Monday, April 29, 2019

Finished Island Model Works Silverliners Spotted in the Wild

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I nearly spit out my decaf when this stunning photo graced the top of a recent Model Railroad Hobbyist blast email. The models and photos...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Modern Narrow Gauge, Another Persistently Obtuse Interest

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Modern narrow gauge I have known: PeruRail GE diesels in Aguas Caliente, station stop for Macchu Picchu.   When I was a wee lad rea...
Monday, April 1, 2019

DCC, Complaining About

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Bernie Kempinski admitted in a recent post on his USMRR Aquia Line blog that he loves to complain about DCC , and this wasn't his first ...
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Monday, March 18, 2019

OMG, the layout is almost finished

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With the near completion of the N Scale Architect curtain wall factory (an upcoming post will give a detailed review and lessons learned),...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Catching the White Whale: Amtrak ICE Trainset

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Finally laid my hands on one of the reasons I started out on the Old Line Corridor in the first place: Fleischmann's N scale Amtrak IC...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

How many HO locos to pull an actual loco?

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A lot of HO locos, apparently, but it’s certainly possible. German language, but go to 11:30 or so to see the money shot. A lot of amperag...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Model Railroader Magazine Project Layouts Can Be Bought, Apparently

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A Kalmbach Publishing acquaintance mentioned to me a few months ago that Model Railroader project layouts were taking up valuable space ar...
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Monday, February 18, 2019

Random Developments and Thoughts

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First, that moment when 200 or so seemingly random and abstract parts transmogrify into something recognizable as a model. In this instanc...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Structure Making Weekend

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This is four or so N Scale Architect curtain wall factory kits under construction, assembly line style. It is made up of a laser cut '...
Monday, February 4, 2019

Varieties of Model Railroad-ious Experience

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Karl Gebele's Kompakt-Anlagen  ('Compact Layouts') book. Cynical North American modelers probably notice the unweathered r...
Monday, January 28, 2019

What’s Happening on the Old Line Corridor, January 2019 Edition

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Smells like team spirit: Operation Lifesaver is in the house--this Conrail Operation Lifesaver GP15-1 was a gift to my wife, Rachel, who i...
Monday, January 21, 2019

Texas Interurbans

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This old freight motor, Interurban Express Motor #330, is on display at the Visitor's Center in downtown Burleson, TX . I visited fami...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Catenary Towers, Part 3: Blending In and Finishing Touches

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What it's all about: the finished result. Scenery materials and weathering blend the painted Shapeways/Designdyne towers into the layo...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Catenary Towers, Part 2: Painting and Weathering

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My improvised painting rig made good use of the towers' magnetic bases. I applied masking tape to a particularly magnetic steel ruler,...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Catenary Towers, Part 1: Truing Up

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A key element of the Old Line Corridor's visual character is its picket of Pennsy-style catenary towers. As previously described here o...