Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | MRH Running Extra 2023-07
Articles Listing

Publisher's Welcome

A look at inexpensive structure lighting options that still allow for individual LED control.

The Limited Modeler

The author shares his trouble deciding on which year to model, and building a layout that might shift between different years for a particular operating session.

Getting Real

How does one decide on what the colors were when one models a time period before color photography was in common use?

Finding Decoder Install Examples

The author reviews various resources (online) where you can find example DCC installations, focusing mostly on hard-wiring solutions, rather than plug-n-play ones.

Scratchbuilt Road Signs

The author shares, with lots of photos, how he built his own roadway signs using online research tools.

3D Printed Power Transformer and its Schnabel Car

Designing and 3D-printing a very large transformer model. Lots of photos, including prototype ones. The second half of the article is about making a reasonable facsimile to the Schnabel car, suitable for G-gauge track.

The Ah-hah Moment

Superglue hacks.