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Crafting Realistic Grade Crossings for HO Model Railroads
In Part One, I gave the details about cutting balsa pieces to make forms for a grade crossing using plaster. The photo shows foam two-faced tape in place on both sides of the track. I pressed the balsa form onto the tape against the roadbed and track. You can read part one by clicking this Read more
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Part Two: How to Build a Grade Crossing on an HO Scale Model Railroad – Project Completed!
In Part One, I gave the details about cutting balsa pieces to make forms for a grade crossing using plaster. The photo shows foam two-faced tape in place on both sides of the track. I pressed the balsa form onto the tape against the roadbed and track. You can read part one by clicking this Read more
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Model Railroading Really Does Offer Great Therapy
In a recent post, Why Is Model Railroading So Much Like Therapy, I gave a short list of characteristics of mental health therapy that fit into model railroading. I said my assertions were meant to be “tongue-in-cheek,” as helping with mental health is serious, not to be taken lightly. In comments I received in response Read more
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Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 35: Not Forgotten
The big news around Maple Valley this week has been the suit filed against the Burthrap twins. Some guy named Dortsin Gimblemack hired a fancy lawyer from New York and sued them because he said they stole his recipe for binzelphrast. The bigger question was why anyone would want to eat something that is essentially Read more
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Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 35: Sylvia Meisner Has Not Been Forgotten, Yet
The big news around Maple Valley this week has been the suit filed against the Burthrap twins. Some guy named Dortsin Gimblemack hired a fancy lawyer from New York and sued them because he said they stole his recipe for binzelphrast. The bigger question was why anyone would want to eat something that is essentially Read more
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Discover the Therapeutic Benefits of Model Railroading
It is absolutely amazing how similar model railroading is to mental health therapy. I am a licensed professional counselor. I have noticed some unmistakable characteristics of model railroading that fit nicely into the rubric of the talking cures. The best of all is that you can pay your bill any time you want to, at Read more
A Coffee State of Mind 