Recent content by KenKzak

I would be inclined to paint the strip wood/mouldings first, then cut to size and touch-up the ends. In Nscale, I have little choice. With Gscale, you can do so much more in a prototypical fashion, but this way saves a lot of meticulous trim painting ON the model. Ken

>>>> I intend on adding Plastistruct ladders to tall signals and that should pretty well Americanize these signals I think.<<<< Paint everything silver, except the oval around the lights, too. $.02 worth. :rolleyes: Ken

I'm glad to see Athearn continuing to integrate and update the MDC line into thier own. Love that Frisco gon! Ken

This works well with smaller modules, but at 4' x 8' I hesitate to mention that with 2" thick foam you could delete the plywood top entirely. I think it would be quite stiff as long as you don't cut a major river valley down through it. Table legs the NTrak way are; 2"x2" pine with a...

I'm another Other. <g> My home road is the Greentop & Oberon RY. A fictional amalgammation of Adirondack Mountain railroads with connections to Delaware & Hudson and the New York Central. Currently I have 1 D&H loco and 2 cabeese, 3 NYC locos with 1 caboose. 20% of my rolling stock is D&H...

Will do. Thanks for the tip. Ken

Welcome to the forum Jeff. How much layout space will you have? To run passenger trains well, and look good doing it, you'll need some pretty big curves. One trick you could use is to have large radius curves where they show, and then use tighter radius curves where they can be hidden...

I did go to the LHS and check the Overton parts diagram recently. The clerestory glazing wasn't shown or listed. Apparently a late addition. Ken

Athearn Lover sounds a little big on me. But I'm definitely on their side of the fence now. <g> Athearn's other Nscale releases were OK by me, but I had heard rumors that the oldtime products wouldn't be coming back. I figured it was a foolish rumor since the 2-8-0 was already on it's way...

Athearn has proven even my least fears unjustified concerning the Nscale MDC Roundhouse product lines since MDC was bought out. I've gotten to fondle some of the new release Overton passenger cars and 36' reefers, and own a pair of new release 36' boxcars. I ordered the boxcars through...

I forgot to mention another tie-in with Gotham City. What really triggered my response in the first place. Batman's arch enemies are usually incarcerated in Arkham Asylum. Looks like your layout is proggressing. I'm stalled at the moment myself. Ken

Sounds like fun. I look forward to seeing it. I had an idea to make a module of Axxis Chemical complex from the 1st Batman movie. An industrial switching maze with Walthers steel mill & refinery kits. Lots of pipes, rust and flat black paint. Axxis tank cars & boxes, dumpsters, trash, wrecking...

Welcome to the forum and to Nscale Zeroe. Return the turnout while you can. Keep on the wife's good side, as often as you can. Run trains whenever you can. There are 1 or 2 online dealers that import european and British equipment to the US. I don't have the links in this comp though. Try a...

Last weekend I had to miss the 2 day train show 4 miles from my house. Yesterday, I found I could make it to the 1 day show 30 miles north. Spent most of the day browsing and gabbing. I'm still on the cheap, so came away with only 2 items. I bought a Microtrains TH&B double sheath boxcar...

The March/April 2005 issue of N-Scale magazine has an interesting article on a garage layout. The article discusses the benchwork and philosophy leading to the design. It's a 10ft wide x 6ft rectangle with duckunder center operation, and is built tall enough to park the nose of a car under it...