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Class Yard Clinic

I recently completed the trackage Birdsboro Yard, so I wanted to test it to make sure that I could switch trains in in it.  I created a video explaining how I classify cars at Birdsboro Yard.  Hopefully it has some info that might be helpful to others.

New Ah-Hah Moment video on Universal Modeling Chart ...

I just now made a video and posted it on TMTV about the MRH Universal Modeling Sizes chart and how to use it:

I wanted to experiment with Zoom recording and trying to get better video and audio, so I tried a new camera and microphone. Plus with Zoom, it's easy to capture my computer screen while I talk, so that's a plus.

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Dr Joe’s Amazing Versatile High Performance Acrylic Thinner !

A few years ago I picked up three HOn3 Blackstone/Soundtraxx 20th anniversary boxcars at a discounted price. My plan was to give them a coat of appropriate colored Vallejo paint and then add new decals to add some economical boxcars to the roster.

Out came the airbrush and within a few minutes the purple and lavender paint job was gone and I thought I was on my way. However after the paint dried the underlying lettering was very visible. That is where the project stalled.

Whenever I walked by the layout I could almost hear those boxcars snickering at me...

Ah-hah Moment: LED light strip mounting solutions

Modeling UP's new M-O-W train

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Building a Model Railroad from ground up - EPISODE 1

This video is the first in a serie, where we´re building a beginners style Model Railroad from start to end in only 18 days. The layout measures 1.5 x 2.5m (5 x 8ft) and can therefore be built in most bed- and living rooms.

 

 


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