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Industry service tracks along with some scenery completed. Structure was unpainted at the time of the photo. Regards, Don Z.

It would no longer be a 4x8, would it? Regards, Don Z.

Here's my plan. Loop with interchange track and the mainline crossing the table diagonally. Regards, Don Z.

Yes, that's why I included the link to show all of the plastic couplers produced by Kadee. Regards, Don Z.

The 30 Series Kadee couplers are plastic. Kadee couplers made from plastic Regards, Don Z.

MDF is Medium Density Fiber board. It is not a good product to use for a layout, in my opinion. It's very heavy, doesn't take fasteners well and will sag under its own weight if not properly supported. It is a totally different product than OSB (Oriented Strand Board). Regards, Don Z.

A few years back, I was helping a friend build the benchwork for his layout. He had an interior aisle around a peninsula where he planned to install a roundhouse. He didn't want hard corners on the peninsula as they would make it tight for 2 operators to be in the same area. I proposed a...

Progress is being made on my new shop/layout building. 50x50 with 12 foot sidewalls. My layout area will be 25x50. I had originally planned on a 50x50 for just the layout, but economic realities have changed the plans. I've attached a snippet of the layout design I had started for the bigger...

Beiland, the shop and layout area will not have any wall penetrations between them. All of my equipment will be connected to a dust collection system as well as having overhead air scrubbers to keep dust to a minimum. Regards, Don Z.

Clouds painted on Masonite with an airbrush.

A few years back, I was asked to build the benchwork for a custom HO scale model railroad for a young man who was 6 years old. His parents were very well off and wanted the best for their child. I was amazed at how adept the young man was when running his trains and how he physically handled...

OMG, I cannot believe I didn't notice the hatches on the bottom of the cars. Thanks!

Dave, The layout area will be 25x50. The other half of the building will be my cabinet/woodworking shop. The attached photo shows the start of my layout design.

Greetings, While passing through Colorado and New Mexico a few years back, we came across a unit coal train burning down the mainline. The thing that caught my eye was what appeared to be a duplicate air line on every car in the consist. This was the only train I've seen with this set up. Does...

New to this forum, but not to model railroading. I recognized a few names on this forum so I figured why not jump in the pool and take a few laps? The ''other" forum I was on seems to have crashed and burned so I gave up on trying to use it any longer. I had started a decent layout back in the...