Yearly Archives: 2014


The new roundy-round is starting to take form. I have a 30″ door that has some damage.  I am going to cover it with extruded foam that will also become the base of the scenery.  I went through my hoard and found tunnel portals,  a large amount of Woodland Scenics […]

The roundy-round…


Well the shift back to the 1950’s is starting to pick up steam. As loyal readers know,  I finished the engine house. Today, I dug out an old Dimi Trains water tower that I built back in the 1990’s when I never thought about modeling diesel locos of the 80’s.  […]

Let’s do the time warp


I currently have a fully functional N Scale switching layout that needs scenery and buildings. It is working great but I don’t seem to be switching trains as much as I thought that I would be. It seems like each time I operate the layout, I complete the exact same […]

At a crossroad



Or should I say brass? I have been working on a Traincat Southern Pacific C-30-6 caboose kit for the last six months or so.  I have been assembling sections like the floor. Today I took a giant step forward by painting the orange ends and steps of the caboose.  I […]

Different iron in the fire