Your Model and Railroad blog by the folk at SMARTT
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OPERATIONS ON YOUR MODEL RAILROAD WATERFRONTSeptember 1, 2011 To and from rivers, lakes, and oceans, cargo must be loaded and unloaded. Trains bring and take merchandise, ore, petroleum, raw materials, and finished products. Barges, ships, ferries, and boats could all fit into a model railroad operating session.I… |
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MODELING WATERFRONTS FOR MODEL RAILROADS – WHICH MODELS?August 29, 2011 For years you would have needed to be an advanced scratch-builder to create marine models for your model railroad layout: ships, boats, barges, and the facilities themselves. Now there are more and more kits available on the market that recreate these… |
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ON THE WATERFRONT: MODELING SHIPS AND BOATS FOR MODEL RAILROADSAugust 25, 2011 In the movie On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando, we see numerous scenes of boats, ships, barges, and the facilities that serve them. We also see that around the waterfront there is a good deal of rail activity. Oceans, lakes, and rivers – railroads f… |
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YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE A MODEL RAILROADER IF . . .August 22, 2011 While I’m sure it’s been done before, here is our take, myself and the SMARTT staff, on the key signs that you are, in fact, a model railroader. So without further ado, you know that you’re a model railroader if . . .. . .While every other motorist ru… |
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SUMMER MODEL RAILROAD PROJECT – BUILD A BACKYARD BBQ FOR YOUR LAYOUTAugust 17, 2011 What’s more fun in the summertime than a enjoying a backyard Barbeque and a cold beer? The answer: building a model version of a backyard BBQ in the scale of your choice. For me, I’m referring to one of my favorite projects, a miniature BBQ diorama, bu… |
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Ten Things You May Not Know About Model RailroadingAugust 12, 2011 1. Marklin of Germany marketed the first toy train set in 1891. They are credited with offering the first complete train set which included a locomotive, cars, and track. The locomotive had a wind up clockwork mechanism. They also offered extra c… |
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CONCRETE – MAKE YOUR MODEL CONCRETE STRUCTURE LOOK RIGHT – A TUTORIALAugust 9, 2011 Because of the positive feedback we received on this recent Workbench Talk article (by Ray Del Papa and Raymond Potter) in our newsletter, we are re-presenting it here for our blog audience. Please give us feedback on what kind of articles you’d like t… |
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REAL MEN BUY BRASS – SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BRASS MODELSAugust 3, 2011 There are some very important things you need to know about brass models. First and foremost is regarding track work; unlike their plastic counterparts, brass models are at times very unforgiving when it comes to track work. This is especially true whe… |
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REAL MEN BUY BRASS – BRASS LOCOMOTIVES IN THE 1990’S AND BEYONDAugust 1, 2011 By the 1990’s OMI (Overland) would virtually have the modern brass diesel model market cornered. If there was a new prototype on the rails, OMI would soon have a model of it. This was also the time when the quality of the detail on brass models would s… |
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REAL MEN BUY BRASS! — BRASS MODEL LOCOMOTIVES, THAT IS!August 1, 2011 Recently I overheard a comment from a local modeler: “Brass locomotives are nothing but trouble.” He then went on to say that the older brass models not only ran poorly, but also did not look very good!I want to take issue with these comments because,… |