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![Make dirt roads using drywall mud, Episode 4](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MRR060321_SID_Scaleitdown4_MV1505-400x225.jpg)
Make dirt roads using drywall mud, Episode 4
Our humble host, Steve Brown, shows how he planned and “paved” the roads to success...
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![Shaping a signature structure, Episode 3](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MRR042221_SID_Scaleitdown3_Mv1482-400x225.jpg)
Shaping a signature structure, Episode 3
Steve “Regular Guy” Brown focuses on a kitbashed building that represents a signature structure on...
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![Jon Balka’s S gauge layout](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CTT060321_CTT_BalkaSgaLayout_MV1630-400x225.jpg)
Jon Balka’s S gauge layout
Come with us to visit Jon Balka’s S gauge layout that’s made of Flyer All...
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![Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MRR_HO_Athearn_GP18_Rapid_Review_0607-400x225.jpg)
Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!
Cody Grivno, group technical editor, and Eric White, senior editor, take a close look at...
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![Bob’s Train Box episode 70](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CTT060321_BTB70_MV1624-400x225.jpg)
Bob’s Train Box episode 70
On this episode of Bob’s Train Box, Bob takes a look at a Lionel steam...
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![It’s My Railroad, Making backdrop buildings, Ep. 23](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MRR060121_IMR_Episode23_MV1586-400x225.jpg)
It’s My Railroad, Making backdrop buildings, Ep. 23
Host Steve Brown shares his “Regular Guy” techniques for making low-relief background structures. In this...
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![Big Skies & Iron Rails, Spring, Episode 3](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TRN051721_BSIR_Spring21_Ep3_V3664-400x225.jpg)
Big Skies & Iron Rails, Spring, Episode 3
American’s Western frontier is where Tom Danneman goes to renew and recharge his spirit every...
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![Cleaning up Lionel’s no. 97 Coal Elevator](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRV042121_CTT_WrkbenchSrfcClean_MV1520C-400x225.jpg)
Cleaning up Lionel’s no. 97 Coal Elevator
Hal Miller continues his Workbench Minute series showing how to clean a Lionel no. 97...
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![Member video: Following Southern Pacific’s Sunset Limited](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CTT_atonna_freight_takes_mainline_0117-400x226.jpg)
Member video: Following Southern Pacific’s Sunset Limited
Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman & Paulden Lines Location: Arizona Scale: O Theme: Railroad running through Arizona serving its...
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![How to strip paint from plastic models](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR_stripping_paint_0530-400x225.jpg)
How to strip paint from plastic models
Eric White couldn’t find a Northeastern style caboose painted for the Lehigh Valley, but a...
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![Cody’s Office is back with new HO scale freight cars and a new book about cabooses!](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR052621_CDY-Codys-Office267_MV1623-400x225.jpg)
Cody’s Office is back with new HO scale freight cars and a new book about cabooses!
Cody Grivno takes a look at the American Limited HO scale single-dome tank car, Walthers'...
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![Are you planning an interlocking towers special edition?](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MRR_Ask_Trains_Logo-400x400.jpg)
Are you planning an interlocking towers special edition?
Interlocking towers Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Are you looking...
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![Bachmann’s new N scale Hudson is on the test track!](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR_Bachmann_Hudson_N_0528-400x225.jpg)
Bachmann’s new N scale Hudson is on the test track!
The iconic class J3 Hudson pulled New York Central’s Great Steel Fleet until streamlined diesels...
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![Fixing Wobbling Boxcars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR_Removing_Wobble_0526-400x225.jpg)
Fixing Wobbling Boxcars
In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing...
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![Fixing Wobbling Boxcars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR_Removing_Wobble_0526-400x225.jpg)
Fixing Wobbling Boxcars
In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing...
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![Professor Carp says moving wood is good!](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CTT051921_PRC_ProfCLionel364Log_MV1555-400x225.jpg)
Professor Carp says moving wood is good!
Professor Carp brings you the history and details of one of Lionel’s most entertaining accessories,...
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![How to make roads stick on your model train layout](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CTT051421_RepairRoad_MV1570-400x225.jpg)
How to make roads stick on your model train layout
Hal Miller repairs peeling roadway material on the City Transfer & Terminal, an O gauge...
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![Cody’s Workshop: Modernize an old covered hopper, Ep. 46](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR051021_WRK_JonesIslandSaltCar_MV1567-400x225.jpg)
Cody’s Workshop: Modernize an old covered hopper, Ep. 46
Host Cody Grivno paints wheelsets, adds roof details, applies weathering effects and decals to an...
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![Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR051021_MPR_CanadianSet_MV1611wp-400x225.jpg)
Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train
The Canadian is out and it's roaming the Canadian Canyons layout in the Model Railroader...
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![ScaleTrains.com N scale Union Pacific Standard Turbine and tender](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRR050621_MPR_ScaleTrains_NTurbine_MV1613wp-400x225.jpg)
ScaleTrains.com N scale Union Pacific Standard Turbine and tender
ScaleTrains.com recently sent us a sample of the N scale Union Pacific gas turbine locomotive....
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