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Building Rix’s Smalltown USA “Helen’s Country Kitchen”

Building Rix’s Smalltown USA “Helen’s Country Kitchen” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Step-by-step instructions to prepare, assemble, paint and weather Rix’s Smalltown USA “Helen’s Country Kitchen” kit....
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DPM “Front Street” Building Assembly Tips and Techniques

DPM “Front Street” Building Assembly Tips and Techniques

Preparation, assembly, painting, weathering and detailing the DPM “Front Street” model kit, including adding a custom interior....
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Walthers Cornerstone “Team Track” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Walthers Cornerstone “Team Track” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Instructions on the painting and assembly of the HO scale Walthers Cornerstone "Team Track" kit 933-3166....
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Painting Figures on the Saint Louis Central 2002

Tips and Techniques for Painting Figures

The figures on the History Museum project are from a kit of 120 unpainted figures. Figures can be purchased already painted, but are often very costly ($1 to $3 each). I prefer to purchase the unpainted, which come in several kits: trades people, passengers, drivers, pedestrians, etc....
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Bachmann Spectrum “Ambassador Hotel” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Bachmann Spectrum “Ambassador Hotel” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Tips and techniques for assembling and finishing the HO scale Bachmann Spectrum "Ambassador Hotel" 160-88002....
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Walthers Cornerstone “Railway Express Agency” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Walthers Cornerstone “Railway Express Agency” Assembly Tips and Techniques

Assembly and painting tips, and roof detail guidance, for the Walthers Cornerstone "REA Freight House" 933-3095....
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Missouri History Museum Model Railroad Layout

Photos of the Missouri History Museum Model Railroad Layout

The Gateway Division designed, constructed and donated this recreation of the "St. Louis Central" model railroad layout for the Missouri Historical Society. This operating train layout was part of an exhibit on models and miniatures at the Missouri History Museum the Winter of 2002-20...
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Missouri Historical Society Model Railroad Layout

Missouri Historical Society Model Railroad Layout

This train layout was part of an exhibit on models and miniatures at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park (Saint Louis) October 5, 2002 to January 21, 2003. This layout is no longer on exhibit at the museum, but you can still explore it through the approximately one hundred phot...
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Model Buildings and Structures on the Missouri History Museum Train Layout

HO Scale Model Buildings and Structures on the Missouri History Museum Train Layout, Part 1

Factories, hotel, freight house, brewery, retail businesses, and bridges on the Missouri History Museum model railroad layout....
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Model Buildings and Structures on the Missouri History Museum Train Layout

HO Scale Model Buildings and Structures on the Missouri History Museum Train Layout, Part 2

Warehouses, restaurants, freight house, grain elevator, retail lofts, concrete and brick streets, and figures on the Missouri History Museum model railroad layout....
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Model Buildings and Structures on the Missouri History Museum Train Layout

HO Scale Model Buildings and Structures on the Missouri History Museum Train Layout, Part 3

Freight depot, interlocking tower, catalog showroom, auto parts store, team track, transformer, speeder shed, crossing gates, trackside shanty, and billboards on the Missouri History Museum model railroad layout....
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Missouri History Museum Model Railroad Layout

Saint Louis Central 2002 Missouri History Museum Exhibit

This model railroad layout is based on the Saint Louis Central 2001 Model Railroader project designed and built by St. Louis area members of the National Model Railroad Association during the July 2001 National Train Show in downtown St. Louis. We’ll call this one "Version 2.002" beca...
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