Over the years I’ve built a whole lot of wood structures – large and small, laser-cut kits and stick-built, beginner…
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Can you believe hobbyists used to use toxic chemicals on model railroads? In the days before hobby shops sold premade…
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A while ago, I wrote about the Free-Mo modular standard. This month I thought I would share my thought processes…
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Passengers were the missing element on the daily Amtrak trains operating over my HO Ohio Southern until I discovered sets…
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How to clean a dirty diesel locomotive Q: I just bought a 35-year-old Athearn HO SD45 painted as Electro-Motive Division’s…
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Steel slab loads have been the subject of many reader questions, including some looking for ways to simulate hot-steel loads.…
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How to re-stencil reporting marks: If you’ve waited at a grade crossing recently, you’ve probably noticed many freight cars with…
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Two interesting freelanced HO flatcar and gondola loads can be made out of plastic parts from used Bic disposable razors.…
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A lot of model railroads – and model railroaders – start out with that old standby, the 4 x 8-foot…
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Unless you’re content with watching your trains go around and around a simple loop, eventually you’re going to be looking…
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As the author of Model Railroader’s “Ask MR” column, I get a lot of questions from readers. Usually I either…
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