New World Datsuns...

I picked up my 3 new front windows today to replace these windows. https://i.postimg.cc/QNFWLrFf/DSC01280.jpg I forgot to take photos of the windows as I had other places to get to, maybe photos tomorrow, I forgot to ask about screens when I ordered them, they did come with screens, they do not have...

It started raining here and it is not washing the dirt off very well, I may have to pressure wash it. Since it has been raining I got the 3rd circuit working on the coffee table train, at one point I had all 3 trains running for likely 15 minutes without a wreck or derailment, that is not always the...

I redid what I had done with the 4 leaf compost, it all went into the garden, I did this after going to H and H recycling and asking questions about the dirt they sell, I went with the dirt even though it had been rained on and was like sticky clumps, before loading me the guy asked if I would like ...

I worked on it a little today, then it started raining, the good thing about the rain is it will wash all the dirt off the pavers, it was the same with the last 8 feet of my walkway in the garden, they were filthy when I finished but it rained and they were clean, all I had to do is wait. I needed f...

So this is what I have been doing during daylight hours when it has not been raining. https://i.postimg.cc/VkRHYTBg/DSC01318.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/W41Ytn5v/DSC01319.jpg I did this today, I had to move some axles and heavy wood beam and other stuff that hide the axles. https://i.postimg.cc/85qZKVN...

I bought all these [avers(8" X 16"), 3 days ago I started installing them, near my patio I had to dig out dirt to make it level with the patio cement throwing it towards the garden railroad ties, working my way out towards the garden I had to dig less and less, about have way I started using the dir...

I have made more progress on this dob structure, I did a lot of everything, mostly I worked on the base this time, I installed the side bearing pads on the base that the side bearings rest in, the pads were made a several months ago, so all I needed to do was remove some material and install them so...

I have made headway on the telescope parts. https://i.postimg.cc/Kz1GZJdM/DSC01289.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/NMZgLRcP/DSC01290.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/7Y3xYCQm/DSC01294.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Dw77W29F/DSC01295.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/yNdBPL6b/DSC01296.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/4xwsVDGc/DSC01297.jp...

I wish I had that kind of engine compartment room in my Datsun 521 trucks, I can barely get the hoods closed.

I finally got my telescope aluminum parts back, I told the guy I was not in a hurry which maybe was a mistake, but everything looks good so far, his welding looks great. https://i.postimg.cc/ZRtVgg1W/DSC01276.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/90B8ypgr/DSC01277.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/mZ35xLZB/DSC01278.jpg h...

Winter time projects. I’ve always thought train setups were cool but I don’t think I’ll ever have the patience to build one. Around Christmas time here every year they set up a very large (probably close to 1000 foot of track) diorama at the children’s museum (McWane Science Center) in Birmingham f...

Is this N or Z scale? Either way, pretty cool. You know I read this post again and realized that it is Z scale, but I now wish it had been N scale, all hobby shops have lots of N scale parts/accessories, Z scale is hard to find, there are only 2 hobby shops in the Portland/Vancouver area that carry...

DRIVEN wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:48 pm

Really cool
You and the previous builder obviously spent a lot of energy on that.

I am the previous builder.

I went to a new hobby place yesterday and today, yesterday I bought 3 more two foot flex track pieces and finished the extra(for fun) center area, while I was there I looked at other things also like the power unit/controller that controls the speed and direction the train moves, they had a newer ty...

Well that just double sucks. Hopefully her insurance company treats her fairly. Fact is he was house sitting, and the trees falling on it were an "Act of God" according to the home owners insurance, she has something that is paying for the car rental and the people that own the house she was house ...

Well at least you have a replacement. My sister is driving a rental because 2 trees fell on her Subaru Forester, one fir tree fell on it and squashed it, then later another fir tree fell on it and totally flattened it before the first tree was removed I believe, either way mother nature did not like...

I have spent hours playing with this coffee table train, what I do is get each train on its own circuit running smoothly without anything derailing, if it keeps derailing in a known spot I move all my attention to it and then either adjust something, or pull the track up and either put new track dow...

Is that your vehicle? Sorry, I do not know as I do not even pay attention to modern vehicles, my neighbors have to flash their lights and honk at me before I even notice them and then I think I did something wrong until I see their faces, then I wave as fast as I can before I drive past them, most t...

I have been thinking about that, today I was looking to see if anyone made Z scale trees for the edges mostly, I pulled out my Monopoly game and looked at the houses/hotels for size, it appears to me the hotels are houses, and the little green houses are tiny homes, I am not sure I want to take apar...

This was my fix to keep the water moving when it was 14 degrees outside. https://i.postimg.cc/Pr3NgF7h/DSC01227.jpg This is my coffee table train, all the wood-colored wood is where new track will be added. https://i.postimg.cc/DzFVB7cz/DSC01229.jpg Painted gray like gravel would look. https://i.pos...