Decided to try some scenic stuff and securing down the track this time around Earthy Stain So I had been wondering what to do for the base colour there are lots of options from just painting it brown with latex paint, doing nothing and just starting with the scenic stuff or using things such as […]
It’s been a month and a bit since my 1×4 shelf layout became a reality and there have been some updates to talk about. The reception has been positive so far and at least a couple times a day someone stops by my desk to talk about the layout, ask train questions or to talk about […]
Look at my wonderful box of kittens waiting to be taken to GNMRE tonight for some exercise Front to back B&O 8408 SW1 – Walthers Mainline B&O 5606 GP7 – Bachmann B&O 4139 GP40 – Bachmann C&O 8217 U30B – Atlas Master C&O 8226 BQ23-7 – Bachmann B&O 7612 SD40-2 – Athearn
So last week at work in my new desk I was working away and had a few trains on display like I always have and someone was like “those trains are cool you should run them around your cube!”. Continuous circuit running is kinda boring to me so while I was going to take the suggestion […]
Remember that Chessie SD40-2 I was restoring back to health a few months ago? Here’s the latest on that project. After my last restoration post I had got some standard Kadee #5 couplers into the Athearn coupler box but I didn’t like that the metal centering plate stuck out a bit. I also tried putting […]