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87RITES OF PASSAGE FOR A MODEL RAILWAY - 3 Base Boards, Laying Track & Building Basic Scenics
Build a base board, lay the track and shape your world with scenics. Take your time, do your research, watch dvd's/video's and the result will reward the effort
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79Beginners Guide to Building Model Railroad Benchwork & Model Railway Baseboards
Stable benchwork / baseboard are critical for smooth running As with a real railroad or railway, the most important aspect of the whole system is the foundations that the tracks are laid on. Get it wrong and disaster is is just around the next curve.
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81RITES OF PASSAGE FOR A MODEL RAILWAY - 10: WHAT MAKES A RAILWAY WORK? PEOPLE (Well, some people anyway)!
Now you've built your model railway, put the locos on the rails, added buildings - all there is left is people!
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80How to make a Temporary Garden Railway/Railroad Track
Let's Build a Temporary Garden Railroad - Laying down a temporary line just to get something running could be just the answer to keeping up enthusiasm while constructing your permanent model railroad in the garden.
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81Model Train Scales Explained
Okay, you're looking to create the ultimate model railroad layout this side of the Mississippi and you're wondering, "Just what scale do I want to make this monster in?" Well, there's several things you need...
77RITES OF PASSAGE FOR A MODEL RAILWAY - 1: Research your area (On track for the North Eastern in Yorkshire)
Take a trip down Memory Lane into the early days of British Railways. Imagine yourself riding in an old teak carriage, deep-upholstered seats, the smell of pipe tobacco permeates everywhere. The carriage rocks and rolls over junctions but it doesn't matter, your fellow passengers are super-glued to their seats anyway!
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77Model Railroad Track Plans - Model Train & Railway Plans
When you start out to build a model railroad layout you need a model railroad track plan to have a good idea of what you hope to end up with because otherwise you will be adding bits and pieces in a very disorganized way. You need to...
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77Scale Models of the Isle of Man Railway
Modelling the railways of the Isle of Man is not a new fad. People have been modelling the IoMR for over 50 years. While modelling the IoMR in the smaller scales is either strictly kit or scratched built, there are ready to run IoMR locomotives and rolling stock in the garden railway scale of 15mm to 1ft on 45mm gauge track.
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75RITES OF PASSAGE FOR A MODEL RAILWAY - 4 Signalling and Superstructure
Bringing together the basic track layout via signalling to researching and building a realistic model
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74RITES OF PASSAGE FOR A MODEL RAILWAY - 2: Making Up Your Mind, Getting Started
Looking to starting in railway modelling? Strapped for space or owner of Buckingham Palace, you still need to know where to start. Using the real thing as a template, look at what you can achieve in the model press/books
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