Kitbash a large-scale fire truck
Sometime last year I took a serious look at one of my vehicles. I leave my vehicles out all year,…
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Large language models (LLMs) or as they are colloquially known, AI, have made impressive progress since I last explored possible…
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Kids of the 1950s loved Lionel’s little switch engines. The stubby proportions and whirling drive rods of these classics give…
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My garden railway is like a 4 x 8-foot layout, only it’s scaled up to around 12 x 32 feet…
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If you’ve read Model Railroader or many of our books and special issues, you’ve probably seen references to timetable-and-train-order operation,…
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Harvey Simon’s HO F Line traction layout is set in modern-day San Francisco, re-creating the route between the Castro District…
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A mid-1940s view from the Henry Hudson Parkway bridge near the north end of New York City shows the converging…
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Joe Algozzini, perhaps the preeminent expert on Lionel trains and accessories manufactured during the post-World War II era (1945-69) has…
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Fake steam gauges I’ve made my own fake gauges before I thought of this. I found some pictures of gauges…
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Should it stay or should it go? Model Railroader magazine editors Eric White and Bryson Sleppy talk about the reasons…
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Verlyn Noring received his first train set when he was 5 years old. Today, he still admires that Marx No.…
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A rail-themed restaurant is a concept familiar to many rail enthusiasts. Perhaps you’ve dined at one yourself. Often located in…
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