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rvn2001 - Sun 24 Jun - 12:37

Excellent! Dr. Frankenshteen....

stonysmith - Sat 23 Jun - 10:40

It is alive!

LWR21 - Mon 28 May - 14:58

Yes, Gerd has built some.

bjw - Fri 25 May - 17:56

Hi, All,Did someone here do a GMD-1 CN loco? Gerd?

southernnscale - Mon 21 May - 22:50

Thanks! Back in business! all changed and works!!!! Yeee! haa!

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Stony, Walt, the profile page has been fixed. I disabled an out of date plug-in.

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Thanks! Kinda late but better then never! been off for a while!

stonysmith - Mon 2 Apr - 21:12

Walt.. the photo is fixed.

southernnscale - Sun 1 Apr - 21:41

sorry about the photo being upside down. but it was right side up before loading it!!! Just not my day!

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Happy Easter! to all

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Happy Easter All!

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HOPPY EASTER !!

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Hi, Johnathan (Catt) - Glad to hear you're still at it. Visit here when you can, keep us posted how you're doing.

Catt - Mon 29 Jan - 17:11

Hi guyZ,thought I would let y'all know that I am still kickin' around just not doing much Z right now.I I can barely hang on to my HO stuff.Hope y'all are doing great' :-)

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Happy New Year!! Here is a video of my Z scale layout built on a G scale flatcar.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njVNOZOIRVo

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Merry Christmas to everyone!

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My ShapeWays order shipped on Friday! woohoo!

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Shapeways has extended their Cyber Monday sale thru Tuesday .. 10% off and free shipping on orders over $25www.shapeways.com

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I've already got one of each on order.

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ZSM is taking preorders for the Rokuhan powered chassis - this could be a game changer! Link

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MICHRR 1844-06-25 The Central road reaches Albion from Jackson.
NHRS 1866-06-25 Federal act authorizing construction of bridges across the Mississippi River, to be 'free for the crossing of all trains of railroads terminating on either side of the river for reasonable compensation'.
MICHRR 1866-06-25 Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw RR completes line from Mason to Lansing.
NHRS 1874-06-25 Atlantic & Great Western stockholders approve Erie's lease of the A&GW.
ACRR 1880-06-25 West Jersey Railroad Board appoints conference committee to adjust questions with Camden & Atlantic Railroad; reports progress in negotiations to acquire Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim Railway. (MB)
NHRS 1881-06-25 Northern Pacific's first train enters Spokane, Washington.
ACRR 1933-06-25 PRR and Reading Company lines in southern New Jersey consolidated; West Jersey & Seashore Railroad leased to Atlantic City Railroad; connections built to ACRR north of Harbor Branch Jct. and 51st Street, Ocean City; WJ&S Cape May terminals and WJ&S Ocean City track abandoned; most other duplicate lines continue to operate through the summer season; buses replace rail service between 51st Street, Ocean City and Sea Isle City for summer.
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NHRS 1938-06-25 President Roosevelt signs the Wage and Hours Act. One of its provisions requires that red caps (baggage handlers at railroad stations) be paid a minimum hourly wage in addition to the tips which had been their sole income.
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I've read lots of advice, howto, intro, and helpful things on the internet about modeling railroads.

But nowhere is there any information for the beginner, such as myself, on how to document a build online. A sort of best practices for noobs. Sure I can read about how to blog one place and macro photo in another; there's an article or two published about photographing models every now and then. Composition and framing subjects aside, there isn't much in terms of sharing the process of building itself.

Some options:

  • dedicated site / cms / blog 
  • hosted blog (like this one)
  • facebook / google+
  • flickr / instagram
  • live video stream
They all have their pluses and minuses. For now, it seems like the hosted blog is the best way. They're great for just text and photos with tagging. The only problem with it is the backing up the posts on to a computer I own - an easily solved problem.
 
I'll will try to document my build here ~ if it gets in the way, a webcam and live stream will replace it. 

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