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What would you recommend as a good out edge of the layout distance where the track loops back? The outer track is 22" radius. So when I cut the road bed ( cook cutter technique ) the outer edge would be at WHAT radius? I was thinking 25" or 3" from the 22'' track center to allow space to put...

I am building a 2 level shelf HO layout along my basement walls. I have humidifiers, heat and A/C in the basement but humidity can vary with season On the lower level I am modelling mountainous terrain (lumber and coal) I have a frame work with 12" placed cross members for risers and cleats...

I am building a 2 foot deep mostly shelf layout. I built a valance. I would like to place the 2 bulb florescent lights in the best location. (easier to do now then when the layout is underneath.... I placed the lights about 16 inches from wall. please watch video I quickly did (about 3...

Happy new year! Can someone tell me the best way to design benchwork to support an HO helix, which is basically a doughnut table! I would like to be able to shimmy up inside the doughnut hole for repair work. I am using L girder benchwork. The helix is for two levels about 18 inched...

Dear Friends, I've recently posted a video on YouTube showing construction of my outdoor gauge 1 track. The second-half shows quite a bit of live steam running action. Footage includes some scratch built Pullman sleeper cars as well. They are resin cast from plans I developed using the 1943 Car...

Here are some pictures of the HO layout that me and my dad are currently building. It is a 10x11ft horseshoe with a duckunder. I will post more pictures as the progress continues.

This is my new sawmill being constructed.

This shot was taken to show the overall affect of the stacked stone rock work, actual stacked stones I made interlocking molds of for layout/building construction work, as well as the heavy board retaining wall to show the affects of both. Note, stones need to be stained yet.

Hey you all...some of you may know me as Jabbajawz4life on Youtube I do some HO scale how to videos and some tip videos. The link to my youtube page is http://www.youtube.com/user/Jabbajawz4life and I think that my layout personally has a lot of potential. My layout is pretty much based in...

This model was sitting on my test track for the last few days. It seems that it got really hot out in the shop and a tube of glue on a shelf above the test track exploded and dripped all over this side of the model. This is not glue like Elmers white glue (I could just peel that off), this...

I guess the one positive thing that came out of this rebuild is that I had a chance to reconsider the fans that I used. Now I'm going with some fans with a lot more detail to them including etched metal fan blades and screens.

Almost back to where I was before the great glue flood of July 2008.

New bits being installed.

All of the damaged bits removed and some new bits ready to be installed.

This is a project layou that I am building for a client. It is a 6'x12' table with the Lionel Fastrack system. These are pictures from the third day of reconstruction. I spent the first couple hours of the day building a viaduct for the raised city. When I got to the layout, I plastered the...

This is a project layou that I am building for a client. It is a 6'x12' table with the Lionel Fastrack system. These are pictures from the second day of reconstruction. The first thing I did was lay out all the track I had recieved the previous night. I finished the foam base of the...

Everybody is enjoying themselves at the town stores. Traffic is running smoothly near the construction zone. Photo by Kevin Soucie.

Installing the Sub-RoadBed FMI: http://www.allensphotoblog.com/modelrr