Kitbash a saddle tank engine
Kitbash a saddle tank engine: I uncovered an old Lionel large scale 0-6-0 with outside drive gears that I had kitbashed several years…
Read moreKitbash a saddle tank engine: I uncovered an old Lionel large scale 0-6-0 with outside drive gears that I had kitbashed several years…
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See what you’re really modeling: Does this ever happen to you? You’re driving down a street you’ve gone down a…
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Derailments of the curious kind: Several months ago, my operations chief Gordy Spiering and I were orbiting a couple trains…
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An N scale loading ramp for Bakersfield: In 1979, Jim FitzGerald, remembered fondly by many of us N scalers as…
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Tips for Body-mounted couplers on auto racks: When N scale got its start in Europe in the 1960s, its originators…
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By Toyoji Sekine / Photos by Kaori Komatsu In the 1950s, when I was a small child, an O gauge…
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Why horseshoe curves work better in N scale: Caliente, Calif., is a little town on the Union Pacific between Bakersfield…
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Where do I find paint for toy train projects? Q: I am looking to restore some of my trains. How…
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Name: Walt Urban Jr.’s HK&WU RR Gauge: ODimensions: 12½ x 16 feet Track and switches: Lionel (diameters range from 31…
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Name: Russ Boersma’s O gauge layout Dimensions: 22 x 34 feet Track and switches: GarGraves (diameters from 72 to 120…
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Facts & features Name: The Flushing & Brooklyn RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 3 x 6 feetPrototype: freelanceLocale: Flushing Village, N.Y.Era:…
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Facts & features Name: Cascade & Twin Mountain RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-6″ x 21′-0″ Prototype: freelanced Locale:…
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