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HOBBY ENTHUSIAST: Model Railroading October 2017 Everyone brings a particular knowledge and expertise to model railroading including historical research, electronics, engineering, carpentry and painting. ...excerpts from a quote by Bill Attaway
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Monthly magazine to keep you current on all the news!
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Model Railroader PeriodicalTips, projects, and photographs designed to help readers improve layouts and keep in touch with the hobby.
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Helpful Books to enrich your hobby.
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101 projects for your model railroad by Robert H. SchleicherA treasury of weekend projects for all model railroad enthusiasts, spanning everything from bench framing to wiring, assembling buildings, creating realistic ground covers, detailing locomotives, and running the railroad. Each project includes a handy table explaining the time (one to eight hours), tools, materials, money, skill level, and space required for successful completion. Studio photographs complement the text, and although the focus is on information specific to HO scale, each project includes a list of scales to which it is applicable.
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The HO model railroading handbook by Robert H. SchleicherThe "3rd Edition of the HO Model Railroading Handbook" includes step-by-step instructions for building your choice of two tabletop model railroads empires. Or, learn how to enjoy those trains by simply setting them up on the floor with movable scenery and buildings. Model railroading is easier than ever, thanks to a host of new techniques, materials and products that are all available to you. Use hands-on techniques in this book to learn the quick and easy way to: use the new HO track and roadbed that snaps securely together; design your own layout with the actual track pieces; connect two wires to run as many as 10 trains on one track; build a lightweight table from common blue insulation foam panels and plywood; cover square yards of your layout with breathtakingly realistic "grass-that-grows"; install bridges and build tunnels; operate like a real railroad with "waybill" cards and a "sequence timetable"; and trouble-shoot and repair locomotives, cars and track.
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The variety, workmanship and excellent graphics made this book a treasure.
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Inside the Lionel trains fun factory : the history of a manufacturing icon and the place where childhood dreams were made by Robert J. OsterhoffA fascinating trip through the rise, fall, and rise again of Lionel, one of the manufacturing and pop icons in modern American life. The impeccable research by Lionel historian Robert J. Osterhoff, along with more than 575 photos and images, tells the history of Lionel trains, factories, employees, and business practices from the late nineteenth century until today. Perfect for toy train enthusiasts, history buffs, or anyone seeking a nostalgic journey back to their childhood.
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Lionel trains : pocket price guide by Greenberg's GuideMarket prices change every year. Toy train enthusiasts need to know what their collection is CURRENTLY worth. The Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide 1901-2017 is packed with the latest market value information for prewar, postwar, modern, and tinplate trains, as well as postwar boxes and sets.
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Excellent Video of how-to's in Model Railroading
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This exciting instructional video teaches you everything you need to know to build a model railroad layout. No prior experience is necessary, just the desire to have fun! Narrated by Michael Gross, actor and model railroad enthusiast. Become part of the World's Greatest Hobby: Model Trains.
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Please join us for this charitable crafting program
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Pay it forward: Afghan squares (NIC) Thursday, November 6, 7:00 pm Board Room Knitters and crocheters who are ages 15 and older can feel good for the holidays by knitting and crocheting squares for patchwork afghans that will be donated within the Naperville community to nursing homes, hospices and shelters. Experienced knitters and crocheters can share their expertise, and novice knitters and crocheters are welcome too. Attendees can learn a new stitch each night to create a 7-by-9 square. Participants should bring machine washable worsted weight acrylic yarn and U.S.size 8, 9 or 10 knitting needles or H or I crochet hook.
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