Recent content by twforeman

I know I dropped off the face of the earth a bit ago after posting that we were moving. And move we did. I even built out a room in the basement of the new house to put a layout in. But then we decided that the house was just not quite big enough and that it was a little far out from the big...

I'm glad people found this helpful. It was a fun but fiddly kit to build.

Even though the old layout is torn apart and the new one is barely in the planning stages I've still been picking stuff up here and there. I have some other stuff I haven't taken photos of yet, but this Atlas RS-3 just arrived today. And yes, the horn is coming out. :)

You may not thank me later after you spend all your money on the good deals there. :P

Also if you are on Facebook there are a few HO Buy/Sell groups. The prices are not always as good but they are worth a look.

You can also join the HO Swap email list to look for bargains. I have purchased a lot of stuff there at good prices. Most listings are priced well. You might have to do a little research to see if the price is reasonable.

When I started airbrushing again (after many years of not doing MRR stuff) I found I didn't like my really old Badger. So I read a bunch of reviews and picked up an Iwata-Medea Revolution CR Dual Action brush. I'm pretty happy with it. I also built a paint booth - but I made mine out of a heavy...

I'm moving house and will be building a new layout. I have the space and a general plan. Obviously I will need some turnouts. On my last layout I hand built the turnouts. I did enjoy doing so, but I wasn't careful enough with my gauging and the turnouts did not work very well. I have a good...

I bought mine from https://railroadbackdrops.com/ and I'm pretty happy with them. They will even modify them for you if needed.

Sorry to hear you have to move and give up the layout. Going from O to N will be a pretty big change. Hope it all works out for you.

I think I'll do one green and one black. Just for variety.

These are a pair of nice looking models (if you ignore the cosmetic foam damage.) The O-8 class has long been on my wish list and I got a screaming deal on them in the auction. One has an open cab, and one has a closed cab. Getting them running and painted will be a major project, and...

We closed on the house successfully - and while we were on vacation in Montana no less. We need to do some minor work on the main floor (mostly painting) and then we can start moving in. The basement needs a lot of finishing work, but we will do it in phases - the railroad will probably be...

Do the marshmallows go in a box car? :) Very nice.

Apparently this is in LaJunta, Colorado. Couldn't find it with a quick Google map search.