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Garden Railways › How To ›

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Kitbash a Texaco gas station
Mar 17, 2023

Kitbash a Texaco gas station

I had an idea to kitbash a Texaco gas station using pieces of a broken Wells Fargo Pola building. I wanted…

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Kitbash an inexpensive flag stop station
Feb 12, 2023

Kitbash an inexpensive flag stop station

Kitbash an inexpensive flag stop station: I stopped by a garage sale last year that had children’s toys piled up…

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Build a small cottage for your railway
Jan 22, 2023

Build a small cottage for your railway

As soon as my railway was operational I began to teach myself how to build scale structures, including how to…

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Scratchbuild a rural large scale depot
Aug 26, 2022

Scratchbuild a rural large scale depot

I wanted to scratchbuild a rural large scale depot to replace one that was past its prime on my garden…

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A rural farmhouse for your garden railroad
Apr 4, 2022

A rural farmhouse for your garden railroad

When I started my garden railroad, around 1994 or 1995, I built structures from drawings printed in old Model Railroader…

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Scratchbuild a coal company from plastic
Mar 30, 2022

Scratchbuild a coal company from plastic

Scratchbuild a coal company: Before oil and electric became practical, coal was the fuel of choice for heating homes and…

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Garden railroad MI Jack Crane
Feb 22, 2022

Garden railroad MI Jack Crane

A garden railroad MI Jack Crane: Something unique, something different, that’s what I needed to endure the long winter of…

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Kitbash a large-scale bunkhouse
Feb 7, 2022

Kitbash a large-scale bunkhouse

  I like to spend my Saturday mornings going to garage sales. Occasionally I find something I can use for…

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A portal for a tree-stump tunnel
Jul 6, 2021

A portal for a tree-stump tunnel

Why build a garden railroad tunnel portal Thanks to the invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer, several large ash trees…

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What kind of paint should a large-scale modeler use?
Feb 17, 2021

What kind of paint should a large-scale modeler use?

There are three basic ingredients to any paint: the pigment, the binder, and the solvent. The pigment is what gives…

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Efficient and well-stocked workshop for the garden railroader
Feb 16, 2021

Efficient and well-stocked workshop for the garden railroader

Garden railroad workshops come in all shapes and sizes. What is important about the workshop is that the work surface…

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Drawings of the Mogul steam locomotive
Apr 26, 2019

Drawings of the Mogul steam locomotive

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