I need to make some attractive facia text labels for my HO CNY&NE Railroad and would love to have some ideas on how to proceed. I was considering using "Word" to make some text blocks, have them laminated and gluing them to the facia with some type of glue that did not melt the plastic laminating material. I also was considering using a large sheet of sticky label material sold at Staples and printing directly on these sheets. A paper cutter could be used to cut the labels to size and then stick them to the facia.

Anyone ever found interesting things walking along a stretch of track? The other day I found this cassette. Anyone found anything else interesting? Wouldn't mind trying to figure out how to add some random litter along my layout.

I have never heard of "Mehano" brand of HO locos or rolling stock.

Can anyone fill me in on this brand?  Is it a quality brand name or just run of the mill stuff?

G.T.

There's a recent forum thread on the topic of how to dimension a structure from photos, so what follows is a brain dump of how I designed my kitbashed structure. Given I'm not trying for an exact copy -- more like "as close as I can get with Pikestuff parts" -- just how do I decide how big to make this thing, and all the individual bits of it?