I am far enough along that I thought I would start posting progress pictures.
This is in my garage that I have to share with my wife's car and yard equipment. The layout is 24x2 ft along the back and 20x2 ft down the wall on the left and the island, and the end of the island is 4x4 ft. I didn't realize how big it would be until now. Also, I had a choice of finishing the walls this year or building the layout, bet you can't tell what won
I don't know why the first pic is so blurry :oops:
As you can tell, construction is ongoing, so don't mind the mess.

Loren

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Pics soon to follow in N thru G.

Just as a teaser I have a B&O Mike in S, a B&O Pacific presidential loco in S both with matching passenger cars

Quick question.

On my small collection of Polly Scale paints it says to use Distilled Water when thinning paints for airbrushing at a ratio of 4 parts paint, 1 part water? Is it necessary to use distilled water or will just plain ol' tap water be fine?

Thanks.

Eight miles of track in this German miniature world/model museum.

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Quote:HAMBURG - It's billed as the world's largest model train set — a miniature world that snakes along eight miles (12 kilometers) of track, amid fields, cities, even the snowcapped Swiss Alps.

And it's quickly becoming one of Germany's biggest tourist attractions.

Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, have turned their boyhood passion for model railroads into a lucrative private museum called Miniatur Wunderland that has kept adding track since its 2001 opening and drew 1 million visitors last year.

Since these aren't trains:










And this, which would make a fine depot but was, in fact, the old hospital:

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:hey: The Fourth Annual Ontario Narrow Gauge Show is less than a month away! :hey:

   

Mark Saturday April 18, 2008 on your calendar and plan to attend...

:hey: Please print the flyer. One for yourself and one for a friend, or Local Hobby Shop. Thanks

(I just figured out on my computer how to resize my photos for the web)

Here's a quick and easy listing of my engine collection (minus the two Kato E-8's in Southern colors just out of the camera frame and a Bachmann J-Class 4-8-4 in NW colors). I obviously have a problem with collecting too many engines (and I've got three more on the way...Bachmann UP DD40AX, Kato UP SD70ACe in Rio Grande Heritage colors, and a Kato BNSF SD70MAC "power wedge" scheme). I'm actually thinking of selling a few engines that I just don't run often (or at all). Almost all my engines have really low time - since I've torn down my old layout and am in the process of building another in DCC. But here's the collection...and I hope to take some real pictures of them at a later time and add them to this listing.

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Who knew that model railroading would prove a valid reason to get the wife to agree that we "need" a digital camera with a flash stick? She's tired of me asking her to photgraph stuff with her cellphone and then transmit it to the Sprint site and download it back to us. Can't blame her - only an outfit like Sprint could come up with such a cumbersome and unworkable plan in the first place.

I'm going to survey the house and see what else we "need". 8-)