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Rod Stewart in Model Railroader Magazine

Rod Stewart in Model Railroader Magazine

Rod Stewart: model train geek? Who knew? Stewart contacted Model Railroader magazine last year, said he’d been a hobbyist for 20 years, and sent them pics of his layout. While he was on tour, he visited the magazine’s offices in Milwaukee. Stewart invited editors to come see his HO scale 23′ x 124′ layout in […]

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Swedish scale modeling contest

Swedish scale modeling contest

On D+R, Mister Jalopy points us to the winners of the 2008 IPMS scale modeling contest in Stockholm, Sweden. I’ve been to some of these miniature and models contests and the models and dioramas are incomprehensibly detailed and expertly painted. Having spent years studying this artform (I used to run a sci-fi tabletop wargame modeling […]

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Building slot car scenery

Building slot car scenery

How-to on building scenery for a slot car racing track. HOW-TO: Creating Professional Slot Car Scenery [via]

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Tutorial on Bondo

Hack n Mod has a round-up of useful information and how-tos related to Bondo, the wondrous auto body filler with hundreds of other uses. The Power of Bondo: A Comprehensive Tutorial

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Help Brandon make a water fountain

Help Brandon make a water fountain

From the MAKE mailroom: I am working on a project but I’m missing some critical know-how on building models and I was wondering if you would be so kind as to impart some skills. The project is a water fountain. So far, I’ve come up with a couple of ideas on how to construct it, […]

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