Recent content by jsolie

Bumpity bumpity bump! I had to find this thread because my 13 year old son finally spotted my little "Gauge" box from way back when and asked me where it came from. Now he wants to try to make one! :-D :thumb:

Green and orange reminds me of peas and carrots... For some reason, that new logo screams "Buck Rogers!" :p

...just incredibly sad....it's up to 10 fatalities now, and either 180-200 injured depending on the news agency... :( :(

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/train_derail :cry: :(

I was thinking more along the lines of a rock and a hard place, except it didn't sound like the river was frozen... Glad no one was hurt...

Actually, I got quite a bit of stuff done. My brother came down and we worked on his little layout a bit. It's a two-level layout, with nearly a simple circle going around a 4 foot diameter table top. The tracks don't interconnect. We're building this mainly just to see what's entailed in...

I thought he was Inspector Clouseau's um, er, butler? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :D GD&R, -- John

Today, it's Kato... Today, it's Kato. I'm not sure exactly why it took so long, but I wound up buying my first Kato loco today...an SD70MAC (probably because the shop I was in had it for 40% off :D :D :D ). I tried it on their test track, and it seemed to have some issues starting off...

Once upon a time, in the middle of the ocean, there was the Island of Trid. It seems that most of the Island of Trid was covered by a large mountain. On this mountain lived a Giant. The Giant did not allow Trids on his mountain. If a Trid dared to climb onto the mountain, the Giant would kick...

:mad: :curse: :mad: :curse: :mad: :eek: Didn't wig-wag's business just turn two?

Hi all! I've been thinking recently about doing up a few decals on my ink jet printer. I've read about some of the things you need to be careful of (can't print white unless you've got an ALPS, setting solution, glossy paint, etc.) The only thing that I'm having some difficulty in...

Throwing a rod

tin can

leaky faucet

Old enough to be in one of the two front runners ;)