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Railway modelling (UK, Australia, Ireland and Canada) or Model railroading (US) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale, or ratio. The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, tracks, signalling, and roads, buildings, vehicles, model figures, lights, and features such as streams, hills and canyons. The earliest model railways are the 'carpet railways' in the 1840s. Electric trains appeared around the turn of the 20th century. But these were crude likenesses. Model trains today are more realistic. Today modellers create model railway / railroad layouts, often recreating real locations and periods in history. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  cccrow.com 600px x 800px | 80.80kB [source page] Just a few days prior Just a few days later  pamodelrailroads.com 681px x 1024px | 654.70kB [source page] Jeff Warner s prr rdg wm south Central Region From Yahoo Image Search: "Model Railroad"  modelrailroadtraintips.com admin Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:27:03 GM The Lionel . model. train is the classic toy . model. train in the . model. railway train world. From Google Blog Search: "Model Railroad"  video.google.com Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:01:38 PST Narrated video tour of Napa Valley Model Railroad Society's HO Scale layout.. video.google.com.  youtube.com Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:29:01 PST modelrr.oakviewresources.com To watch this in higher quality Add &fmt=18 to the end of a normal YouTube URL. Ok. Here is a series on Layout ... youtube.com.  youtube.com Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:34:00 PDT This is Alex Rivera's first HO gauge model railroad, a two-level layout set up in his garage. He named his railroad the "Roy Kanishiro ... youtube.com. From Google Video Search: "Model Railroad"  news.google.com Hartford Courant The convention will include clinics and seminars on model railroading topics; visits to museums such as the Danbury Railway Museum, the Railroad Museum of ... news.google.com News-Journal.com Model railroader Jim Uhler, at his wife's urging, bought an old Santa Fe Railroad caboose in 1985 and had it moved to his land in Elderville. ... news.google.com Danville Weekly Call 938-7800 ext.256 Museum of the San Ramon Valley presents its Model Trains exhibit which is open until July 26. The museum is located at 205 Railroad ... and more » From Google News Search: "Model Railroad" Is the model railroad industry dwindling? Q. I mean these things are like over $900.00 and they hardly sell their merchandise because it is so expensive. Is there a way to save this industry from dying out? Asked by __A_YAHOO_USER__ - Wed Oct 28 12:42:19 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I think it's rapidly changing but I wouldn't say it was dying out. I do see rapid changes coming in the next few years to some scales. For example I think that O and S scales will really start to diminish in the next few years while N, Ho and G will get more popular. Most O and S scalers are on up in years and while most hobby stores will tell you that they sell a lot of O scale as these folks age I don't see them being replaced. They also have the money to spend on the expensive items that you are talking about. As baby boomers retire, I see G scale getting a larger following. I sell some train items on ebay and most of it goes to retirees in CA and FL. These people will still be with us for many more years. Ho and N will be… [cont.] Answered by Lastdue - Sat Oct 31 18:57:26 2009 How do you remove paint on a wooden model? Q. I have a old model railroad craftsman kit made of wood painted in a hideous color. What's the best way to strip that crud off without ruining the car body detail? Asked by Tyler D - Sat Dec 27 01:02:52 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. use the sandpaper . scrub on it the paint will go of but remember do not apply to much force or else the details will go out thanku Answered by yeyme - Sat Dec 27 08:54:24 2008 How Tall is Hogwarts? I am building a model railroad and wanted to add a certain school!?
Q. The models I will use will be 1:160 (i.e. one foot would be modeled at 0.075 inches). The Hogwarts Express train I will be using will be in 1:148 scale (i.e. it takes .0812 inches to model 1 foot of structure). Noble says their Hogwarts model "Measures approximately 13 inches in height," but it looks like most of that is comprised of cliffs, & their Hogwarts is about 7 inches. That would make the Astronomy peak come close to looking 93 feet high next to other American N (1:160) scale structures-- and about 86 feet tall compared to the British N-gauge (1:148) train. A) Does anyone own the Noble Collection Hogwarts, and if so, how tall is just the Hogwarts portion of it? How accurate is this sculpt based on what we see in the movie and… [cont.] Asked by manniebothans - Mon Aug 6 13:56:04 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'm not sure that the height was every mentioned. There are at least 5 stories. But stories are relevant to the structure. Old castles had high ceilings so one story in castle could be 1 1/2 to 2 stories in a modern translation of what a story is. Dumbledore's office was at the very top of the castle and I always had the impression that the round stairway was very very tall.. at least 1 1/2 to 2 stories high. If I were you I would look at the movie scenes of the castle. The drawings in the books... Then just make your own interpretation of what Hogswart Castle would look like. Answered by The Queen Has Spoken - Mon Aug 6 14:03:58 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Model Railroad" See also:
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