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Stuff We Use: Magnetic snap and glue set
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A noisy little railway story
As I walked up the driveway toward Mick Spilsbury’s Black Canyon Railroad, I could begin...
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Expert Scratchbuilding Tips with Renee Grosser: Part 2, Modeling siding
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Expert Scratchbuilding Tips with Renee Grosser: Part 2, Modeling siding
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How-to Library: Easy Model Railroad Photography – Episode 4 Bounce Cards and Software
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Stuff We Use: Pliers and cutters for model railroaders
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Stuff We Use: Adjustable snap and glue clamps
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Stuff We Use: How to use microbrush applicators
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Air compressor connections for model railroaders
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Video 101: Scouting locations
Location scouting is a vital part of filmmaking. A movie-production company sends an advance team...
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Video 101: Vignettes and transitions
A “vignette” is a small portrait whose edges fade into the background without a definite...
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Stuff We Use: Get straight cuts with a miter box and razor saw
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Stuff We Use: Bachmann HO scale track cleaning car
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Video 101: Sharper images
“Aria” wrote in, asking how to get sharply focused videos that reveal the road names...
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Video 101: Talking pictures
We can do something with our videos that frontier photographers could not. We can make...
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Video 101 Trains at twilight
Many garden railways are lighted for evening viewing. Some have intricate model street lighting, while...
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Video 101: Where’s my stuff?
Even short videos require lots of media. Locating your libraries of video clips, photographs, sound...
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Video 101: Postproduction
“The trainyard is your media; the train is your story. Assemble the tracks you need....
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Video 101: Shooting on location
Today we hit the road. Our goal will be to make an interesting 3 minute,...
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