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How-to Library: Building a turntable, Part 3 – Installing the motor mechanism
Oct 11, 2020

How-to Library: Building a turntable, Part 3 – Installing the motor mechanism

David has now arrived at the stage where it’s time to install the drive mechanism into his assembled O scale…

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The Hills Line with James McNab: Harnessing electrons and wiring electronic devices, Episode 6
Oct 9, 2020

The Hills Line with James McNab: Harnessing electrons and wiring electronic devices, Episode 6

In this episode of The Hills Line, host James McNab crawls under his emerging HO scale layout to walk and…

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MRVP Summer Camp: Day 4 Morning
Sep 11, 2020

MRVP Summer Camp: Day 4 Morning

Camp Director David Popp was up’n at’m early to powder up his passenger cars and work out the weathering effects,…

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Summer Camp: Day 5 Morning
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 5 Morning

Camp Director David Popp is making a mad scramble to complete projects on the final day of MRVP Summer Camp…

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Summer Camp: Day 5 Afternoon
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 5 Afternoon

It’s the final session of Summer Camp 2020 and Camp Director David Popp is paddling fast to finish his projects…

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Summer Camp: Day 4 Morning
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 4 Morning

Camp Director David Popp was up’n at’m early to powder up his passenger cars and work out the weathering effects,…

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Summer Camp: Day 4 Afternoon
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 4 Afternoon

Resupplies have arrived! Plenty of parts and pieces to help Director David Popp get things primed for making lots of…

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Summer Camp: Day 3 Morning
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 3 Morning

A care package has arrived at camp, so David has plenty to keep him busy in this session! With parts…

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Summer Camp: Day 3 Afternoon
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 3 Afternoon

It’s a rust and dust afternoon weathering session for campers today! David uses his previously crafted roof masks to guide…

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Summer Camp: Day 2 Morning
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 2 Morning

In this episode, Camp Director David Popp gets his hands and several passenger cars good n’ grimy! Join the fun…

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Summer Camp: Day 2 Afternoon
Sep 9, 2020

Summer Camp: Day 2 Afternoon

After allowing the paint to dry from the Day 2 morning session, Camp Director David Popp inspects the progress on…

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The Hills Line with James McNab: Highways & Byways, Episode 5
Sep 9, 2020

The Hills Line with James McNab: Highways & Byways, Episode 5

The Hills Line host James McNab takes you on a trip through road construction techniques on his HO scale layout.…

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