Personal journal (editorial or commentary)
New to group
Thank you for having me as a member. I've always dreamed of building a layout and now. due to an accident at work, my dream is coming true. I'm building my layout in a spare room of our house. It is a 10x12 and I've gone down one wall 7' then down 12' then back up the other 10'. I've secured 1x1 to the walls for support and used 2x4's for leggs and also ripped them for the 1x1's. I toped iy all off with 1/2" masonite.
Progress on my Train Room - Video-
Well it's been a few months since I started working on the drywall in the train room. I have two coat's of mud on most of it. You might notice that inside corners only have the first coat ( Usually called the "Bed Coat" ). I use Straitflex tape for all of my inside corners. After the bed coat all I have to do is feather out the edges with Topping compound.I use "all purpose joint compound" for the first two coats then for the final coat I will use "Topping" compound. Its a lot easier to sand!
Hand-laying outdoor track "O" scale.
I want to create an "O" scale garden railroad and have questions about hand-laying track. Does anyone have any recommendations for the track and ties? Also any suggestions for roadbed.
To avoid electrical problems I will be going to battery operated trains and radio control.
I have been surfing the net for ideas but there are almost as many opinions as people and some are contradictory. I live in Connecticut so the weather changes from one season to another can be dramatic.
SWE - World War 2 Home Front in HO
... And now for some low quality (taken by phone) photos of the layout. They'll be replaced with better quality photos when I get a chance. The looked so much better on the phone than they do on the computer.
I'm in the process of setting up a web-page (exploring google sites, just out of curiosity), but will cross-post here if there is interest (and I'm capable)....
[update: Okay, low quality photos have been replaced with... Well, I suppose, mid-grade quality photos taken with a real camera.]
Info on JMRI Virtual Sound Decoder
Some of you have expressed an interest in Twindads development of the Virtual Sound Decoder in JMRI.
I'm posting a link,Download this version "JMRI Developer Release 2.13.2" Take a look, try it out and post any thoughts here.
http://jmri.sourceforge.net/help/en/package/jmri/jmrit/vsdecoder/VSDecoderFrame.shtml
SWE - Support the War Effort - World War 2 Home Front - Bibliography
Since I spent more time than I'd like to admit researching my universe, I thought I'd at least post my online sources of inspiration and (perhaps) save a few people some time in their own investigations. If nothing else, I can cause some other people to waste their time as well looking at all the nifty info. 
Re-Visting the KLR: Part II
It's been just short of a year since I started in on the re-design and construction of the KLR. In that time, the following has occurred and/or I have learned the following:
- the layout came down very easily (it's always easier to tear out than build up), with little destruction or loss to the modules. Yes some scenery was damaged but it's easily fixed. So far so good.
SWE - Support the War Effort - World War 2 Home Front in the basement
So, this is my first attempt at... Well everything... I've had a few aborted attempts at blogging as well as a few goes at model railroading. However, let's give'r a go and see if I can keep things rolling. I'll first give a bit of background (I started the layout last fall, so it's on it's way).
The "universe" in my basement (sounds very "Dr. Who"):
Style: Proto-Freelance (prob. more freelance than proto). DCC from the get go.
Setting: Canada in 1944(ish)
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