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Weathering with acrylic washes: basic technique
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Friday, July 26, 2024
Early HO couplers
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Looking at some freight cars I’ve picked up at swap meets, and seeing the variety of couplers on some of them, led me to reflect on these co...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
An operating weekend around Chicago
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This past weekend, four Californians traveled to Chicago for operating sessions on four outstanding layouts. This was an informal visit, arr...
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Reworking an Athearn “Blue Box” tank car
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I have written numerous times in this blog about the uses I have found for Athearn’s old “Blue Box” (40-foot) tank car, whether the conventi...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Another Hendrickson project
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In addition to the many freight cars I inherited from Richard Hendrickson, there were also a considerable number (over 200) of resin and pla...
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Sunday, July 14, 2024
Modeling SP passenger cars, Part 21
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In a previous post, I described lettering for my two streamlined Southern Pacific passenger cars, a 13 double bedroom car (13 DB) and a 4 do...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Rolling stock maintenance — still happening
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From time to time I have described previously my various experiences maintaining the rolling stock on my layout. Much of this effort is rout...
Monday, July 8, 2024
Operating an SP business car, Part 2
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In the previous post, I described my attempt to use the Rivarossi heavyweight observation car as a stand-in for the actual Southern Pacific ...
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