So the model railroading has taken a sideboard while we try to get a couple rooms painted in the house. Saturday I went to an estate sale. The homeowner had an HO-scale layout (what was left of it, anyway) in his basement. They also had a large amount of HO-scale buildings and rolling stock left - but at the time I arrived (8am) they were unwilling to budge on the prices. They also had dozens of years of Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman magazines. ...