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    Tired of paying 40-$50 for a freight car?

    The ones I’ve bought are not too bad. You have to expect some just because of the price but all in all very nice kits.
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    Tired of paying 40-$50 for a freight car?

    It all comes down to what you want on your railroad. I have a switching layout so I handle all my cars as the "staging" is in drawers below my layout. Am I going to buy higher priced rolling stock? No, the details on some would get damaged. Most of my rolling stock is what I bought 30+years...
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    Scratch building in 1991

    Funny you should say that, I’m reading in the February 1980 MR a layout they were building
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    Scratch building in 1991

    Always liked the cartoons in MR
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    Scratch building in 1991

    I’ve built many buildings from MR it was always exciting as a late teen early twenty year old opening the magazine and seeing what plans and layouts were in there and if there was another model of the month. Course back then there were ads for all kinds of stuff from custom decals to new...
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    Scratch building in 1991

    Looking through some old MR magazines and came across this model of the month by John Reynolds. Today, I don’t think some people have the patience to build this masterpiece. Read the article about it and you will be impressed as much as I am.
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    New Bachmann Shay is announced

    Personally (I have a ho scale climax) and I highly doubt I will ever buy another Bachman locomotive. The climax worked for about 6-8 months and the gears went bad, broke, etc. I tried contacting them with no answer what so ever. Looked for replacement parts and none are being made (at least I...
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    San Francisco Cablecar or Streetcar by Occre

    Roof completed some interior details done. Now more parts need to be painted and then build the trucks.
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    Running Bear's October 2025 Coffee Shop

    This is a picture of my layout with all lights out and just the locomotive coming down the tracks. Thought it was a cool picture and wanted to share.
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    San Francisco Cablecar or Streetcar by Occre

    Gluing up main roof. Soak the wood lots of glue and clamps and let dry. We’ll see what sticks and what needs adjustments and then more interior details. Lots of airbrushing coming my way now. Lots of metal parts to paint.
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    San Francisco Cablecar or Streetcar by Occre

    Little farther along on this build.
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