When I opened it up to see what was in it, I found these. They were packed away for the move, stuck in the far corner, blocked by other boxes. only to be rediscovered eight years later.

The SD40-2, I think came from a Big Y Food stores anniversary set.
As you can see, some of the boxes hadn't even been open yet.

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This is so far off railroad topics, but is so funny, Take a minute and watch, then smile, or laugh
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Charlie

Surfing around on Live Search Maps I found this in Bird's Eye View...

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Eastern Inner Harbour, near Cherry Street and Unwin Avenue.

In the first picture you can see a longer view showing some Wind Turbine sections [Circled in Red]. Some parts are laying on the ground and a couple of pieces of the mast are loaded on trucks. In the Blue circle are a trio of EMD built British Class 66's waiting to be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean.
   

The next picture shows the Wind Turbines on the trucks
   


Here's a closer view of the British Class 66's
   

Ok guy's;
lets see some pics of your work area's,and a little bio on the area.
Clean is great,clutter no problem,Don't know if this was ever touched on,but what the heck,I'll give it shot.
So get those dust pans out and take a couple of shots of your happy space.

Mike