Recent content by jhoban

I just made the disicion to go with N scale myself. I just got back into the hobby and asked the same thing you did. I cant say anything about Z, other than what I have seen is quite expensive. As for comparing HO to N, N scale is slightly cheaper. The catch though is that with N scale, you can...

It is not too late for a stream heading off the lake. However, I am kinda going for the sucluded little paradise. As for cork, no, not this time. This is simply my own little fantasy world experiment if you will. Trying to keep it simple and keep the cost down for my first venture. If all goes...

Just updated what has been done recently. I have a few questions before continueing though. How do I go about laying grass and ground cover. I should say, how do I attach it. I was thinking simply spray glue an area, and sprinkle on what I want. However, that doesnt seem like the best...

I am 25, and only been married for a year and a half now. She wasn't too keen on me starting this hobby up again, but she seems to enjoy watching me work. As long as it is not in her way, she seems to let me do as I please. She is much more concerned about my video games, but even that is...

I did a search, and didnt find the topic I know I saw. Sure enough though, I found it shortly after posting. I was missing the alcohal part, thank you very much.

I know this is mention here somewhere. I saw it a while back, but cant seem to find it now that I need it. I am laying the ballast and gonna put the glue water mixture on top. Do I go half glue, half water? That and if someone knows where the topic was, that would be appreciated too.

Well, I was planning on making it so th top of the hill came off for that purpose. I like your idea MUCH better. I thought long and hard about how to make the top come off and still look seemless. Glad you made the suggestion. Thanks!

Just thought I would post my progress just to make sure you stop me before I do something irreversable. I have started my tunnels. Obviously they need building up and shaping, but I am making sure everything is done inside before I cover it up. I built my first model house. Ahhhh, how it...

I have yet to come up with a good layout with my 2 tracks plus a train yard, so I most likely will just stick with what I have. Oh well, if any of you havent looked recently, head over to the future layout forum and see if you can squeeze a trainyard in there.

A cold beer, and a camp fire. Now that is a great place to continue the conversation. I would call it a switch lever. I think I am gonna write the president and make sure he gets a bill passed to call it one thing, so we are all one the same page.

Well what are they refered to in the real world of trains. I just figured they were called switches because they allowed you to switch tracks, not because of the electricity issue.

What is a good measurement for the width of a two lane road in N scale? I was gonna find out on my own, but I would rather not stop traffic to take a measurement.

oh yeah, way to technical. But thanks for the info. I need to look into them more anyways. Havent seen a switch in years, dont even know what a frog is. Well, I know, but couldnt point it out on a track.

No, I suppose they dont need to be 90. I just already had those.

Well, my interests are more gear toward the scenery aspect. I dont want to model a real RR or anything like that, at least not yet. I like to create my own little fantasy town with a train running through it. Fantasy being the key word there. I want it to be more of a nice display than an actual...