Good Lord I hate ballasting.

It is one of the most tedious and mind numbing things to do with scenery. That's why I use Kato Unitrack. However, I used standard Atlas flex for my HO scale layout and it is killing me trying to ballast this track. I am a bit of a perfectionist so this is going to take a lot longer, but in the end it is all worth it. Maybe once I get the next section finished I will upload some pics.

Tiny pieces and itty bitty holes.

So this past week I have finally decided to work on a project I have had sitting for quite a while. I put together some Micro-Trains 1015 couplers for my D&RGW old time passenger train and it was a pain in the ass. I think next time I will just buy the preassembled couplers and call it a day. On the plus side, after assembling them, the installation was easy as pie and went rather quickly. I had to drill pilot holes in the deck of the cars for the tiny screws and after that it was simply a matter of screwing them on. They look pretty damn good too. Now all I have left to do is install a decoder in the loco that goes with them.

Well, that was a failure.

Spring break has come and gone and alas, no trains. I got very little time to work on them and in the end all I accomplished was putting together some MT1015 couplers and installing them on some Roundhouse passenger cars. I did get some more scenery work done on my HO switching layout though. That was fairly nice and I also installed a decoder in my beloved Kato SD70MAC in the BNSF "Vomit Bonnet" paint. I might add an update later to include a few pics of it. Now I have that loco in two scales. Many people like to put it down, but I like that paint. Different strokes I guess. Anyway, that's enough for now.

SPRING BREAK!!! WOOOHOOO!! TIME FOR TRAINS!!!

This week I am going to be doing some work on both layouts even if it kills me! I have more than enough materials and projects that need done in three different scales to keep me busy all week. I haven't yet introduced any of my Z scale projects, but I will soon. For now I will just stick with the N and HO scale layouts. More to come this week and hopefully with pics!