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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for October 2013
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DCC Programming: Episode 1 – programming locomotive addresses
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The Roundhouse: Episode 11
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How to clean model train track
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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 4 – Clouds
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Thin Branch Series: Foam scenery part 1 – build a tunnel
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Thin Branch Series: Foam scenery part 2 – making hills
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History According to Hediger: Modeling the Auto-Train in HO scale
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Becky Chestney’s Christmas layouts
Three layouts are a lot to fit into one article! Enjoy the additional photos of...
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David Smith’s O gauge holiday display
David Smith's 4 x 6-foot O gauge holiday display uses a pie-shaped platform to run...
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Jay Cain’s innovative O gauge layout
Jay Cain's O-27 empire was one of the last O gauge layouts to be featured...
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How-To Library: Install an N scale drop-in decoder in a Kato MP36PH
Drop-in decoders make installing DCC in N scale locomotives about as easy as it gets....
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MR Product Review: Broadway Limited HO scale Norfolk Western Y6b steam locomotive
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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 9 – Stripping paint
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Painting a GG-1 on Janis Roguskie’s Reading Lines
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The HO scale Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie
This is a "track-level" tour of my HO scale Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR....
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Video: Athearn Trains HO scale sound-equipped reefer
This HO scale refrigerator car from Athearn Trains models a Fruit Growers Express (FGE) prototype....
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Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 10
The Model Railroader staff's Rice Harbor layout is finally complete. Get a behind-the-scenes look at a magazine...
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Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 9
With most of the structures and ground cover in place, all that's left to do...
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Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 8
It's time to lay tracks along the waterfront on the Model Railroader staff's HO scale...
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