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I didn't always mind it so much. Over the years though, as I've built more and more layouts, I've come to despise it. I've tried all different types, including some of the varieties with two inch foam, but if I had to pick a so called favorite it would be L-girder with plywood sub roadbed which is what the new one is.

Gentlemen & Ladies,

I've read with much interest the process of "stacking" pictures of the same scene at different focus setting using software to achieve better depth of field.  Charlie Comstock has an excellent presentation on this on this MRH site and recently shared more of his wonderful pictures shot outdoors and edited using stacking software - in his case (and mine) by Helicon Focus. http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconfocus.html

Well, it's been a while since my last update. I have been distracted by work for the last little while but things are calming down again.

I have spent what little free time I have converting two engines to DCC and learning (playing with) my NCE system. After converting my Kato C44-9W (a simple drop-in replacement), I decided to convert my Altas GP35.

This was not a drop-in replacement and also required some machining of the frame to make the decoder fit. Fortunately, my handy Dremel tool took care of that. In all, it took about an hour to convert.