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I recently visited Nevada City, CA and saw the 1861 Fire Station which is still in pretty decent shape. Shortly after returning I was roaming around on the net and came across the same building featured in a Historical Scale Miniatures kit. I just had to have it for the BAD Western and now I...

Remember this thread? http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=22221 We'll, you prayers worked. Got the word last night that my daughter's most recent tests showed "no evidence of disease". I guess this is doctor speak for they can't find any cancer, at least for now, maybe forever...

I'm looking at buying the new Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0. I'm running on DC with no plans to go to DCC and little knowledge of DCC. From what I've read the Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0 is DCC. Will it run ok on DC? Thanks, Doc

I've got a little Christmas money burning a hole in my poccket and am looking to expand the BAD Wester steamer roster. I'm looking for suggestions for a mid-level loco for DC. I'm experiencing the inability of my Bachman 440 to climb a 4% grade with more than one car in tow. I'm more into the...

I finally took the plunge and started some scenery using ceiling tiles for rock formations. I've gotta long way to go but it sure is nice to have something other than white foam to look at.:thumb: Doc

Three years ago my 30 year old daughter discovered she had a very agggressive form of breast cancer. She underwent a double mastectomy and treatment and things were good for a while. Unfortunately we recently found out it is back, has spread and is through out her bloodstream. Her prognosis...

After a long hiatus, work on the BAD Western has resumed. Track work and wiring is done. I used WS inclines and risers for elevation changes and I'm starting to build up the remaining areas in preparation for plaster cloth. I've got a whole bunch of white beaded styrofoam (the only kind...

I'm currently working on a Cambell's Idaho Springs Mine kit. It includes wooden rails along the platform walkway and says to space them to accommodate whatever ore cart (not included) I'll be using. My question is if the ore carts actually ran on top of these rails or if these wooden rails are...

Anybody here know what happened to the All Model Railroading forum? Thy've been offline for over a week. Doc

I'm starting to build the Idaho Springs Mine by Campbell's. It's mostly cardboard covered by corrugated tin. The instructions say to use Walther's Goo glue or similar and specifically not to use white glue. There's no LHS in my neck of the woods (a city of 250,000+, can you believe it?) and I...

Just thought I'd pass along a thumbs up :thumb: to the good folks at Grant Line for some recent excellent customer service. I'm currently building their East Terrible Mine and came up missing two roof sections. I'm not sure if they were not included or if I put them in a very safe place. They...

I'm right in the middle of building an East Terrible Mine kit. It's got a bunch of big windows. It'll be right up front on my layout and I'm having trouble figuring out what to do to block the view into the interior empty space. I've already used masking tape window shades and coffee can lid...

Hi, I've ventured over from HO land with a question for those with better eyesight than I have. I originally planned on having a mine with workers pushing small ore cars by hand on my circa 1880 Old West HO layout. Now I'd like to kitbash some type of stream powered unit (not a loco...

Here's a pic of a hot-wire foam cutter I made from an old soldering gun I've had for about 25 years. It is 200watts. I took out and discarded the originag soldering tip. I used a piece of #10 copper wire to make two new tips. ONe is tunnel shaped and was used to cut the 18" raduiss tunnel...

Here's a pic of my track plan. I've added 20 GA feeder wires at the red and purple boxes and am ready to unstall 12 GA buss wires, one for each of the two mainlines. I'm using two DC transformers. I was planning on basically following each mainline with the buss wire, attaching feeders along...

I'm sure this question has been answered here before, but my searches didn't find it. I'm building the East Terrible Mine and want to scratch build a loading dock next to the spurr track. Can anyone tell me how high the top of the dock should be above the rail? Thanks, Doc

Recent threads about bridges and trestles got me inspired and I finally cut out the foam and painted the future lake bottom and installed the plate girder bridge and high and low trestles that cross the lake. Here's a pic. The high trestle is a plastic kit while the low trestle is a wooden...

I've looked all over for an Old West type jail but didn't find much. I finally settled on a Rocky's Tavern by WS. I substituted bars in the window for the advertising decals. For my first white metal kit, I think it turned out ok. Most of the work was in the painting. I downloaded a pic...

I'm starting to build Rocky's Tavern by Woodland Scenics. Seems like most of the work will be in the painting. Anybody have any tips on how to go about it? Thanks, Doc

I'm getting ready to start Rocky's Tavern by Woodland Scenics. I'm thinking of kitbashing it into a jail. Can anybody recommend a glue to use for the metal castings? I'd planned on using CA, but the parts don't seem to fit together real closely. I think I need something with a little more...