Coloring the plaster castings is one of those things that actual evokes a certain amount of fear and loathing. I can never seem to attain what I consider to be authentic colors or at least colors that look reasonable to my eye. After some initial missteps and a few practice runs I have […]

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Almost had a disaster this morning as I tried to order some more Sculptamold from Amazon. The product was handled through one of their marketplace merchants. Good thing I did a double take right before I pushed the final confirmation button!
Things have been a little quiet on the railroading front as I have […]

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Now that the apparent shortage of Micro Engineering Switches is over, I have been able to mostly complete the track laying in the town area of the layout. I haven’t shown much of this side lately as I have been focused on scenery on the other side of the peninsula. One of the […]

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Since there has apparently been a nationwide shortage of Micro-Engineering On30 switches since Christmas according to Micro-Mark and Caboose Hobbies and every place I have tried to buy them from, I picked up a LITco code 83 #5 switch and decided to give a try. For my last layout, I built switches from scratch […]

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