How To Articles : Classy Model Trains

Garden Railroad Layouts | garden railroad construction
Your first move when plotting a garden railroad layout is to scope the lay of the land. Determine your slope or degree of decline and elevation in order to figure out where your bridges, culverts and trestles will be forged.

Weathering Wooden Model Train Structures
One of the essential components of creating life like structures is weathering. Weathering is the altering of newly modeled structures and prototypes to closely resemble it's true to life counterpart. There are points on and within your structure that will need attention if you're considering weathering with any degree of realism.

Model Train Scenery | model railway rock finising | Painting Rocks
The first step after molding is complete is the fine art of making the ground look real. You will accomplish this by first giving the layout a good brush over of earth toned colors. Apply a light layer over the entire area, or at least the areas you know will be woodland or scenic.

Problems with Aftermarket Sound Installation : By Fred Krause
Recently, a customer purchased two of Bachmann’s EMD DDA40X Centennials with DCC on board. It’s a beautiful model compared to older Bachmann locomotives and is quite detailed. The customer had asked us if we could install sound in the engines and as it said “designed for aftermarket sound installation we said yes.

Decoders | decoder installation | checking decoders
If you have a drop in place decoder, testing will require you clamp your (alligator) monster clips to leads on the decoder. Their are attachments designed to assist you in finding the connections. To make this an easy task, the NMRA has harnesses designed for just such a task.

Greg Warth | Teaching Modelers One Click @ a Time
We highly recommend you take a moment to review Greg's content as he's a seasoned modeler with decades of experience and the rare willingness of heart to share his passion and knowledge…

Cam Trucks | A birds Eye View | How to Build a Cam Truck
Most modellers are truly kids at heart. One of the outstanding qualities of youth is the ability to explore your imagination and projecting yourself into different worlds. Many of us are satisfied with the simple operations of our layouts. Cool effects, life like replicas and true to life sounds of our locomotives gliding across rails at scaled down speeds.

Guest Article By: World Famous Robert Anderson | Storing Rolling Stock
Most model railroaders have far more cars (rolling stock) and locomotives than they can possibly operate at once. One option is to simply store excess rolling stock and locomotives in boxes or on display shelves or cabinets. It is possible, however, to store all of your extra equipment and trains on tracks in a yard that may or may not be part of the visible operating portion of your model train layout.

Soldering Iron | Soldering Tips | model train tips
Apply a dash of flux before soldering | keep tip clean | Use damp sponge between uses

Trouble Shooting | DC Power Packs | How Your Train Works
If you ever run across a situation where your model train or trains don't run… it's wise to have the knowledge of how your train works under your belt.

Model Train Scenery | model railway scenes | Crafting Hills
Find scenery, supplies and tools | How to articles | Crafting Hills and Mountains for YOUR Layout

Model Train Scenery | model train trees | scale model trees
In order to pull out the gift of life from models and replicas you must give them the gift of individuality. Too many times we've shot layouts and the attention to tree detail is less than perfect. To help everyone along we're going to slam a few basics in front of you.
Fabulous Source – Prototype Railroad Reviews and General Info
Website dedicated to informing you about the dat to day prototypical activites fueling the modern railway system

Model Train How to Articles | model train articles
How to Articles ranging from such delicate topics as decoder instillation, layout construction and how to scratch build virtually any detail