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![Stuff We Use: How to use microbrush applicators](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Stuffweusemicrobrushes-400x233.jpg)
Stuff We Use: How to use microbrush applicators
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![Focused on camera cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GRW9-400x218.jpg)
Focused on camera cars
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![Air compressor connections for model railroaders](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/bKZwOeoE-31852889.mp4.00_01_34_24.Still002.jpg)
Air compressor connections for model railroaders
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![Video 101: Scouting locations](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GRW10-400x218.jpg)
Video 101: Scouting locations
Location scouting is a vital part of filmmaking. A movie-production company sends an advance team...
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![Video 101: Vignettes and transitions](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GRW11-400x218.jpg)
Video 101: Vignettes and transitions
A “vignette” is a small portrait whose edges fade into the background without a definite...
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![Stuff We Use: Get straight cuts with a miter box and razor saw](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/STUmiterbox.jpg)
Stuff We Use: Get straight cuts with a miter box and razor saw
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![Stuff We Use: Bachmann HO scale track cleaning car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/MRR121219StuTrackCleanCar.jpg)
Stuff We Use: Bachmann HO scale track cleaning car
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![Video 101: Sharper images](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GRW13-400x218.jpg)
Video 101: Sharper images
“Aria” wrote in, asking how to get sharply focused videos that reveal the road names...
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![Video 101: Talking pictures](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/video-101-talking-pictures-400x218.jpg)
Video 101: Talking pictures
We can do something with our videos that frontier photographers could not. We can make...
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![Video 101 Trains at twilight](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/video-101-trains-at-twilight-400x219.jpg)
Video 101 Trains at twilight
Many garden railways are lighted for evening viewing. Some have intricate model street lighting, while...
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![Video 101: Where’s my stuff?](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/video-101-wheres-my-stuff-400x216.jpg)
Video 101: Where’s my stuff?
Even short videos require lots of media. Locating your libraries of video clips, photographs, sound...
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![Video 101: Postproduction](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/video-101-postproduction-400x216.jpg)
Video 101: Postproduction
“The trainyard is your media; the train is your story. Assemble the tracks you need....
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![Video 101: Shooting on location](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/trains-video-placeholder.jpg)
Video 101: Shooting on location
Today we hit the road. Our goal will be to make an interesting 3 minute,...
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![Video 101: Movies tell stories](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/video-101-movies-tell-stories-400x218.jpg)
Video 101: Movies tell stories
Some of my first video clips were simply attempts to show the sheer joy of...
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![Video extra: Rehab My Railroad](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/trains-video-placeholder.jpg)
Video extra: Rehab My Railroad
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![Model Railroader Quick Tips: Easy airbrush cleaning fluid](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/MRR050416_MQT_Episode08_MV0628-400x225.jpg)
Model Railroader Quick Tips: Easy airbrush cleaning fluid
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![Model Railroader Quick Tips: Caulk for tracklaying](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/MRR050416_MQT_Episode06_MV0628-400x225.jpg)
Model Railroader Quick Tips: Caulk for tracklaying
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![Model Railroader Quick Tips: Corrugated metal siding](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/MRR050416_MQT_Episode12_MV0628-400x225.jpg)
Model Railroader Quick Tips: Corrugated metal siding
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![Model Railroad Operations: Six tips for better operations](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Six-tips-for-better-operations-400x216.jpg)
Model Railroad Operations: Six tips for better operations
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![Demonstration of magnetic air hoses on HO scale freight cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/MRR_2014_04-Expert-Tip-magnetic-air-hoses.jpg)
Demonstration of magnetic air hoses on HO scale freight cars
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