... Graeme - Yes I'm displaying "Erie RR 149th Street Harlem Station" there both days (18/19) - if you manage to get cover, please stop by and say hello. I...
I looked thru the latest issue of small layout scrapbook on carl's site. And I was very suprised to see a layout made by Steve Grantham,in the UK called: BASED...
... Great! I hope I can get time off. On the original topic - I forgot I already had XTrkCAD loaded on my Notebook PC and I managed to load up and run your...
There are 12 model railway exhibitions advertised on one website as occurring in the UK this weekend, and 22 of them on the weekend of the 11th September. Two...
does it really matter what kind of exhibition it is to pick up an idea and run with it in ones own way for there setup? dave ... From: Nick Meredith...
Hi Jack: Do you have a lonk to pics of your "Erie RR 149th Street Harlem Station"? I'd like to see them. I'm a fan of those yards and pocket terminals having...
... Hi Gareth - Yes it is on RMweb in the Layouts section under the "2010 challenge" You'll find it by looking for "Shortliners Shortline". There is a small...
... Hi Graeme It does a lot more than that so it's worth persevering with. In train running mode you can populate the layout with rolling stock (you need to...
Dear Graeme, David, I'm not a big CAD fan, (I know what I want to draw, but can't instrinctively render/translate it with the vector tools most CAD packages...
... No you don't. There is a fair but of rolling stock built in. Originally it was all American but the current release has some British. If there is a...
... Thanks David (and other David). I will definitely give it another go. Perhaps having cut my teeth on AnyRail I won't find it so hard this time. ...
... Graeme - let me know if it looks as though you can make Inverness - and I'll bring you a CD-full of trackplans and rolling stock to play with! If you can't...
one way to do the turntable is to have a "manhole cover" rise under the loco. The cover is attached to a small motor with micro switches to turn it off at the...
I've just published some photos and a short description of what I think will be a very interesting prototype for those interested in narrow gauge. Link ...
Hello All, In looking to prepare a few micro and small layouts to display, I wanted to have one in the "paperclip" design. I remember seeing one on a site a...
... Many thanks! I should know by the end of the forthcoming week if I can make it. (My apologies to others - I should figure out how to PM someone on Yahoo ...
Bill Barr and I published an article in N Scale in 1999 about the paperclip. Included drawings of what a basic paperclip would look like. It was the December...
Dear Small Layout fans, If you're a Small/Micro Layout fan near Kansas, and have any interest in getting a "leg up" flying start in O scale SG US outline, You...
That is a nice looking layout -- shame it is so far away -- I could double deck it with my On30 layout that is similarly sized. Â Bill Uffleman Las Vegas NV ...
Ok, I've made the decision to go with foamcore for the benchwork for a new 4' by 1' switching module for all the obvious reasons (weight saving, easy to work...
Dear Mike, You are indeed correct, foamcore "edges" are a sensitive point. However, if the module design is suitable, thin unsupported edges can be easily...
