If you know me, you know eventually I always wind up ripping out an otherwise decent project. This time… …started the same way but with a plot twist because it’s just me replacing code 40 with 55. As he says:… Read More ›
code 40
Caramel leather rails
The big movement this week was filling gaps in PC board ties and getting some paint on the rails and ties. I use water-based paints on everything but on rail I still pine for oil. A trip to the hobby… Read More ›
Coy. It’s a thing.
In my previous post I introduced the overall plan for the Claremont & Concord, Coy Paper, layout and starting a couple weeks ago I’ve been working on it. To express that urgent need to share the excitement of working on… Read More ›
Another great handlaid track tutorial
The Modular Railroading channel on YouTube is a constant source of high quality and genuinely good tutorials. Two days ago, they uploaded this new video sharing their tips on how to handlay N scale track. Subjects like N scale and… Read More ›
Turnout fixed. That’s good.
I remember how great it was to put together the first turnout for the layout. It wasn’t until I started working on the second that I really noticed the tie spacing on that first one. I figured I could fix… Read More ›