Hello Everyone, Here's a cross posting for any On30 enthusiast in Southern Ontario, in or near the Greater Toronto Area. If you are interested in building On30...
Brian I just wanted to confirm that you still want me to set up a display for Sunday the 25th. If so where do I bring my stuff, what time, and will you have a...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the narrowgaugemadness group. File :...
If you wish to keep up to date on the fast breaking stories on the events surrounding the renovation and restoration of the CPR Roundhouse into the Toronto...
Hi guys THE TORONTO CHRISTMAS TRAIN SHOW NOVEMBER 24,25 2007 12am - 5pm, November 24, 2007 10-4pm November 25,2007 The International Centre, Hall 3, 6900...
Hey Whipperino, If it isn't going to open until 12 then I likely won't be there until after 9. It should take me about 11 minutes to set-up. Woo hoo, a sleep...
I'm hurt Jeffy. Deeply, deeply, hurt. Ah, I'm just kidding. I AM a slacker! That's why I build small layouts that don't require maintenance or crews or long...
For those of you who use TENAX brand styrene plastic solvent, bring along your EMPTY bottles to the Toronto Christmas Train Show, and I will refill them for...
The date has been set for next year's version of our Narrow Gauge Show in Schomberg. (April 12, 2008) If you would like to volunteer to help out in some way,...
Hi Guys Just want to thank Brian for all of his hard work at the show. I also want to thank all of you for welcoming me to your group and assisting in setting...
Thank you all very much for making it a good show. Sure there were the usual glitches at the start but it wouldn't be the Xmas Sow without those. Good to see a...
Hi Brian, ... We're always happy to participate and spread the Narrow Gospel. ===== Happy Railroadin' The Tin Goat Ron Wm. Hurlbut (On30 & Hn42) Overlooking...
Gentlemans, Can anyone tell me if a leaf will retain its colour if picked green and dried? I know that it will lose a bit of vibrancy and fade slightly but...
Hi, Croutonian-man, I suspect that they will fade - I've had a nice moss that I got a box full of years ago and it has faded quite a lot over the years. I ...
Open up a bale of hay in February and see the green. You even get the sweet aroma of spring fields wafting through your nostrils. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy...
Thanks guys. I'm trying to come up with a leaf-on-the-tree material in the proper shades of green. So far, the only non organic material that I've found that...
Hi Christophanglia, ... Having done some dried flowers and such in a former life, I can say this about that... Use Silica Gel to rapidly dry leaves and/or...
Hi Chrisporama, Tissue paper will fade in direct sunlight. It will also bleed out its colour in water so that you can tone down the Hunter Green. You could...
Tintantula, Thanks for the extensivinfo. I'm lookin' to have crunchy leaves so that I can marmelize them into little flakes, so pliable is to be pretty much...
Hi Chrustula, Dry them out, crunch them up, apply them and then spritz with the Glycerin to bring back the gloss and protect them from fading... ... Maybe...
... One of the oldest model railway scenery products is lichen or reindeer moss. To cure it and keep it soft it was simmered in a 50/50 mixture of Glycerin...
Thanks Niall, My situation is that I want the leaves to dry out so that I can crunch them up into tiny flakes (or scale leaves). I have used glycerin in the...
Yo Tinnytinsel, I give the trees a shot of hairspray (from my personal stash o' grooming products) to saturate the colours a bit and to help hold the leafy...
Hey Chris: About 10 years ago I scrunched up some fall leaves in Sharon's blender. I still have some left and they look the same as they did when I first...
Hi Dave, I'm still partial to paper as foliage. I just thought about the leaf idea because I couldn't find any paper the right colour. I use chopped binder...
Hi guys and a Good New Year for all. As per usual this is going out to the 2 groups and also to those lucky folk on my Whippy'sNGMlist. So some of you will be...
