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Just do it!
I have heard many times that the younger you are, the more apt you are to quickly be able to understand a new technology. This is because the young learn things experientially. They learn by doing. Hand a child a tablet and they will tap and swipe until they get the thing doing what they want. As older folks are hesitant, not wanting to "break" anything. We look for lists of instructions so we don't go wrong.
What They Don't Tell You About Modeling the 1970s
The 1970s was an interesting time in railroading. One of the "big" pitfalls is applying 600 ACI tags to my car and caboose fleet and 300 or so wheel inspection dots!
Nick Brodar
Feb 2016-4 - Light the fire and get rolling
Explore the world of small-scale live steam with Fired up! In part five of six, it’s finally time to light the fire in a locomotive and get rolling.
Includes bonus short - Sausages & Steam, episode 5
Feb 2016-5 - Lionel goes to the train show - FREE VIDEO
Lionel Strang goes to one of his favorite model train events and tries to find out which show he’s actually attending! (As only Lionel Strang can do ...)
Watch it now on TrainMasters TV ....
First Post - Painting Track - Colour Testing
After a couple of years of following other modelers blogs and reading everyone's tips, tricks, how to's etc, I've finally decided to post something I've started working on.
Feedback, tips, tricks (especially for masking the rail), etc. are always helpful and appreciated.
Small Big Box Shelf N Scale Layout - 20"x29"
Creating a modular, stackable N scale layout that can store in IKEA shelves:
Richlawn RR - Video of faux rust technique on my fascia
I made a five minute video of the techniques I used to apply a faux rust effect on my fascia. A special thanks to Tim Warris and his Bronx Terminal layout for the inspiration!
SPSF Meadow Sub: Union Pacific SW1500 for the UP Transfer
I wanted to add a little variety to my UP transfer, so I decided to model another locomotive that could be paired with the GP38-2 and would be swapped with the CNW GP15-1. This project took exactly one week to complete and it helped that I started with a model that had already been detailed fairly well.
IAIS's West End - What types of posts do people read most?
I've been an MRH Forum member for almost 7 years now, but didn't start a blog here until about 3-1/2 years ago. I do a lot of analytics and number-crunching at work and find that sort of thing interesting, so every year or so, I think it's fun to go through my blog summary "Reads" count at http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/joe-atkinson just to see what subjects might have caught people's attention the most relative to one another.
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