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What Have YOU Accomplished This Year?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 4, 2005 11:18 AM
Ive:

1.Planned my track layout, drew it up in AutoCadd, pirnted it out full scale.

2. built all my benckwork (all 3'x6')

3. laid down foam base, hardshelled everything with paper Mache

4. Laid roadbed, about 60% of my track

5. built 3 structures, to about 90% finished, then stopped...[banghead]

6. Made ground foam, scenicked about 20% of the layout

I keep a digital camera handy and take pictures as I complete things... flipping back through the pictures helps me feel as though Im getting somewhere. I put them in different folders on my computer with the date they were taken as the folder name.
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Posted by htgguy on Sunday, December 4, 2005 1:02 PM
I have learned a lot and enjoyed even more. Got all the track laid on my around the wall switching layout. Began using an airbrush and learning to weather. I have started scenic work on my layout, built a number of rolling stock kits and my first structure. Working out a method for making trees. I have about 8-10' of track ballasted.

I have to thank people on this and other forums for much of this progress. It has been a great year for modelling and I just wish my job allowed me more time for it.

Jim
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 4, 2005 2:16 PM
i got my first layout (4X4") and already added 4X8" to it. -This spring my granfather passed away. A few months ago we ran across his 4'X4' layout and i said i'd take it (i always enjoyed running it) and just like a spark i had a model railroad. Now I'm into the hobby[:D]
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Posted by trainfreek92 on Sunday, December 4, 2005 3:52 PM
I have ripped up my ho scale layout!!!! now i have started laying track on the new n scale. My goals for next year are to complete the layout[:D] see this thread next year!!! (you are going to reserect it again right) Tim
Running New England trains on The Maple Lead & Pine Tree Central RR from the late 50's to the early 80's in N scale
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Posted by krump on Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:26 PM
not much...





same as last year

cheers, krump

 "TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6

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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:35 PM
Tim, I expect to be here next year, and yes, I'll bring this topic back. I love tradition. Even demolition is progress.

Krump, I believe even you have made some progress this year, since last year all you said was

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Well done, some words! There's hope for you yet.[swg]

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