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Atlas N scale Alco C424 diesel locomotive

Rapido HO Greenbrier 7780 reefer

Walthers HO 60-foot hi-cube boxcar

Looking for advice on hobby paints

Enhancing die-cast metal farm equipment

Scratchbuild a THEATER CAR • This HO scale model is based on Norfolk Southern car No. 23, the Buena Vista

The Pennsylvania RR BUFFALO LINE • This 30 x 35-foot HO scale model railroad is set in 1956

CLEAN FILL WANTED • Mike Tylick needed an alternative to plaster hardshell scenery in a crowded part of his O scale model railroad

THE GREAT FREEDOM RR • A real escape and a new found freedom

EAST TROY INDUSTRIAL PARK RESIN WATER • Part 7: Using off-the-shelf products to make the river on our project railroad

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