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MRH Q-A-T

Covered are team tracks, rules for running locomotive bells, and a paint stand for models.

MRH Q-A-T

Topics covered are, materials used to fabricate electrical pickups, unknown items on a steam locomotive (reference photo included), and broken rail-cutting pliers.

MRH Q-A-T

Covers DCC power districts and phases, timetables, and painting plastic trucks.

MRH Q-A-T

Dealing with stripped coupler screws, automobile road width, and india ink washes.

MRH Q-A-T

Covers alternatives to using Formula 560 canopy glue, scratchbuilding track bumpers, how to hang slack like real cable, model paint stirrers, and flatten automobile tires.

MRH Q-A-T

How to make water with ripples? How to make plastic look like new wood? Cheap weathering powder (Home Depot concrete tint).

MRH Q-A-T

How to seal wooden benchwork. Are ocean-going containers refrigerated? Using a piece of foam as a place to stick often-used tools (e.g. knives).

MRH Q-A-T

3D-printed HOn3 rerailer. Using Future to apply decals. Railings cut from screen wire.

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This issue lists the Membership Directory. There were a few news items, the calendar, and the advertisements.

S Gauge One Evening Project

One covers converting an AF flat car to piggy-back service. The other describes how to convert a Plasticville signal bridge to S-scale.

Scale Scene

The author discusses finding and using the HobbyTown universal set 100000K, and widening the Atlas and Rix Products rerailers for use in S.

What's Neat

Supplementing his monthly video, this article covers gluing foam along the thin edge, using screws to hold glued foam board, expanding the layout, and several photo shoots.

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Supplementing his monthly video, this article covers modeling scale leaves (using real ones), Mike Budde's automobiles, Soundtraxx Tsunami 2 Diesel set-up,

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Supplementing his monthly video, this article covers how he did a fire photo shoot, George Bogatiuk from SoundTraxx shows his UP 3985 with a small SoundTraxx cube speaker, progress report on the B.T.S. sawmill diorama, Matt Hermann of ESU LokSound comes by, carving track profile topography in foam,

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The author shows (through the accompanying video and photos) a tour of a big O-scale layout, and a small N-scale one, learns about trees, and builds Walthers' paper mill.

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Covers Bill White' s G-scale layout, Ron Pare Chinese architecture in HO-scale, Steve Mann's HO-scale layout, build a lift-out section, and look at some
G-scale autorack cars from USA Trains.

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This column tours the Rio Grande Southern, visits Mike Budde's wrecking yard, adds jointed rail sounds to the author's own railroad, and Ron Pare spray paints structures.

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The author reports on Rand Hood's layout progress, meets the New Mexico Modular Railroad Club narrow gaugers, visits Sam Syzdek and his highly detailed railroad, and talks with the people expanding the San Juan Model Company.

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Using roots from bushes as tree roots on the layout. A visit to Gulliver's Gate museum in New York. How to do advanced consisting with Soundtraxx' decoders.

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Graffiti painter Peat "Eyez" Wollaeger. Joe Atkinson's Iowa Interstate. The layout at the Magic House in the St. Louis Children's Museum. A visit to Trainland store.

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Topics covered are the Galesburg, IL N-scale modules, how to make a Kleenex tarp, information about Dimensional Modeling Concepts which make some interesting products, several photos about layout animation, the Gretna, Manitoba grain elevator model and prototype photos.

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Interviews with Chris Brimley from ExactRail, Jeff Parker from Central Valley, The Ohio Valley Sipping and Switching Society club members, Rick Dakota Kempf's graffiti, John Lee from Badger, The 1:87 Vehicle Club guys, Chris Palomarez from Athearn, Dave Hussey from Cannon and Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society, David Lehlbach from Tangent Models, and Gene Fusco from InterMountain.

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Covered are military models by Radisson McGuire, locomotive with many LEDs by James Regier, and graffiti modeling with Peat Wollaeger.

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Covered topics are a visit to Daniel Coombs' new layout under construction, shooting models photos at night, and creating a holiday excursion train.

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This column covers a visit to John Schindler's HO-scale Junction Railway layout, and the author covers how he builds his layout.

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This column covers using dried leaves for scenery, a visit with the North American Prototype Modelers layout, and how to do a wintertime train station photo.

