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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: May 2010
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. Building a farm house. New products coming down the pike. Aquia Harbor -Benchwork almost done. I am plea...
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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: July 2010
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. Cooling off at Brooke. The Great Cover Up. Interesting Links about Civil War Railroading and Modeling.
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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: Latest Track Plan
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. Origins of the Layout Idea. Interesting Links about Civil War Railroading and Modeling.
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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: August 2009
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. The dilema of links and pins. More on link and pin couplers. Winslow Homer, Home, Sweet Home. That combi...
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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: June 2009
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. Interesting Links about Civil War Railroading and Modeling. SMR Trains- Source for O Scale ACW Models.
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USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: November 2009
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A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. Sponsored by Alkem Scale Models. The Locomotive Virginia made by Smith and Perkins in Alexandria, 1856. Alkem Scale Models Kits. Virginia Locomotive and Car Works. Track laying reaches Stonemans Station. Potomac Creek Bridge Mock-Up. Arched Truss at Potomac Creek.
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: Yet another Tank House
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Friday, August 19, 2016. Yet another Tank House. After I had finished my John Krohn Tank House, which consists mainly in one single structure, I wanted to build yet another one, a little bit different. While browsing the net for pictures of tank houses, I stumbled over the Stanley Ranch Tank House that's actually part of the Garden Grove Historical Society. S Stanley Ranch Museum Historical Village. I assembled the timber bents as per the instructions, using th...
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: Building a Tank House (Part 2)
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Building a Tank House (Part 2). Well, I started this project last summer already and due to other "obligations", it rested for some time. When I finally got back to it, I wasn't happy with what I had already accomplished on the tank house. The supporting structure wasn't trapezoidal enough, compared to the pictures and there were also other flaws in the construction of the roof etc. So finally I decided to start all over again. While ...
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: January 2015
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Monday, January 19, 2015. Reworked Lighting and Upper Valence. Some time back, after I had installed and painted my backdro,p I also installed lighting on the ceiling all along the layout. The layout room has an overall height of 2,50 meters (aprox. 8 feet and something) To get the layout framed in conveniently I had to install a valance extending down roughly 60 cm (2 feet). When I visited my friend Pit Karges' HOn3 Lodores and Silvertown. I drilled 8mm holes ...
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: December 2014
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Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Friday, December 12, 2014. LCVP's enroute for San Diego. In an earlier post I contemplated about mounting an LCVP on a flatcar. The 1/72th LCVP fits nicely on a 57'6" flatcar. Bob Chaparro forwarded me a picture of an LCVP on a flat car sitting in the Pacific Electric Dolores Yard in California during WWII. As you can see, the side overhang is identical to the one of the model. (Metro Tansportation Library and Archives Flickr. The schematic above shows the wood...