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Painting Fleet of Modernism cars

I'm attempting to paint a set of cars for the 1939 Broadway Limited (HO) but can't find any ready made decals. Does any...

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posted by kitsune

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Sculptamold vs. Celluclay

Hi I went to my local art supply store, but they didn't have Sculptamold. They did have Celluclay in 5 lb bags, though....

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posted by cowgoesmoo

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Anyone Else Using Kadee 58's?

Is anyone else using Kadee's #58 scale couplers? I have been using them for a year now and they are great. I like the a...

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posted by SalinasMcGee

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Please help me with my crossing signals........

Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me because I'm against a wall and out of answers. I bought a real life-size...

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posted by amerar

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Intermountain HO ATSF Caboose

IM has released assembled models of the Centralia Shops ATSF Caboose. I have some of the Centralia ones, now one of the...

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posted by rath928

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Limited Runs and Full Page Train Mag Ads?

Was in a large train store today. Wanted to see a new Kato 70MAC for the paint jobs and possible purchase ( I was on th...

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posted by rath928

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N scale radius

I know the bigger the better but what is the smallest suggested N scale radius for operating N scale layouts which oper...

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posted by eppersonjohnr

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Mather Stock Cars

Does anyone know about when the prototype Mather stock cars (like the ones P2K is making) were first built and what rai...

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posted by bwftex

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Newbie (with many apologies and excuses)

First the apologies and excuses: 1. This group (and indeed the model railroad community at large) seems mostly male. Pl...

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posted by clb_eka

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Lionel E-Unit in neutral

I am new to O gauge trains, I recently inherited a Lionel set with a New York Central engine set #2234. The transformer...

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posted by emcdonough

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3D Printers for buildings

Hi, Anyone out there using 3D printers for creating buildings or structures for your layout? http://www.zcorp.com/produ...

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posted by R.Grapes

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Re: Vintage Farm Equipment...

Hello Jan; Great photos. And a good source of model information. Do you by any chance have photos of Massey or Massey F...

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posted by imathers

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FA: N scale Rapido bilevel commuter coaches

FA: A set of 8 bilevel commuter coaches in Southern Pacific grey/silver livery. 4 of the 8 have cabs. These are similar...

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posted by pprocter

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Kaingaroa Logging Railroad

A question for the Kiwis in the group. In the 1960s I worked in Murupara for Kaingaroa logging Co.. They reloaded logs...

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posted by myemailknon

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Intermountain Kits Scare? Now I know why.

Was looking for some HO Intermountain Kits. Called a large shop I know 'had' them. They said they had none. I asked wha...

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posted by rath928

8 comments posted 23yrs posted by rath928