March 2015 Progress On The Windsor St Yard Office
Creating a yard office for Windsor St has been a long undertaking, but now I’m in the construction phase, and things are starting to look good.
Getting some ground cover down on the Windsor St engine terminal
Converting the engine terminal from its original use when it was Hagerstown to its current use as Windsor St is one of the bigger scenicing jobs on the layout. This weekend, I made a big step forward on it.
I took third place in the 2015 Eastern Seaboard Models Facebook photo contest
Eastern Seaboard Models makes some really great cars (including an X58 boxcar that I STILL laud over my HO modeler friends). They also have a yearly photo contest, and for the third year in a row, I got a spot on the podium.
Trying a different photo technique on the NCR Shelf
Most of the time that I shoot something on the shelf layout, it’s done either using my ten year old Canon A520 or an iPad. The other night, however, I wanted to see what happened if I shot the layout the way I would the real thing using my railfan rig and DSLR. This photo is […]
Late January Windsor St Progress
I’ve been making some progress on the Windsor St Yard layout. Nothing incredible, but necessary nonetheless.
Mounting Slide Switch Turnout Controls Anywhere
Micro Slide Switches are a great way to control N scale turnouts, but they’re tough to solidly mount when you’re using something soft as your scenery base. I’ve developed a trick to solve that problem.
Winter TTRAK Module
I’ve been interested in the TTRAK modular model railroading format since it came out. When BANTRAK started TTRAK activities, I decided that I wanted to try and see what I could do with the format.
Cambria and Indiana Visitor
My friend Ben stopped by with one of his new acquisitions: a Cambria and Indiana caboose. We were doing some work on it and snapped a portrait on the NCR shelf.
Moving Hagerstown to York, and My Basement
Last year, my friend Lee’s wonderful WM layout had to come down. His layout was a work of art, and it seemed unfair for it all to end up in a dumpster. Lee agreed, and decided to part it out to his friends.
August 2013 Photos of The NCR Shelf
Now that I have some ground cover and trees in, 1/4 of the layout is starting to look like something. Here are a few photos of it.