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SMA41 Working Neon Signs for Most Any Scale
Neon signs were prevalent in the United States from the 1920’s on. Modeling neon signs in scale have had mixed results. Here is a method of constructing simulated neon signs (no high voltage and no glass) for most any scale you can imagine. Several approaches are presented from simple to elaborate. Let’s have a look.
Celebrating the Eighth Anniversary of the railroad with a name change
It occurs to me that I almost blew right through the anniversary of my current layout again. Sometime in August, eight years ago, I started this journey. After years of N and HO layouts built to varying degrees of completion, I finally figured out what I wanted and set about achieving it. I had settled on calling it the "Blackwater and Blue Hollow" and with a nod to my favorite modeler, John Allen, the colloquial name was "The Black N' Blue".
SMA40 Modeling with Magnets: Working MU Connections, Brake Hoses, Structure Mounts & Boxes
I was fascinated when I read about Fairway Park Model Products automatic/magnetic air hose couplings for HO scale cars (now offered as PWRS MagnaLock Brake hoses) some eight years ago, because I had tried to build the same myself years before with no joy.
Installing Facia with a Hospital Table
Installing facia on my layout, the Trenton Subdivision in N scale. I’m using 1/8 inch mahogany plywood screwed to the cross bracing. I have left room above the screws to attach a removable plexiglass shield.
D&H Jordan Spreader, Intermodal and D&H swag!
In this video I receive two very awesome pieces from a follower/friend, as well as some D&H things another friend picked up at an estate sale in Albany.
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