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  The Fine Art of Ground Texturing

  April 18, 2012 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 806 views - 0 comments - 5 likes

  by Clayton Barry Photos by the author The blending of dirt, grass, shrubs and rocks makes the model scene believable There are a myriad of wonderful products available to help modelers create convincing scenic ground cover. There are al...
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  ATTENTION GETTERS

  February 6, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 731 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by WALTER OLEVSKY Page 38 Above: As a ticket office, waiting room on Branford Electric Railway, Branford, Conn. , May 1976.Page 38 Below: As a burned out car in a remote area of your yard. At So. Ambok, N.J., Penn. Railroad Flanger.Page 39: As a stor...
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  ATTENTION GETTERS

  January 19, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 789 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  A door holder can be constructed of scale wood, plastic or metal shapes.   by WALTER OLEVSKY STACKING DOORS Photographed at the car shops of the Reading Railroad at Reading, Pennsylvania. A slightly different scene for your railroad'...
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  Mormon Rocks, A Three-Dimensional Backdrop Part 2

  September 6, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 842 views - 0 comments - 2 likes

  Part 2 by Ted York photos by the author The A-B-B-A consist of F7s works hard to pull the 1951 Super Chief up the 2.5% grade past Mormon Rocks. At the same time smoke can be seen coming from the freight car brakes as a Santa Fe 3800 class 2-10-2 wo...
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  Ground Texturing

  June 20, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 771 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by Clayton Barry Photos by the author The blending of dirt, grass, shrubs and rocks makes the model scene believable. There are a myriad of wonderful products available to help modelers create convincing scenic ground cover. There ar...
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  Casting Boulders

  May 5, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 709 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by Doug Geiger, MMR Photos by the author Adding boulders to a scene can add realism. Making rock outcroppings from plaster castings and rubber molds is not a new technique in model railroading. Nothing short of some really artistic h...