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Stump Tower Kitbash: Part 4
With the main portion of the facade build, I moved to the smaller side of the structure. The process is very similar, so the build moved fairly quickly. The main difference is the center potion of the smaller facade, with several windows in place of the single large window and center “molding”. For the center [...]
The Hacking Issues Continue
Nothing much to report here. We are stillplaguedby problems related to the recent automated hack of the NSL site. This post is simply to trigger a reindexing by Google to hopefully reset our Google page descriptions and link destinations. Boy…nothing like pouring though PHP code two Saturday nights in a row.
Printable Billboards: Charlies Radio Repair
Forum member ChicagoNW has done in again with three new multi-era billboards you can download and print for your layout. These are for Charlie’s Radio Repair and I personally like the fact that these have a very decade-specific feel to them, especially the last one that reminds me of late 1980s advertising. Per Michael’s usual [...]
Printable Graffiti Tags
As you may have already seen in our Forum, one of our members, ChicagoNW, took an interesting approach to creating graffiti “tags”, using the names of top members with the most forum posts. I have to admit that I’ve had these files for quite some time, so if someone’s posting “rank” has changed, my apologizes. [...]
Printable Billboards: Baker Plumbing
You’ve already seen the great era-specific “Able Electric” billboards created for you by N Scale Limited Forum member, ChicagoNW (aka Michael Madaj). Continuing with the multi-era approach, Michael has created three new N scale billboards you can download and print for your layout. This time around, these billboards are for another common business — a [...]
A Simple Art Deco Sign in N Scale
Recently, I posted photos on our forum of a structure I’ve almost completed — a basic Custom Model Railroads kit called the St. Paul Building. For that structure, I decided that it needed a tall, narrow sign to hang from the side of the building. I wanted to do something a bit more decorative than [...]
N Scale Limited, Hacked
For those of you that have tried to view the N Scale Limited site or forum over the last day or so and found them to be unavailable, I apologize for the inconvenience. Our site and forum were hacked after our content management system was compromised by a “backdoor” in one of the software plugins [...]
75 Years of Model Railroader on DVD
Model Railroader Magazine, one of the industry’s longest-running and most famous publications, has announced an exciting new resource for model railroaders! Coming in December 2011, the first 75 years of Model Railroader — that’s 900 issues — will be available as a comprehensive, fully-indexed and searchable archive on DVD. Quickly access any complete issues or [...]
Micro-Trains June 2011
It’s that time again. Micro Train Line’s June 2011 releasesinclude: Presidental Series: Grover Cleveland 40′ Standard Box Car, Single Plug Door without Roofwalk Rd # 1893-1897 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Traveling Big Top Extravaganza Series:Hippo Car B&O / Chessie PS-2 3-bay covered hopper with high sides Rd # B&O 602903 Canadian National 89′ [...]
Stump Tower Kitbash: Part 3
The next step in the Lunde StudiosStump Tower N scale kitbashwas to extend the sub-assembly I completed for the main entrance to cover the full front of the facade. Inthe previous article,I left off with the entrance highlighted in the photo below. Extending the Main Facade From this point, I built the “wings” on either [...]
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