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Grand Model Russia
Most of us here have heard of Miniature Wonderland in Hamburg, Germany.... well, there is something very similar in Russia as well:
Pretty darn impressive.

New N Scale Diorama
I have begun work on a small diorama so that I can photograph outside my attempts to weather rolling stock and locomotives. It measures 5 1/4" x 26". I will post new pictures as things progress. Today I ballasted track and began work on the ground cover.

opinions wanted
So, I am preparing the last of a scratch built flat car last night and went to perform what I thought was the last step. I had some nice decals made up with the car reporting marks on them and was going to apply them.
Video from a Train Show in Australia
Hi all,
Some video from a local show here in Perth, Western Australia. It was a busy 3 day show with some 18-20,000 through the doors. I spent most of my time operating on the 1st 2 layouts in the video.
Removing Walthers Streamliners' roofs
How do one remove the Walthers Streamliner coach roofs without leaving any marks on the side of the roof? I want to detail the interior and add LED lighting, but do not want to damage the roof in the process.
Regards
Xander

Source for Kato SD38-2 dynamic brake hatch?
Interlake Vulcanian Railroad
I posted pictures of 2 engines that I had rebuilt in the blog area with a short write up of my experience. I had also posted a picture of the engines on a collectors forum to which I belong. Someone there went absolutely ga-ga over the picture and gave me the following link http://mendotarailmuseum.tripod.com/id29.html. It appears the tender I bought off ebay is quite a collectors item. My plans to strip and repaint this piece of equipment have just permanently gone on hold and it will now end up in a display case.

Under $2 solution for Flickerfree LED coach lights

A Railroad in a container
My wife and I are considering building a new house. Not just any house, but one built out of used shipping containers. As part of the negotiation I am holding out for a complete 40' container as model railroad room.
A container is essentially a 40' x 8' space, roughly 8' high
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