http://easymodeltraintips.com Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:08:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Images to Help You With Model Train Track Possibilities Wanting to add some visual examples of model trains, model train track layouts and foreground/background detail, I visited the Napa Valley Model Railroad Club.  They were kind enough to allow me to take pictures and videos and post them here on my ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/model-train-track-possibilities/ Would You Like a Free eBook? Perhaps it is more of a trade than free.  I am looking for an article to be written in exchange for the eBook. Here are the catagories of articles I am looking for: Candle Making Herb Gardens Infertility Model Trains Panic Attacks Salt Water Aquariums The free eBooks available are on the following subjects: Ab ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/would-you-like-a-free-ebook/ Model Railroad Track Plans Have you ever played that computer game Sim City or Civilization?  Yeah, that’s right, they’re games where you have to plan out and run a city (or nation in terms of Civilization) so that it grows and prospers.  It’s a very different kind of fun than the ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/model-railroad-track-plans/ Bachmann Model Trains How could you not have heard of Bachmann model trains!  You’ve heard of Lionel trains right?  Well what Lionel trains are to O scale model trains (trains that are 1/48 the size of real world locomotives) Bachmann is to HO scale and N scale (1/87th and 1/160th respectively).  ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/bachmann-model-trains/ Model Train Track So let’s talk model train track.  Where you going?  You don’t need any coffee, I’m not going to go all model train geek on you and start talking standard gauges and variations in track and all that.  You know I couldn’t do that even if I wanted to.  ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/model-train-track/ Model Steam Trains Alright, forget about those little tiny model trains with their little pieces and tiny brushes you use to detail them.  Forget about the little figure 8 set-up and puttering around in your attic or basement.  Let’s think big.  Really BIG!  What am I babbling about?  I’m talking “live ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/model-steam-trains/ Model Train Scale I know, it’s confusing isn’t it:  G scale, HO, N scale, O scale.  All this talk about model train scale almost makes you want to quit even before you begin.  Figuring it all out just seems like such a chore.  But don’t worry, I spent a little time ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/model-train-scale/ Model Train Information So you’ve recently rediscovered your childhood love of model trains.  It would be great, wouldn’t it, to introduce your son or daughter to that magic feeling you got when you first saw a full-fledged store display and heard your first model locomotive come blowing out of its dark ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/model-train-information/ HO Scale Model Trains [caption id="attachment_134" align="alignleft" width="475" caption="Four HO Scale Boxcars"] Pop quiz: what’s the most popular scale of train these days?  Yeah, okay, this would have been a lot more challenging if I hadn’t introduced it with the title “HO Scale Model Trains”, huh?  Yeah, but that’s right.  HO scale ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/ho-scale-model-trains/ G Scale Model Trains So, imagine this:  You’re laying back sunbathing in your back yard on your average summer day.  You yell back to your house that you could use a lemonade and shortly you hear a train whistle and the clickety clack of one of your G scale model trains ... http://easymodeltraintips.com/g-scale-model-trains/