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New Couplers for FVM Bay Window Caboose

January 9, 2013
New Couplers for FVM Bay Window Caboose

Bill Denton shows how to make the change to a z scale coupler…

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Passenger Car Window Tinting

November 15, 2012
Passenger Car Window Tinting

Looking for that vintage blue tinted glass common to passenger equipment? Bill Denton shows how it’s done…

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M&R Models New Etched Passenger Car Sides

February 28, 2012
M&R Models New Etched Passenger Car Sides

Italy has a pretty good track record of producing some amazing designers – Ferrari, Armani, Versace – that are known worldwide.  A bit of that culture has apparently rubbed off on Roberto Martari.  Roberto has designed the premier line of N scale etched brass sides which are available through his company, M&R Models.  For those …

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New in the Gallery: Trainworx 40ft Corrugated Trailer

February 25, 2012
New in the Gallery: Trainworx 40ft Corrugated Trailer

If you haven’t seen the newest N scale trailers from Trainworx in person, the next best thing is to stop by our gallery and check out the photos of a sharp Union Pacific 40ft corrugated dry van.

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Modeling Corn with Broom Straw

February 23, 2012
Modeling Corn with Broom Straw

By Mike Skibbe As a midwestern modeler, farm fields are a necessary modeling project.  Some crops like soybean, cabbage, and wheat can be convincingly modeled with a combination of ground foam and static grass materials.  Most early spring crops look about the same with small green plants peaking out from manicured rows of tilled soil.  …

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Kato Budd Corrugated Passengers Cars Revisited

January 17, 2012
Kato Budd Corrugated Passengers Cars Revisited

by Mike Skibbe Back before Kato began their “name” train releases, they released two series of passenger cars that did not form any particular train.  Rather, the smoothside and corrugated releases followed the standard mix of matching baggage, RPO, coach, diner, sleeper, dome, and observation cars.  While the smoothside cars followed UP prototypes (observation excluded) …

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