My Whispers

A step-by-step list of proven methods to model convincing N-scale mountains, valleys, and rock cuts with realistic geology, textures, and vegetation.

Houses have had their fences built. About time.

So this is the branch life takes sometimes.

Adding a dynamic element like smoke to a ridge-top bushfire can take my layout from a static scene to a real showstopper.

Now I remember, somewhere in my shed, there is an ice cream container of Red/brown Bulldust dirt from outback that my mate Wolf gave me.

Firstly, I needed to decide what I would be using as roads.

Suddenly, an idea struck me, and I had to get up after all.

Well, I have tried to get my head around something very new to an old bloke.

Through the week I got tired of pulling those tree trunks down the hill by hand, so I installed a Drag Line.

I needed some more houses for my Village. So I had to dust off the old 3D printer. I nearly needed a scraper; the dust was so thick.

I am not too bad at coding with XHTML, but now they want me to learn HTML5. Groan, I'm getting too old for all this. Oh well, I might as well have a go.

Ten practical ways to document your N scale layout history, from origin stories and maps to photo logs, roster records, and operating session archives.