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    My first stab at HO table top design… feedback welcome before I do track layout

    Yep… the life-like snap together made design ‘on the fly’ quite easy for the first track I moved to using flex track and cord roadbed for the second track which I’m laying now… it’s quite different (much harder for a newbie) as you well know @William Burg I have no computer… so paying for...
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Thank you!
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    My first stab at HO table top design… feedback welcome before I do track layout

    Thank you, sounds good… and reasonably easy (said the newbie ;) )
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    If any of you want to weigh-in… it’s have a specific question (about laying flex track on cork road bed) I figure many of you may be able to guide me and recommend a course of action Post in thread 'My first stab at HO table top design… feedback welcome before I do track layout'...
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    My first stab at HO table top design… feedback welcome before I do track layout

    Help…. !!!! I’m stumped Laying out cork roadbed atop my 2” NGX extruded foam board Using 1-1/4” #17 nails and it holds the cord firmly (choosing not to glue cork roadbed to foam board) The cord comes in two pieces (as you all know)… each side beveled with seam in the center once the two...
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Hope it’s not for a kidney stone
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning ladies and gents I guess it would be Friday if I wasn't retired. :) -15 Ho-hum
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning ladies and gents
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Scored at the local model train hobby shop over the weekend - New UP locomotive - Several rolling stock (most with knuckle couplers) - A batch of trees of various types - couple of buildings and a watertower - Some scenery supplies... grass, gravel, etc (not shown) I really like the Spirit of...
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning ladies and gents
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning ladies and gents I smell tacos!
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    How I feel in this deep freeze
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    What cold weather does to me… makes me feel like fhis
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Ahhh… missed that. Good suggestion. It’s a Brown Thrasher I also edited the post
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    Running Bear's January 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning ladies and gents (belated… it’s already afternoon!)
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