Tag: Trains

Ozzie and Harriet Train episode
Posted in Back in My Day

It pleases Harriet

Ever notice how a model railroad always brings a smile? I’m not sure why the hobby shop owner didn’t notice the transformer was missing on…

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forested area on my HO train layout
Posted in Grey Gardens West Mildly Interesting

Into the north woods

I have been having trouble finding the right materials and paint etc. to make the background hills on our train layout look realistic, along with…

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Posted in Flotsam

The Floral Forest

I saw somewhere where a guy substituted floral foam for Woodland Scenics ground cover… Look how it turned out! Just take a block of that…

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train tunnels in progress
Posted in Grey Gardens West

Conceal my ineptitude!

As you see, the back third of the primary train layout here, will be mountains; tall mountains when I’m done. This is layered syrofoam panels,…

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gray rockery paint
Posted in Grey Gardens West

I’m getting railroaded…

Here’s something I learned. Acrylic white mixed with a color they call “coffee” equals a nice gray. Acrylic white mixed with India ink, equals a…

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HO train coming out of a tunnel
Posted in Flotsam Grey Gardens West

Night train?

I was looking at the sad progress on our train layout here. Eventually the mountains on the back third of the layout will tower over…

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HO scale mountain rockery
Posted in Grey Gardens West

Barf Valley Mountain

I have been experimenting with the train layout, and it shows. The texture of this mountainside rockery is OK, but the paint came out looking…

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Chessie systems Tyco
Posted in Flotsam

Chessie was just catching mice and became a star

The little HO scale railroad in my garage is barely started, but is already overrun by colorful rolling stock, a lot of it is cheap…

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HO SHIT not the trains again
Posted in Grey Gardens West

HO SHIT Scale Railroading

Apparently, I forgot what a frustrating hobby this was, my last train set was about 25 years ago, and my first when I was about…

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