My club has used its N-TRAK modules so little over the three years since we discovered T-TRAK that we finally got rid of them because they were just taking up space. Here is a trailer full waiting to make their final journey to the dump on Sunday. They've given good service though, some of the modules were built in 1979 or earlier but sadly as far as the club's concerned they have outlived their usefulness.
I saw you guys there at the show, nice work. Hope you think about coming up north a bit to join us (NTBN) in Decatur IL for Train Fair in April.
The other day I found a box of Tomix track dad had ordered to rebuild his layout before he passed away and found three 280mm radius turnouts. After playing around with a couple on a bare corner module I decided to turn it into a junction for some single track modules I am planning to build. The turnouts and associated curves are only 2mm less radius than the inside track and everything that will take that will pass through ok.
just got back I`am working on another corner and built carring boxes I`ll have more pics from the MN. Houstan Hoe down next weekend. Big party !
barn - model power http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/490-1517 grain elevator - walthers http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3238 silo - rix http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/628-707
aeromotor is also walthers [video=youtube;BD20SpEFO34]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD20SpEFO34[/video]
Here's a couple of shots of my newest T-Trak module that is going to be in a Greenberg show tomorrow in Danbury CT. It's a double length module. The water is Woodland Scenics Realistic Water
I do not do T-Trak, but I model autumn in the 1940s on my home layout. I like the fall colors and like you use many of the autumn trees. I am experimenting in an ongoing manner to weather my trees to make them less bright and more subtle. Nice Work!!
I'm working on an inside corner to take to the Oklahoma City Train Show next month. I really like that grain elevator. I may have to build one. Some of the photos I pull up on Google are really cool with a lot of random "appendages" going off in all directions.
Well, this is what I have so far. I had a bag of old Evergreen styrene scraps from all the corrugated metal buildings that I have built in the past. I was able to butt enough pieces together to get some of the larger walls and roof pieces. Was kind of fun seeing what all I could come up with, sort of a puzzle. The switch is bogus, a real dummy just there for looks. I don't think Kato Unitrak comes in a switch with the correct radius for that application.
Ahh, but even thought they don't show up in the photo, the tops of the rails are nice and shiny. I got to looking at this photo to see what I forgot. Then it hit me. Signage. It needs some billboard name on the side like "Rice Growers Co-Op" or something like that.
