Looknlearn
N scale experimenter
Just joined since I recently pulled my old railroad stuff out. When I was real young (about 10) I started to build a 4x8 ft HO layout with my fathers old railroad equipment. Only got as far as laying the track and a few other things cause I had no money and no info on how to do it.
A few years later I got into N scale and started a smaller layout( about 2.5 x 3 ft) Got a bit further on that one with some terrain, a tunnel with homemade tunnel portal(not sure on the name),the track, and bridge. Once again I didn't have any money so I made everything except the track and the two train cars and one Lifelike SD7 engine I bought. That eventually fell to the wayside as well.
Just the other day I pulled out my train stuff again. I have a tendency to just drop something and move on so it took me all day to find almost all the pieces to it and I found the engine in an race car I had made. Got it soldered back together and cleaned up. I had painted the shell sometime along the line and am stripping it to repaint with an airbrush so the details aren't hidden. I had painted it with unthinned paint and a brush. I am still missing one of the weights, a piece of the shell, the light and some pickup parts. It works well though, as is.
I just put together another table to start building a small N scale layout again. It's 29" x 47" 3/4 plywood on a 4" x 1" frame.(just some scrap found laying around) I plan on splitting it down the middle with two different scenes on each side, small yard on one side and a small populated area on the other with a small siding. If I start small I think I might keep with it.
I looked around online for some info and come across this site. I joined to subscribe to same amazing threads and to ask a few questions.
Thanks
Tucker
A few years later I got into N scale and started a smaller layout( about 2.5 x 3 ft) Got a bit further on that one with some terrain, a tunnel with homemade tunnel portal(not sure on the name),the track, and bridge. Once again I didn't have any money so I made everything except the track and the two train cars and one Lifelike SD7 engine I bought. That eventually fell to the wayside as well.
Just the other day I pulled out my train stuff again. I have a tendency to just drop something and move on so it took me all day to find almost all the pieces to it and I found the engine in an race car I had made. Got it soldered back together and cleaned up. I had painted the shell sometime along the line and am stripping it to repaint with an airbrush so the details aren't hidden. I had painted it with unthinned paint and a brush. I am still missing one of the weights, a piece of the shell, the light and some pickup parts. It works well though, as is.
I just put together another table to start building a small N scale layout again. It's 29" x 47" 3/4 plywood on a 4" x 1" frame.(just some scrap found laying around) I plan on splitting it down the middle with two different scenes on each side, small yard on one side and a small populated area on the other with a small siding. If I start small I think I might keep with it.
I looked around online for some info and come across this site. I joined to subscribe to same amazing threads and to ask a few questions.
Thanks
Tucker
