Welcome to my Website
Hello. My Name is Don Niday and welcome to the Iron Creek Shops website.
The Iron Creek Shops is a way for me to help my friend and sometimes partner, Mr. David Queener in His efforts to develope and enchorage Standard Gauge modeling in 1:20.32 scale, or as the National Model Railroad Association has finally accepted F-Scale model railroading.
When David introduced me to this idea. It was exactly what I was used to in smallers scales, so when I got hooked with this wonderful large scale modeling I wanted nothing but to help create DGauge in 1:20.32.
I also saw that to be recognized, we needed to sound like other scales so we hashed around the idea of what to call it. This only made sense. (see What is F-Scale)
This was exciting stuff. We were creating a new scale. We now would be able to model in both Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge in 1:20.32.
We decided we needed a letter to help recognize the scale. So after petitioning with several other interested modelers at a few train shows we were attending, we came to an agreement for the letter F.
Now,
This venture by a growing number of modelers and manufacturers has become a steady, major movement to build quality models showing accurate attention to details considering both scale and gauge differences for good, accurate models in the Large Scale Model Train market. (see What is F-Scale)
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My Modeling
I'm first, A model railroader desiring to build a nice believable, fun model railroad. I've started building a medium sized layout remarkably indoors. I'm lucky enough to have a fairly descent sized basement under my home to which with a bit of imagination, I'm turning into a nice little logging empire twisting and turning down through the 600 sq. ft. canyon and back out again.
I could only achieve this by flipping it over on itself once and at one end I've run the scene from floor to ceiling to make it all seem to work. On one of the following pages, you can follow from my planning stages up and hopefully thru it's completion, if I live that long.
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The Iron Creek Shops
As many of you know, since this scale is still relatively new, there really aren't that many true to scale items out yet to actually build a scale model railroad. So, because of this, much of the detail has to be built from scratch. As I do this, or have it done for me, the process usually ends up creating a master for making the new piece which then potentially becomes a new product that I can sell or not at my "Iron Creek Shops".
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| Note: I travel a lot, for my real job in commercial construction.
This being said then, is also why my time with the store-end of things
is very unpredictable and usually short winded for time needed to make
it operate as I would like, at least until I retire someday. Until
then, I'm still taking orders for items, but won't advertise as I used
to. The order inquirers will be answered and then filled, but only
around my then present work schedule. (I can't hardly send you a piece
of track if I'm not there to send it to ya.)
Thanks for all of your support.
Peace and hopefully you will come back often,
Don
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