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» December 2009 Photo of The Month Winners - GrampysTrains
The theme for the December Photo Contest was "Home For The Holidays" with GrampysTrains posting another winner (above) and Shawn Fields coming in a close 2nd place (below). Congratulations guys! February's Theme: Steam!! See the Photography Forum for details

» Woodland Scenics Pine Tree Forest

01-26-2010 - by mont2186

I bought Woodland Scenics Pine Tree Forest kit for $9.10. 24 Tree armatures in the box. Waste of my money. They are soft white metal castings, Instruction say some armatures may have flashing you may have to trim it off. Ok felt like I was carving trees instead of trimming. Flash everywhere. Then twist the trunks gently to begin forming the shape. Tree 1, Snap, Tree 2, Snap. Tree 3, finally got... [Read More]

» Athearn RTR Pennsy Cabin Car

12-29-2009 - by Eastern Roads

Eastern Roads

PRR # 477714 in Pool Service colors. The prototype had a yellow cupola and trainphone antennas. It's a sharp looking Crummy, and adds color to the 60's, and 70's era freight trains. The Athearn is slightly larger than a Bowser product of the same model.

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» SceniKing Backgrounds by BPH Enterprises

11-28-2009 - by Eastern Roads

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Sceniking, a Canadian Company run by a Modeler, has been in business since 2004. The company produces 142 different kits, with scenes from Winter woods, to Great Lakes freighters tied up at their dock. They have backgrounds for all scales, which is a plus.

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» Evan Designs Model Builder Software

11-12-2009 - by Trainman1965

Introduction

Hello everyone I was asked by Kevin (TallDude) to do a review of the Model Builder program by Evan Designs. This is a card stock model building program for designing buildings for your layout. So lets get started on it.

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» Williams By Bachann GP38 O-scale 3-Rail

11-04-2009 - by ogauge47

Introduction

Today I am reviewing one of my favorite Williams locomotives, the bulletproof Williams GP38. For all you HO and N scalers out there, Williams is the bulletproof and reliable no-frills brand for locomotives. Instead of separately-applied handrails they are stamped metal handrails bent up... [Read More]

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