As a result of some suggestions made here I am including a hobo "camp" area in the current area being scenicked. (Alligator Lines Scenery Project 10: Suggestions Wanted!) In addition to the hobos, a couple of tents and a camp fire I thought an out house in the background might work well!

Several years ago, when I joined this board, I mentioned an idea I had for modeling terrain based on topographic mapping.

Since a few people have asked how to use powders and other weathering products i think i should give everyone a few ideas.

Firstly i am no expert at this but i try my best. I found myself first off looking at pictures of the real rail. The more you know about the cars the better. I am at work at the moment so there are no pics but maybe tonight i will get out some stuff and take some photos to show some of the steps.

Look for things like colour of the rust, the size of the shapes, where abouts it is on the car and other built up grime and where it occurs.

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One of the challenges I’ve been trying to solve over the last few months is what to use as turnout controls on the WGR. While foam bench work offers many design advantages (ease of construction, weight etc.), its solid structure complicates installing switch machines – a practice greatly simplified in open-grid bench work designs. I wanted [...]

I generally steer clear of model railroading related philosophies, but after reading this post I thought the author deserved a mention. David K. Smith articulates some of the issues within the model railroading hobby quite eloquently. Titled “Members Only”, David discusses the apparent divide between ‘model railroaders’ and ‘modelers’ - discussing the difference between [...]

This is a basic description of some of the Railway Express Miniatures MOW cast metal kits. I decided to use some MOW equipment to enhance the short spur which is a part of Scenery Project 10 and which was decided upon with the help of the discussion which may be seen here: Alligator Lines Scenery Project 10: Suggestions Wanted!

Hi All,

     For some time now I've been struggling with how to install a Micro-Trains coupler on my Atlas 2-6-0 Mogul.  (ATL-41615, N-Scale of course)

   The coupler recommended by Micro-Trains on their web site is a 2004 body mount coupler.  I've looked at this one, but to me it would require a fair bit of milling and filing to get it mounted and I'd rather not mess up my tender.

     With a bit of experimentation, I've found that the following seems to work with no modification of the tender required:

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A topic of interest to everyone! The author, Jim Hediger, offers "12 ways to smoother operation". The article appears to be appropriate to all scales!

You may find it here: Banish derailments on your model railroad

Here is the link to the newest video of some Berkshire Junction cross bucks , hobo camp fire and welder , installed on the ACTRR last couple of weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A72Ut64_Pzw

Mike

  If anyone recalls an article on "Athearn a KITBASHERS DREAM" in model railroader's October 1985 issue, that is if Athearn was the best then. However, the article was done for ho scale back then. And today would that be either ATLAS, KATO,BACHMANN or MODELPOWER locomotives? Lastly is AHTEARN still a "KITBASHERS DREAM" especially with the abundance of manufacturers and N-SCALE around?