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This column covers how the author built an oval N-scale display layout for Athearn to use in their show booths, he also reports on what he did over the winter on his own layout, he visits the Joe and Tony Pellegrino layout, and checks in with Rice Campbell to see how he is progressing on his layout.

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This column covers how to create a model scene for a magazine cover, how Tony Pellegrino integrated operations into the design of his layout, and a visit with John Peluso's HO-scale layout.

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This column covers how to create a model roads, Carlton Brown of TrainTraxx shares a freight car locating tag system to make operation interesting, and photographing G-scale steam locomotives.

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This column covers how to add weight to the open space in an Athearn tunnel motor's fuel tank, and James Regier's locomotive detailing and upgrading process.

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This column covers the author's soldering tools and resistance-soldering methods.

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This column covers how the author installed a 21-pin decoder plug into an Athearn Genesis SD70ACe, and he visits Campbell Rice to see his latest layout changes and his use of the Ring Engineering RailPro system.

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This column covers lessons learned from 19 years of garden railroading, and George Bogatiuk of SoundTraxx explains why and how to use a DCC programming track.

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The column covers making bushes using Bachmann's wire armatures, how to model Saguaro cactus, adding light and sound to the BLI TrackMobile

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The column covers installing a Train Control Systems Trainspeed1 speedometer, and bonding rocks and trees with Ballast Magic and Ballast Bond.

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The column covers making pine trees using four different methods, and visits Dennis Krausman's Santa Fe layout.

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The column covers a visit to the layout owned by father and son team Austin and Steve Allard, which are two separate layouts in the same space via a double-decker format. Also covered is an article on how to make your own four-LED Stratolite beacon.

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This column covers creating crashed cars using tin foil, LED lighting improvements on John Schindler's layout, installing TCS sound decoder in a BLI RSD-15.

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This column covers building a consist on a TCS UWT-100, and building a layout from the base to the finished product.

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This column covers building a concrete paved road and unloading area using DAP Ready-mix Concrete Patch, and using low-temp melting alloys to add
weight to locos and rolling stock.

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The author shows a photo essay of key features of his home layout.

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This month's column includes the introduction of the construction of a lightweight N-scale layout. Also includes an interview with Robert Stears, co-founder of the San Juan Model Company.

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Modeling the Civil War's "Texas" 4-4-0 engine using a Bachmann model.

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The author shows how he makes static grass tufts, experimenting with various glues and common household wax paper. He also visits Gary Gross' Franklin Pacific Railroad.

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Painting military vehicles in HO-scale with Rad McGuire. Interview with Union Pacific's Ed Dickens, Steam Program Manager & Big Boy engineer. The author also interviews Doug Blaine of Bachmann Trains.

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The full process of how to do a 3D-print. A tour of the Jacksonville Terminal Railroad Museum Club layout.

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How to install long static grass fibers, building muliple-level display shelves, and Bachmann product promotions.

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Topics include: making trees, review of the Anycubic Vyper 3D-printer, and a Bachmann staff interview.

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The author shows how he built the Lightner trestle diorama for Blackstone Models. Also includes an interview with Bachmann about their Christmas offerings.

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The author shows how he built a display yard for his professional photo shoots, and he interviews Bachmann's Larry Harrington.

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Ken starts a HOn3 modular layout (shows screen captures of the YouTube video), and he interviews Bachmann's Larry Harrington.

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Ken continues to work on his HOn3 modular layout (shows screen captures of the YouTube video), and he interviews Bachmann's Matt Stern.

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Ken starts work in an HOn3 layout that started out as a run-by scene. Also photos of upcoming Bachmann products.

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Ken continues work in an HOn3 layout that started out as a run-by scene. Also photos of upcoming Bachmann products, and installing sound in a BLI locomotive.

What's Neat with Ken Patterson

Topics covered are a follow-up on the breaker bar handle track cleaner, the Digitrax DCS 240 command station, building the Athearn snowy trestle photo shoot diorama, and the Soundtraxx Tsunami 2.

What's Neat with Ken Patterson

The supplement to his online video, this article covers the Woodland Scenics Just Plug system and installing it on his wharf/dock scene, an interview with James Wright (YouTube train product reviewer), and the SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 DCC sound decoder for steam engines.