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A time capsule of railroad locomotive maintenance from the first half of the Twentieth Century, Nevada Northern Railway Museum's engine house is fascinating. No computer driven lasers sculpting composite materials here, just brute strength forging iron t
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Our coverage of the IPMS-US National show which took place in August of 2007 in Anaheim, California.
Read MoreNevada Northern Railway Museum possesses nine historic diesel locomotives, including an operating Alco RS-2, RS-3, and an EMD SD-9. Two rare Baldwin diesel locomotives share the facility with a 25-ton GE switcher and two electric locomotives.
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The Nevada Northern Railway Museum operates two steam locomotives: No. 40, a 1910 Baldwin 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler dual purpose engine, and No. 93, a 1909 Alco 2-8-0 Consolidation freight locomotive.
Read MoreThe Nevada Northern Railway Museum is dedicated to the restoration, preservation, interpretation, and operation of the Nevada Northern Railway historic facilities, yards, and rail collection. This evolving museum gives people the opportunity to experience
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Matt explains the pros and cons of various air brush air supplies. He covers a wide range air delivery types and the necessary accessories.
Read MoreVacuum-forming is one of those techniques that many of us think about but never try. This feature may break that barrier. This is a step by step that anyone with some basic tools can do.
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The key to continued success with an airbrush is what you do with it when you're done 'shooting' paint. Cleaning is a critical facet of airbrush use. Dave O’Meara walks us through a step by step process of cleaning a Badger 150.
Read MoreKeith Magee is a long time member of Armorama.com and many members know him through his online diroama oriented store ScaleMilitary.com. Now our Texax members have a second opportunity to benefit from Keith’s modeling skills at his hobby store.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you need a part and there is no after market kit? What do you do when the after market kit is out of stock? You could scratch build it, well there is now a new option – you can Print it. Yes Print it. Read more.
Read MoreHere is a great peek into a good old brick and mortar LHS. This is classic model hunting in small shops with lots of kits everywhere.
Read MoreDave reports in on his trip the AMPS East show. He and some other site members took in the sights, sounds, vendors and food. It soundes like a good time was had by all.
Read MoreDave took a trip and found a gem. He found a great railroad museum. These can be an afternoon of fun and a wealth of research information. Read about Dave's trip here.
Read MoreWhen you need a large number of custom pieces creating molds is almost a must. Here one of our members shares how he made a mold using Lego blocks and silicone
Read MoreSlavica Zaric sent us her show report about Belgrade Winner 2006 Model Show.
Read MoreRobert brings us a great variety of photos from the Replicon XXI event in Freeport Recreation Center, Long Island, NY.
Read MoreDoes scale matter? The majority of the armor builders do so in 1/35th scale. The majority of manufacturers produce in 1/35th scale. This is being shaken up a bit with a recent influx of 1/48th scale armor products.
Read MoreIn the last few weeks there have been a number of threads over 'how to start' writing reviews for the site. The first impression many people have is that it's a truly daunting prospect. It's not easy, but the difficulties are NOT insurmountable. In this f
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Read MoreAl shows us how he brings life to his vignettes and figures with a feature about making evergreen spalings.
Read MoreNot the biggest, but certainly one of the more agreeable, this is my 'local' model show which is now in it's Ninth edition...
Read MoreCharles King (T0) shows us how he weathers modern armour plating.
Read MoreAhmad Zaidi (Silantra) shows us how to make a cheap and extremely useful paint rack, no matter which range of apints you prefer.
Read MoreA personal photoalbum of a soldier of a Panzerjäger division at the Eastern Front
Read MoreA few simple tips on how to improve those pics of your precious models.
Read MoreMartin Ramsden (BrandydogUK) takes a look at Eden Camp - a rather unusual WW2-themed museum in the North of England.
Read MoreFred Boucher has undertaken an extensive investigation of various wash techniques, using a variety of paints and inks with different carrier liquids.
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Jeremy Wee brings us another report on one of his loca Hobby stores.
Read MoreIn this, our continuing series on Local Hobby stores, Jeremy Wee (Jazza gives us the lowdown on Ace Hobby of Auckland, New Zealand.
Read MoreIn the continuing series on Local Hobby stores, we visit Transport models of Preston in the UK.
Read MoreI built a WW1 Albatros some time ago which required a bare-wood fuselage and tried the popular oil paints technique. The effect was great and produced a beautifully subtle "wood grain", but the oils took so long to dry that dust was a real problem.
Read MoreNate Phelps (Porkchop) and I took a trip to the 2005 MMSI (Military Miniature Society of Illinois) show in Oakbrook, IL on October 15. There were many inspirational pieces to admire. Here, we bring you a limited, but hopefully well rounded cross section o
Read MoreGood local model shops are hard to find. Take a look at Halifax Modellers World.
Read MoreHere are a couple of really simple techniques for making fake chains and springs.
Read MoreVacuformed kits have been rather overshadowed in recent years, first by the appearance of resin models and then the rapid growth of short-run injection-moulded kits.
Read MoreGetting that 'perfect' in-scale non-skid surface on your modern AFV can be difficult. Here is a simple techniques using nothing more than a spraygun or can that achieves the look you are after.
Read MoreRodger Cole [Halfyank] shows us an easy method on how to use silly putty instead of liquid masks.
Read MoreA simple way of adding rivets to anything. Illustrated by Keith Forsyth, who credits the idea to Ian Saddler.
Read MoreVince nos mostra sua técnica para pintar cabeças de figuras em escala 1/35.
Read MoreEver wanted to add a TOW 2 Weapon System to your Hummer? Pete Becerra [Epi] gives us many clear diagrams of the real thing and a description.
Read MoreAn easy way to make your photos much smaller in size without the use of e.g Photo-Shop.
Read MoreLast weekend in the city of Coruña, Spain, the seventh CIM (international Modelling Competion) was held under the auspices of a local modeling group - Escala of Coruña...
Read MoreCagın brings us how to make home-made display cases for your models. He builds one for his ship, Bluenose.
Read MoreIn this, the first, of the new Vendor Profiles, the first company to fall under the spotlight is a recent arrival - the U.S. Company, Alpine Miniatures.
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Red4 introduces us to an 'add on' step to normal resin casting - Pressure. He walks you through what needed and how to ensure you get great resin castings every time.
Read MoreSteve's background in prop making comes to help all of us with a great feature on how to reproduce parts in resin.
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Voici comment bricoler facilement une petite planche à plier sans se ruiner. Je n'ai pas prévu de réinventer la poudre, j'ai tout bonnement tenté de reproduire différents outils vendu dans le commerce et tout ça pour moins de 10 Euros de matériel.
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