My summertime project

As I mentioned below, I’m taking the summer to work on getting my O scale 2 rail modules out of mothballs and adding to them so I can finally run some trains. The plan below is what I’m hoping will happen. The stretch of track at the top is basically my existing modules with a bit of modification. The dark colored track is running. The rest is around three walls in my garage. The space is about 27’ long x 13’ wide. I started by building a new wall down the center of my 2-1/2 car garage and insulating so I can run all winter. My Harley currently sits in the center of the horseshoe. It will be in storage over the winter. The notch in the wall at the right encloses a staircase to the 2nd. floor loft. The gray 180 at the left is a free standing pair of curves that can be put in place, in front of the overhead door, for continuous running. They are not built and will be the last piece, since back and forth switching is what I enjoy most. It is a pretty tight layout with mostly 36” radius’s and #5 turnouts, but the largest engine I own is a Pennsy H-9 Consolidation and it runs just fine. Most cars are 40’ with some 50’s. I also have a bunch of small critters. Well that’s all for now. I’ll be back with more.

The Latest FREEBIE is now available

Something a little different this time.  We already have various crates scattered in some Kits and Textures, but these are brand new.  Different sizes and different wood textures and colors.  Hope you enjoy them.

One last thing, I’m taking the rest of the summer off.  I’ll still be taking care of business but there probably wont be any new FREEBIES until September or so.  We’ll still be tracking the MAGIC NUMBER, but no matter how high it gets, no new freebie till fall.

I’ll be spending my time attempting to get my old O scale modular layout running again, with some additions.  More on that as it progresses.  I’m still available to answer questions.

Pix from Matthew Beauregard

Here’s some great pix of the Silver City Tool Shed from Matthew.  AND GET THIS.  This is his first Cardstock build.  Super job Matt.  I never would have guessed this was a first time.

The Magic number has been reset to 2.

You all should know by now that this means we’ve reached another 200 sales and so another FREEBIE has been posted.  This time we bring back a blast from the past and a bit more.  It has been quite a few years since our Rooftop Signs have been available.  We used to sell them for a couple of bucks each.  Now you get three for free.  Yes, besides the two old timers UPPER COLA and ACE STORAGE, there is a new COCA COLA sign.  Please note that these signs have been completely redone.  The framework is more robust and there are better assembly views and much better instructions.