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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    REX; talk about lucky!! well since ive been rambling on the last few months about this huge n scale layout and the basement remoldeling, i figured i post some pics of the progress in the basement. Its all 24 guage steel studs with a 4 mill vapor barrier behind on the exterior walls. the large...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    well, it didnt quite reach 50 here today, but i guess not to bad as i spent the afternoon in the ER. I steped on a huge old fashioned (hand cut) nail yesterday and it partially severed a tendon in my big toe. being stubborn i refused to see a doctor yeaterday. then when i woke up this AM my foot...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    here were going from a whoping 18 to near 50 tommorow, get out the shorts and tees!!!!!!!!!
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    Weekend photo fun, Dec 28th 07 to whenever

    the difference is in this WEBSITE:: i havent been else where in months....congrats to all whom patrol the premise here even on the holidays!!! when i ever the basement finished, i can only hope my work compares to ALL ive seen here
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    What Scale would you prefer for this.....

    good question. i have spent the last 10 years buying things for my N scale dream layout. about six months ago i came in here ready to sell it all to switch to HO. after alot discussion and consideration, i decided to keep with N scale Heres why: I didnt have the space to build an equal HO...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    mornin all, leghome i was in bed by 10:30 or so myself. watched a movie with the wife, alsmost finished framing out the basement, the we tried to order a pizza but they must have been closed (we live way out in the boonies and are lucky to get delivery of ANY kind out here, but theres a little...
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    N Scale Layout(beginner)

    well, sean, i really considered changing back to HO scale due to some physical abnormalities i have, but i could not achieve what i wanted in the space i had, nor did i feel i could ever even come close to completed a layout double the size by my self in my lifetime. You have chosen a good...
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    N Scale Layout(beginner)

    an n scaler my self, i'm preping the basement for my life time N scale dream layout of 18' by 28'! i have been purchasing equiptment for this for over TEN years now!! Now i finallly have the main ingreadiant, the basement. i intend to try alot of new techneiques such as steel bench work. i will...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    greeting folks, i managed to just about complete the wall framiong in the basement, perhaps ill be hanging drywall in the next month or so. I'm not sure how much longer i can not have trains...........Ryan
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    Leaving the Hobby

    yeah, dont sell all your trains like i did and now if i could kick my self in the a$$ i would........ ryan
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    hello folks, what a month!!!! go on vacation for a week to a warmer climate, come home to ice storms and no electric for four days! good thing the basement is on the generator circuit, ( i told the wife that it had to be for the smoke detector system in the house!) haaahhhhaaaaahhaaa! as well...
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    Norfolk & Western GIANT

    verry nice. you put a lot of time and effort into your work...Ryan
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    Info needed

    welcome to the forum!! the mauntua were not bad sets in the day. i still have mine! as david stated, you have made the move possible by joining this forum. the people in this forum are the absolute best and most freindliest people i have ever met! never seen another forum like this before...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    three things to top off the smell of fresh wood in the wood shop: the WOOD stove cookin away, with an ole perculator of coffee on it, and it justa snowing away outside!!!!!!!!!! oppps !! this is the modelrailroader site!!!;) ;) looks like the weather is changing some and i should be ok...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    i just hope the weather holds off long enough for my 8am flight out Philiadelphia. If they delay my flight my cruise vacation to the islands is off. i'm getting a little nervous.... Ryan
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    we see a lota metro transit equiptment on the hiway around here (Harrisburg PA area) Ryan
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    How perfectly dry do we need to be?

    i got an estimate for a sump system and drain and perimiter wall drains ect and they wanted almost 10,000 dollars! as a former general contractor myself, i almost fell over! that just seemed crazy to break the floor and put a drain in and a sump pump....and cement it back in. i really wanted...
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    How perfectly dry do we need to be?

    when we bought our house we got water evertime it rained or an amimal peed in the yard! i corrected the problem with corectly installled gutters and down spouts and a little regradeing of the yard. havent had a drop since and am now proceeding with finishing the basement with no further actions...
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    Coffee Shop Part VIII

    leghome, you can paint the subflooring with kilz or BIN / Zinnser to seal in the smell great to see ya back jeffery
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    track selection

    i have decide on atals code 55 myself. although i have ALOT of older equiptment that will need retrfiting (i want magnetic knuckle couplers anyway) . i like the way it looks and the availability of it and i dont think its too costly i havent started laying it yet so as far as install is...




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