Making some changes to the Windsor St Crossing
I was getting ready to build the building for Wolf Home Products at my Windsor St crossing and realized that I had made a big mistake. So I fixed it.
Fix Your Atlas Code 55 Turnouts with Conductive Paint
Atlas’s code 55 track line is great, except when it isn’t. The various internal wiring in the switches that transmits power to the closure rails sometimes fails, leaving ugly unpowered sections right where you don’t want them. A line of conductive paint solves this problem quickly and easily.
“Betz Lights” – The Model Railroader’s Secret Weapon for Lighting Where You Need It
A few years ago my friend Dave turned me onto some lights on Amazon that were just what the doctor ordered for various household and modeling lighting needs. They’re cheap, light, and flexible when it comes to mounting.
Slow Down and Enjoy Your Layout with the TrainCrew App
This is information for and from my presentation about TrainCrew at the 2022 MARPM Event.
Some Digital Art from the N Scale Weekend
I loved this photo I took on Brian’s Niles Tower layout so much that I had to do something with it.
The 2022 Altoona N Scale Weekend
The return of the Altoona N Scale weekend was a great success and the best one yet.
Forgot about Dre
Dr Dre’s “Forgot About Dre” kept running through my head when I stepped back and looked at the 4 square feet of scenery I’ve somewhat completed on the New NCR.
Has it really been over a year for the New NCR? A July 2022 update.
Well shit. I keep thinking about my layout as “the project I just started”, and then I realized that this post introducing it was over a year and a half ago. Yikes! Here’s the latest on my new NCR.
ANOTHER Temporary Return Loop on the New NCR (and some bonus backdrops)
Empowered by my recent progress on the one end loop I bit the bullet and started on the next one. It was even more complicated to build, but I can happily report that it is now up and running! At the same time I also purchased a large format printer for future backdrop prints, which […]
A Temporary Return Loop for the New NCR
I want to “torture test” my York construction, and it’s tough to do that without the ability to JFRTM. Or at least that’s what I tell myself. In order to do that, I need some temporary return loops on either end.