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This is the first time I tried to weather anything... and I over did it I think... What I did was dab my brush to grab a bit of of Trueline Warm Black, and then drenched the brush in dirty, dirty thinner. But before brushing it off on a towel or my painting board... I started to...

kinda a repost from another thread... see http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=164314 Pretty much I got three projects: This: (Con-cor J3a Hudson) into this: (Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson) this: (Con-cor USRA 2-10-2) into this: (Canadian Pacific Selkirk) (Selkirk photo by me)...

had some pretty nice wins on ebay this past week.... but modeling Canadian steam era is a bit of a PITA because of the distinctive designs that they have...and no one has recreated in n-scale (yet). pretty much I wanna turn this: into this: tips? I think I shave the nose off and do some...

My wife went to the LHS today with her dad to get me my gift for xmas. I gave her a list before she left today of items I need/want for my layout. Surprisingly the store was 'sold out' of everything I wanted... including FOUR FP7A/FP7B CPR set's from Life-like on their 30% off shelf :curse...

I've been playing around with whats been constructed so far with my fleet of steamers. It seems the ones that got regular use on my old layout are not working so well anymore... My Athearn Challenger is stalling out quite a bit and requires a lil tap to get going. I've tried cleaning the wheels...

This will be my construction thread for my new layout. named the Pacific South Eastern Railway. Obviously inspired by the Pacific Great Eastern, now BC Rail. My layout is a major passenger/freight terminal in a fictional municipality known as 'Great Falls' in British Columbia during the that is...

So I'm moving into a new house and I'm already building numerous track plans to fill the 10x10 room that I'll be assigned as my 'train room' by the wife. I got 20 8 foot lengths of 2x4's and four sheets of plywood to start construction with....and I don't even move until November 1!!!! If had a...

As I mentioned in a thread a month or so ago I am moving soon and am getting a much larger place to put my layout. It's a 10ft by 10ft room that will be ALL MINE. I've been working on some track plans...but have recently begun to debate on what I'm going to base the main plan on. I'm modeling...

So I'll be moving to a new place by Christmas it looks like... so I've pretty much stopped pouring money into the current layout. I still plan on ballasting and doing a few scenic things to practice, but buildings and track will be on hold as I save for the new layout. Anyways, instead of...

So I've been constructing a layout based on the plans provided in an Atlas track plan book, and then expanded on for the area I have to work with. But I've obviously messed something up... All track is brand spankin new code 80 Atlas sectional and flex Brand new Prodigy Express DCC controller...

Hey all, Recently I've been trying to convert my Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-2 lt. Mountain to DCC operation. I have a pair of DZ143 decoders that I purchased, and both have gave me the same issue with the loco...the first started smoking and now has some charring on the wrapping of the decoder. I...

Some will remember my first post here asking if there were an CN streamlined N scale Mountain loco's based on the CNR 6060 Bullet Nosed Betty. Well, none does exisist in non-brass of course, but I still want one on my layout, so I'm going to try a kitbash. I got a Bachmann lt. Mountain 4-8-2...

I picked up this beast of locomotive yesterday and have been running it on my bachmann EZtrack/EZcommand test setup while my full layout is undergoing planning/construction. All I can say is wow...what a loco, it's so finley detailed, and operates amazingly well at all speeds, very smooth, and...

So I got an idea for my first layout... and I have to admit, I am a little hesitant about doing something so 'complicated' for a first timer. My first problem is that I am SURE that the RTS software I used from Atlas is building my layout in HO track, and the layout translates into 13 feet by 9...

Being new in this, I want to buy good quality stuff from here on in. I don't got much at the moment, and I'm still just running Atlas snap track 80 series on a table top just to play around a bit. for my birthday last month my wife (who has actually been getting me back into the hobby more...

Hey all, I'm finally getting back into this glorious hobby after a 10 year break. I have pretty much lost all of my rolling stock and locomotives, very little still survives. So I'm looking to 'restart' so to speak. I'm going to be modeling in N scale, but I know there is more HO scale loco's...

Hey all, I'm finally getting back into this glorious hobby after a 10 year break. I have pretty much lost all of my rolling stock and locomotives, very little still survives. So I'm looking to 'restart' so to speak. I'm going to be modeling in N scale, but I know there is more HO scale loco's...