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...but I thought you might be interested in some of my wiring projects. These are my N scale traffic lights I just finished. The price of "scale" traffic lights being absurd---the flasher unit is $35, the lights run $10 or more apiece---I felt there was something that could be cobbled...

"Hello shaygetz it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?" An interesting greeting for an interesting time for me here...

Been doing this and that, downsizing my hobby to better fit my lifestyle (no, I'm never quitting the hobby:thumb: ). My N scale layout is now the benefactor of most of my attention, HO being primarily a modeling/club scale for me now. My N scale LPBs needed a safer crossing on my layout. I...

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab...

With the demands of ministry taking more of my time, I've had to sell down a good bit of what I've accumulated for that "Big Layout" I had planned. Not to worry as I still plan on many more years in the hobby...just felt it necessary to pull the reins in a bit and focus on specific interests...

Just showing the newcomers you don't have to fork over long green for vehicles. I pick up Reader's Digest promo firetrucks shown below at yard sales and flea markets all the time for around a buck. Then I pop off the wheelsets and keep them in the scrap box for any of my many truck...

Got this a couple daze ago from Glen Haasdyk as a future project. I want to keep it pretty much the way it is as a memento of my Bible College daze where I first ran into real Canadians:thumb: Not only did I find out that they look and almost talk like us:D but they even have the same...

Just a short pictorial on how I modify Tyco and other cheapies to run with the big dogs:thumb: I first mount Kadee #5s and have found that they usually mount directly to the floor with no shimming---emphasis on usually:) ---. Then I snap out the old Talgo style trucks and file the bolster...

With sermon prep occupying more of my time, I simply don't have the time to put together How-Tos anymore but I thought there might be some interest in my holiday projects. I mounted Kadees on two Tyco tankers that just had to be upgraded for operational and sentimental reasons. They featured...

My boy gets to play carefully on my N scale layout as it's much more forgiving of little hands. Here's his latest scenic creation. Look at it like you would one of those "Find the Mistakes" puzzle pictures to truly appreciate his work...:thumb:

A Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year to you and yours. ---Bob a.k.a. "shaygetz" "Who Started Christmas" A woman was Christmas shopping with her two children.. After many hours of walking down row after row of toys and after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw...

Had to address this on my own Christmas layout and because of the large number of newcomers and folks just setting up Christmas trains, I unburied it from another thread... Because THE TREE makes for about an 8' tunnel that's a bear to keep the track clean in, I brought back an old favorite for...

My newly reconfigured Christmas layout is up and running. It features a three loop design. The inside is vintage Marklin tinplate with a passing track and siding and a slight grade to a newer Marklin bridge. The outer two are C100 flex track on cork roadbed with a double crossover feature...

For those who have one in your neighborhood, the lower left hand corner will be of interest. I get most of my tools and paints here. http://www.hobbylobby.com/site3/weekly/specials/specials.cfm

While I shoulda been weathering my Northern as I had promised Miles, I got distracted when I glanced over my scrap box and saw the makings for a tunnel clearance car. >>>> http://www.toytrains1.com/images/trains/bo-2002-47.jpg >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Primitive_clearance_car.jpg...

Betcha thought it was a thread on buildin' a burger joint:D I got this Big Boy last year. The circa 1990s tender is mismatched to the circa 1970s loco and it had several prominent details missing including an airpump, a number board and a cab hand rail. After a year and a half of searching...

Browsing the Web I found a couple images worthy of future scratchbuilding possibilities. They appear to be public domain pics. I wonder which railroad operates this fine speeder? Judging from the tie plates, I figure this is a European road.

Thought I'd make my photo contest entry a small diorama centering around an inlet to an inland bay with a small stretch of beach to one side. With that I purchased a "firefly" circuit kit that I will use to light the unmanned modern light tower. Starting with the remnants of a Volmer N scale...

I'm finally starting a long waiting project, a Bowser K4 4-6-2 Pacific aquired as a cast-off freebie. Started by the original owner but never really worked on, I stripped his paint job off with a overnight dip in Pine-Sol.

None of our Australian contingent is in the way of this thing are they? http://thestormtrack.com/archives/2006/04/category_5_moni.html Two biggies, Ivan and Dennis, and a dodged bullet, Katrina, have given me a nervous tick every time a thinder storm forms off the coast of Africa.