Simplifying body-mounted couplers
Simplifying body-mounted couplers: Former editor Neil Besougloff used to accuse me of trying to convert all N scale modelers to…
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How to make ‘good enough’ better: The N scale shipping house shown here isn’t finished, but I want to make…
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Dirt and N scale layouts: A locomotive model won’t run if current doesn’t pass from the rails to the pickup…
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Disassembling N scale diesel locomotives: In the 1990s, Kato pioneered its classic, vertically split-frame design. Since then, probably more than…
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Trouble with TankTrain cars: Sometimes I think this column should be called “Jim’s latest screw-up.” Here’s a recent case in…
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I thought about calling this column “What on earth were they thinking,” but that wouldn’t have made a good title…
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Roadbed for main lines and spurs: Lots of modelers in all scales take measures to differentiate mainline track from spurs…
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3D printed structures in N scale: In the heart of Tehachapi, Calif., near the Union Pacific’s double-track main line, stands…
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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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