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I noted as I flew over Goathland Station recently on my Nimbus 2000 that the northern station extension buildings are not in line with the main building and at ground level, the floors of the extensions are at different and lower levels than the main building. I combined and modified Hornby and Bachmann cast models for my representation of Goathland, but am I correct that the newer cast extension models don't accurately represent either the offset or the floor levels?

Kentucky smoked ham hoagies with potato salad with tortilla chips and salsa for us this Christmas

Thank you, Jaz- Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and your family as well!

I just searched "modeling snow" in google images and received some good ideas. I searched "modeling snow" images in Bing, and received nothing but dozens of photos of bikini models and some different ideas.

The discussion convinced me; I just ordered the Chopper II for my own self

As I was admiring acg_mr's urinal, I couldn't help but feel like something was missing until I realised that the British urinals don't have the little built-in shelf that American urinals have to put your beer on while your hands are busy.

Well, as my camping coaches are pass-through visitors at best, (over there to the left) I don't suppose I have a use for the steps as the sidings at Goathland that host camping coaches are main lines at my Hogsmeade Station.

Access steps - one may buy pre-made access steps?

I beginning to think that I may be most effective depicting a late October - early November setting - a few days after the first significant snowfall of the season - lots of bare patches, amber grasses poking up through northern hillsides, still some leaves hanging on hardwood trees, orange, gold and burgundy leaves on the ground... areas where snow has been blown away and drifted, melted on southern-facings - especially sides of rooftops; could be very interesting and convincing in craggy rock structures... I'm seeing it; I can almost taste the gluhwein.

In addition to MARRS N Gauge layout at the local church this past weekend, the Northern Virginia "TTrak" guys were also set up in the same room. They're also a modular N-gauge club, but their standard module size is the same as a sheet of standard printer paper - 8 1/2' X 11" (!) Their modules don't have spindly legs like ours, but rather sit on tables with small levelers. The modules connect to each other directly by rail joiners - the permanently mounted track extends over the edge of each module by 1mm. Here's a link to a bunch of photos they took over the weekend - plus one I stole below showing MARRS member Rob's 900Mhz video camera being pushed across a standard TTrak module. Rob has promised to post a video and I will link to it in this topic. http://ttrak.wikidot.com/20131213-south-columbia-baptist-church-christmas-show

Although I live next to Fort Meade, Maryland, I no longer work there. Instead, I am working on Fort Belvoir, Virginia about 50 miles to the south on the other side of Washington, DC. I go in early to avoid the worst traffic. Here is a shot I took from the George Washington Parkway looking over the Potomac River from Virginia into Maryland the other morning. While I was visiting the MARRS N-gauge layout set up at a local church, I was handed a flyer announcing "Capitol Limited N Scale East" - a convention of N scale modular clubs in the mid-Atlantic US area scheduled for August 2014. The idea is to connect up dozens of clubs' n scale modules into a gigantic layout (or layouts) made up of hundreds of modules. MARRS plans to participate so I have a target for completion of my N scale module. Anyone ever done truly convincing alpine snow? http://www.bigtrainlayout.org

No, the agency attracts all kinds of nerds, including blokes (no offense Jon, we're all nerds - didn't you know?) I'm working on an N-gauge Bavarian Alpine scene module that has a continuous running independent folded dogbone behind the mainlines. The center of the top loop features a Bavarian castle (styrene kit) and the lower has a small Tudor village in its center - also styrene kits. The track work is almost done and I'll post photos soon.

As you may recall, I model with the Meade Area Railroad Society (MARRS). "Meade" means Fort Meade, Maryland - home to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The guys assure me that they never read the Royal Family's e-mail or texts. This is one of the club's N-gauge modules. I model with the HO scale guys, but I am making an N-gauge module now. Here are a few shots taken at a local church today at the N-gauge guys' set-up. The train passing through this Y module is pushing a 900Mhz video camera: Here's the display on the other side of the room: Here are a few more shots...

Thank you, Kal. Liked the video very much and your British accent is almost perfect. You said that most likely prefer to see trains over scenery, but not me - not when the scenery is coming together with the care, talent and artistry you and Jaz put into it. Just beautiful. As a modular railway modeler, I envy the dedicated space you have to make your OO world come alive.

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Please forgive what may be a stupid question, but have you tried applying Dullcote to the donkey figures?

S'quatch, in that last shot, I noticed the blocks that define the lip of the platform - brilliant detail! What did you use there?

These 28mm figures might do it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fenryll-Fantasy-Mini-Resin-28mm-3-Stages-Werewolf-Pack-MINT-/360792953905?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

My intention is to assemble an HO scale consist that kids will recognize as the Polar Express. Lionel has the rights to the Polar Express which is why it isn't produced in OO or HO, only O scale. So, I picked up some Walthers heavyweight Pullmans and the Bachmann Pere Marquette. I'll be stripping, painting and lettering the coaches and tweaking and lettering the loco. It won't be an exact match to the film, but kids won't know the difference - especially with the hobo and his campfire on the roof of a coach. I'm not building any winter theme modules, but will run the train around the clubs' miles and miles of scale HO track at shows.

I also ordered a set yesterday for the same purpose with advice from Jaz's topic page.

Its destined to be the Polar Express of course.

Putting DCC sound into a Bachmann HO Scale Pere Marquette 1225 Steam Loco today - in between buying and setting up a Christmas tree. Who can tell me what I might be doing with that particular loco with that engine number? Search engines no fair.

I have not invested in developing static grass expertise, but the realism you bring to your scenery convinces me.

I admire the look of the turf upon which the dragon is marauding - what products did you use?

Just made a hefty deposit to have a 6'X 10' enclosed cargo trailer made to my specifications to tote my railway modules around the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. When I take posession and begin installing the module racks, I'll post photos. I expect I'll also use it for module storage to free up some room in by basement.