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    Carl's Clay Works!

    Here are the pictures of a recently finished industrial narrow gauge (O9) micro layout, hope you enjoy them:
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    Carl's Clay Works little Critter!

    Hi there guys, been away for a while and in the meantime I've completed a few projects, some of you that visit other forums may already know it but for the other's here goes: A few month's ago I started a small 1 foot layout to enter a challenge on another forum. I wanted a small loco to be...
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    Birch Creek first module completed!

    I've posted pictures of this finished module on two other forums so sorry if you are seing them again. At the moment I'm not very active at The Gauge but usually I post pictures of my finished projects in here, hope you enjoy them: From the front: The repair shed: In a...
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    Help with couplers!

    I'm kitbashing a Bachman N Scale switcher to an HOn30 switcher and I need some help with the coupler issue. It's the first time I kitbash a loco (or any other rolling stock for that matter) and couplers are something new to me. First here is a pic of the parts: In the instructions they...
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    Small Engine Repair Shed

    I've been posting progress pics in the AMR forum of this little scratchbuilt structure but since not everyone in The Gauge visits it here are the "almost final" pics of it: The right corner: A scratchbuilt fuel barrel made from brass and wood: Inside showing some signs Fred...
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    Can it be something else!

    Well, I've got some time ago a N Scale Bachman Spectrum Doodlebug (EMC), at the time I had some plans for it but that recently changed so I would like to ask if I could use it's chassis in anything logging related in Hon30, I've posted a pic of it below, the distance between point A and point B...
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    Shamus Work in progress?

    Well I joined The Gauge not long ago but when I did it Shamus had already finished most of it's actual layout so I didn't got to see any pictures of the layout without the scenery, is it possible to share one or two pictures of that phase? Thanks in advance.
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    Narrow Gauge?

    Well probably most of the persons must know it but there are some things I would like to know about narrow gauge. Did it appear before or after normal gauge? What were the advantages of using it? Was it only used in logging, mining and urban transport? Was it particular from a country or...
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    My Z micro layout!

    Well, this first picture is from a few month's ago and as you will see in the following pictures it's going slow. As I told at the time it's a small layout I'm making in my free time at work. It´s only 30*40 cm and it's just a small oval with a small branch.
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    Help from the Alps!!!

    Well, I'm just curious to be honest, I recently bought this kit to integrate in my n layout: Vollmer - 7742 - Restaurant I include a picture below, my question is, why do you put the rocks in the roof? I first tought it might be because of the snow but this would only put more weight on...
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    Spring as arrived at Portugal!!

    And with all the sun and this smell of the flowers in the air I went out and took some pictures, this first one is from the Portuguese Intercity Train "Alfa-Intercidades". It was built by Siemens / Fiat Ferroviaria and it's designation is: "Série 4000", acording the the Portuguese Railroads...
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    Where to buy?

    Does anyone know where to buy online this products: Styrene plates/sheets Brass plates/sheets Thanks in advance
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    What colours to use?

    Well, I recently started a very small layout in z, and since I have a tunnel I needed two portals, I bought one but it was so expensive that I decided to do two of them based on the original. I used kids modeling clay to do the mould wich I filled with plaster, the results were satisfatory but...
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    Advice needed!

    Well, as most of you know I'm from Portugal and there isn't much rolling stock from our country available, as for n scale it is almost inexistant as far as I'm aware. Well we have in Portugal this nice Rail Bus (on the photo below) that I would like to have on my layout and on a module I'll...
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    My cardboard Christmas Crib

    Well, inspired by Robin's work I decided to do this year's Christmas Crib out of cardboard, it's mostly basic structures but it will give me some practice in cutting and planning, and maybe I'll get some confidence to build more complex structures in the future. The space to ocupy is this one:
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    Suggestions needed!

    Hi, since I made some small adjustments to my layout I now have a small space for wich I'm not sure with what to fill with. I was thinking of a Scrapyard, or an old/dismanteled car deposit, something similar to this one from Woodland Scenics: http://www.woodlandscenics.com/images/s130b.jpg...
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    Desfiladeiro do Vale do Sol

    Hi there, my name is Nelson Almeida, 28 yo, and I've been reading this forum for almost 6 month, I started a N scale layout a year ago but only recently I bought a good digital camera so I tought it was time to share my work with rest of you. I live in Lisbon, Portugal (that little and sunny...
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