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If painting the wipers off the model you can use about any method you want. I use a piece of sponge quite often to paint pieces off the...
Aug 6, 2026
Hey all — Just another little update. As with things modeling, it's hard to focus. I've found it difficult to stick to one thing and end...
Aug 6, 2026
Poplar pulling a light freight train followed by Kotoden 3000 with some trolleys.
Aug 6, 2026
I didn’t run any, but I rode Amtrak 338 and I’m waiting to board 48.
Aug 6, 2026
LOL! Yeah, I've been sitting in front of the TV twisting corn stalks through Charlies Angels, Hawaii 5-0, and Mission Impossible. Three...
Aug 6, 2026
Same as Willie, but I use the fine dental applicators similar to these…...
Aug 5, 2026
I have used a black Sharpie fine point pen. Look for prototype pictures though, as some railroads used silver paint. For those, I used...
Aug 5, 2026
Time for a semi annual update of progress on the railroad. Lots of futzing and moving things around have yielded what I think is the...
Aug 5, 2026
I mainly have mid century equipment from varied countries. For domestic I have an old Athearn BB Pennsy set with A/B Alco PA-1s, the...
Aug 5, 2026
ound two: The nitty gritty
Guidance/points of constraint
Long term-The boss is happy to remind me often that this is not our forever...
Aug 5, 2026
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Those are great looking trees! Nice job.
Aug 5, 2026
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To help hide the backdrop corner on the creek scene, I was going to use some trees. I got these Coastman trees out, since they are the...
Aug 5, 2026
I’ve been working on just one box for months now, you’ve got me beat already! 😆
Tedious stuff, especially the brown fluff on the ends...
Aug 5, 2026
Still waiting for the three more boxes of Busch/ Walthers Scenemaster corn field to arrive from Amazon. Meanwhile, what you see here is...
Aug 5, 2026
The object will be to make the green bases disapear into the surrounding earth. I was thinking a thicker brown or tan paint would do a...
Aug 5, 2026
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