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Tag: How-to

Catching the DCC bug

May 24, 2019 ACTIONroad

Is it Possible to Partially Adopt a Command Control System?  You Might Be Surprised. Today it’s a model railroading article.  Fair warning… This April I

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Winter Park Resort Shuttle Buses

November 30, 2017 ACTIONroad

The whole Middle Park region is served by these gray-and-blue buses

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Midway to Another Obsession, III

November 1, 2017 ACTIONroad

Here in my final installment of my series on building the USS Midway, we will get to the finishing touches of the model.  So far

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Midway to Another Obsession, II

September 15, 2017 ACTIONroad

In my previous post I described the lead-up to my shipbuilding project, the USS Midway in 1/800 scale. This time we’ll get into the nitty-gritty

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Backdrop Painting 101

November 29, 2016 ACTIONroad

How many of us just nail up a piece of hardboard and start slinging paint at it?

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Track Geometry, or Two Parallel Lines

November 10, 2016 ACTIONroad

What they don’t teach you in geometry class is that low-grade 5/16″ plywood has a mind of its own, especially if it has ever gotten wet.

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Recent Posts

  • OF PERFECTION AND FIRSTS March 19, 2021
  • Tunnel Motor Quartet: 2001 March 9, 2021
  • DCC: Declamations on Decoders January 28, 2021
  • A DCC Update December 15, 2020
  • USAF F-82G August 29, 2020

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