January
2010
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The Scenery Scene - Quick interiors for you structurs
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Night time: Layout and structure lighting
by Charlie Comstock
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March
2010
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George Selios interview: The Fraknline & South Manchester
by Charlie Comstock and Joe Fugate
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Craig Bisgeier interview: The Housatonic Railroad Company
by Charlie Comstock and Les Halmos
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Scenery Scene - Quick and easy hopper loades
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Tunnel Liners: The interiors of BC&SJ tunnels 2 and 3
by Charlie Comstock
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May
2010
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Scenery Scene - Detailing your loading docks
by Charlie Comstock
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Jim Dias interview - Western Pacific 3rd Subdivision
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Roadwork: Building a concrete highway
by Charlie Comstock
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Reverse Running - Now you see it, now you don't
by Charlie Comstock
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July
2010
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Scenery Scene - Trackside stuff: Add piles of ties and tie plates
by Charlie Comstock
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Jimmy Deignan interview - The return of the Pennsy: Jimmy found and restored Dave Frary's Pennsy project layout
by Charlie Comstock and Joe Fugate
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Modeling Decrepit Spur Tracks - Are those sidings or roller coasters?
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Modeling a small creek, part 1: Grade crossings and a king post bridge for Sheffield Creek
by Charlie Comstock
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September
2010
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Scenery Scene - Quick and easy stumps: Got loggers?
by Charlie Comstock
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Dave Clune interview - The On3 Cascade County Narrow Gauge
by Joe Brugger and Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Modeling a small creek, part 2: building the creek bed for Sheffield Creek
by Charlie Comstock
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November
2010
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Scenery Scene - Easy highway striping: Striping highways with an airbrush
by Charlie Comstock
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Kevin Klettke interview - The HO scale bedroom size Washington Northern layout
by Charlie Comstock and Joe Brugger
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Up The Creek - Modeling a small creek, part 3: Planting a giant cedar tree
by Charlie Comstock
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January
2011
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The Scenery Scene - Improving bottle brush trees: More realist trees using paint and ground foam
by Charlie Comstock
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Tool Shed - Make your own laser leveler: Getting level headed!
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Modeling a small creek, part 4: Rock casting and zip texturing
by Charlie Comstock
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February
2011
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Scenery Scene - Small rock outcroppings: An easy method to stain cast plaster rocks
by Charlie Comstock and Joe Fugate
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Scenery Scene - Weathering with chalk and alcohol: It takes longer to dry than to do
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Designing a small division point yard: Considerations for Bear Creek yard on the BC&SJ
by Charlie Comstock
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March
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Having fun, changing of the guard
by Charlie Comstock
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Scenery Scene - Build a billboard: A laser kit made it easy
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Installing a framed wood trestle, part 1: Benchwork preparation and trestle construction
by Charlie Comstock
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April
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Obsession! It's a way of life
by Charlie Comstock
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Engine House - Putting an Atlas GP7 into service on the BC&SJ
by Charlie Comstock
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Dave Adams interview - The On3 Durlin Branch
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Insalling a framed wood trestle, part 2: Bracing, guard timbers, and scenery
by Charlie Comstock
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May
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Creative Personalities: Being different, like everybody else
by Charlie Comstock
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Scenery Scene - Bamboo Skewer and furnace filter connifer trees
by Charlie Comstock
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Jack Tingstad interview - The HO Cloud City & Western layout
by Charlie Comstock
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Superintendent's Office - Car card boxes: Easy to make with changable labels
by Charlie Comstock
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June
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - The Doldrums: Getting nothing much done hobby-wise...
by Charlie Comstock
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Scenery Scene - Crates: Gift wrapped boxes?
by Charlie Comstock
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Up the Creek - What time is it?: Running trains on time using a fast clock
by Charlie Comstock
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July
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Attention to detail: Details are like salt and pepper
by Charlie Comstock
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Scenery Scene - Applying makeup: Finger painting and painted people
by Charlie Comstock
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Al Frasch interview - The N scale BNSF Pilchuck division
by Charlie Comstock
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Car Shop - Fine tuning rolling stock: making it run better
by Charlie Comstock
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August
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Running in the dark: Hey! Who turned out the lights?
by Charlie Comstock
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September
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Are you a MRH Magellan?: Where the heck are we?
by Charlie Comstock
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October
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Are you a MRH Magellan - part 2?: Where the heck are we?
by Charlie Comstock
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Scenery Scene - Hybrid Trees: Super trees meet Woodland Scenics
by Charlie Comstock
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Up the Creek - Upper Bear Creek gets water, part 1: Paving sand creek bed upgrade
by Charlie Comstock
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Reverse Running - Running backward toward fewer derailments
by Charlie Comstock
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November
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - Selective compression, turning less into more
by Charlie Comstock
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Up the Creek - Upper Bear Creek gets water, part 2: Envirotex water
by Charlie Comstock
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December
2011
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Editor's Soapbox - The season of trains, remembering good times with trains in the past
by Charlie Comstock
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Superintendent's Office - Fascias signs, from inkjet printer to fascia
by Charlie Comstock
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Up the Creek - Upper Bear Creek gets water, part 3: Finishing the scenery
by Charlie Comstock
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January
2012
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Editor's Soapbox - Sharing our passion, good things get better with friends
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 1, building a helix
by Charlie Comstock
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February
2012
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Editor's Soapbox - Overcoming lethargy, getting started ... again
by Charlie Comstock
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Mt Allen is gone! George Sellios tears out the famous Mt Allen on the F&SM
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 2, finishg the helix and expanding the helix table
Companion video, Adding gussets to joists with wood working biscuits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSVPhD0bIJU
by Charlie Comstock
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March
2012
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Editor's Soapbox - Lights, Camera, Action, sharing your layout with people who aren't there
by Charlie Comstock
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 3, Laying out a staging yard throat and more benchwork
by Charlie Comstock
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June
2012
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 4, Connecting the peninsula to the rest of the layout
Companion video, Scratch building turnouts using homemade jigs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_POUtKO5qQ
by Charlie Comstock
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October
2012
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 5, Progress continues, slowly in main staging and wiring
by Charlie Comstock
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November
2012
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 6, Getting wired, short circuit protections, turnout control panel, and serendipity in the new South Jackson yard
by Charlie Comstock
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December
2012
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 7, Wiring a junction between reversing loops using relays
by Charlie Comstock
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February
2013
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 8, First trains run through the new South Jackson on the mainline.
by Charlie Comstock
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March
2013
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Up The Creek - Peninsula construction, part 9, The Bear Creek & South Jackson is running again!
by Charlie Comstock
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May
2013
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Up The Creek - Bending the sky, coving backdrop corners with styrene
by Charlie Comstock
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June
2013
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Rob Carey interview - A double-deck, N-scale, D&RGW Tennessee Pass layout
Companion video: Meet at Belden on Rob Carey's Tennessee Pass double deck layout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXKACDjQdCM
by Charlie Comstock
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July
2013
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Up The Creek - Peninsula contruction, part 10: Starting on the peninsula's upper deck reveals turnout placement issues in lower deck staging.
by Charlie Comstock
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August
2013
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Up The Creek - Entering a photo contest, what does it take?
by Charlie Comstock
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October
2013
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Up The Creek - Train order semaphore, moving from Track Warrants to TT&TO operation
by Charlie Comstock
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Charlie Comstock's MRH Articles - 2009
