Model Trains Bible Blog

hey I just want to let you know I used your videos to learn how to model for a class project (Georgia Tech), it was VERY helpful! Thank you!

Thanks for the information I live in the boonies and finding the information locally is hard this way it gives me something to refer to thanks again

First of all fantastic work!! At the end of this video you show a sample piece you made to practice the coloring of the washes, I see you also had a nice thick spot of grass. How did you get it to be so thick and natural, is it just a lot of layers? what type of grass was it, weeds fine turf?

It’s a surform rasp.

What is the name of the third carving tool you named (yellow handle)?

hi thks so much for this tutorials, a rookie question, do you lay roadbed/track over the foam?
or it’s no a excellent thought?

well done man , thanks for taking the time to show us all your tricks and skills , fantastic help for anyone looking to build a excellent layout , well done

i couldent know you in the supplies if you can email me back with the lis of supplies you use

well , I should of known that you would have a back up plot for the hot water heater r&r, based on the craftsmanship of your project,well done ! I was wondering if you could tell me the (pro’s & con’s ) between the h.o. scale and the n scale. I see your response posted on why you changed over, but I still don’t know which of the 2 scales that I should go with and why. It looks like h.o.has more detail .

I designed the suspended yard so that it’s removable. It takes about 10 minutes to take the whole thing down.

Wow, I just spent hours on your web site, following your progress from Sept 03 to March 09. Incredible, what a craftsman.I did smile when I saw the hot water tank,after replacing two of my three, I wouldn’t be that keen to do a swap out on that one.

I wanted to do mountain railroading and had a limited amount of space to do what I wanted. If I were to do that section you see in the beginning in HO It would be 23 feet wide and 5 feet deep. In addition my layout goes around the family room walls so I need to design it so it would take up as small space as possible yet give me plenty of space to do the things I wanted. N scale worked perfectly for me.

Hi Everett, your videos are very informative,and you seem very knowledgeable in this leisure activity. I had h.o. scale when I was a child. I am going to follow all of your videos as a bible. You said you changed to the “N” scale. Why ?? I wish to know so when I start this leisure activity next month I can buy the scale that has the best options in that scale, and you would know best . You made a change to invest all of your time in this scale there must be a few excellent reasons. Thanks again..I am keen to start !!

Very excellent videos.. Keep them coming

HO and N scale cost about the same.

Is N scale cheaper than HO scale? I want to build an N scale version of my HO scale layout, but I want to know how much dough I would be buring.

where are u from

I’m thinking it will if it’s the kind of foam I’m picturing in my mind. you can experiment on a small piece to see how well it carves.

now I have some blue polystyrene, Will that work as well as that pink stuff you got?

Yes, you can do that, that was the standard procedure in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The only problem was that is was so HEAVY! The last layout I built was of sculptamold with carboard supports, much lighter than plaster of paris. This methods looks best though, I’m going to try it onthe new layout I’m plotting.

i use gorilla glue too glue the foam. works fantastic!

It won’t work well for carving. Now what you could do(and I reckon this would work ok) is use the Styrofoam as a substrate for the mountain. So in other words you’d glue the Styrofoam in place and carve/cut it into roughly the shape you want and then cover the foam with rock castings.

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u can use styrofoam