7 Household Items You Can Use for Your Layout

By MRA Editors

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Disused Steamer Parts Made from Cotton Swabs
Street Light Armature Diffusors
Fall Protection Barriers for Hidden Tracks
Silos Made from Shampoo Bottles
Operational Hinges Made from Soda Cans
Realistic Tube Cargo Made from Straws
Make a Variety of Realistic Bushes with Kitchen Twine

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7 Responses to “7 Household Items You Can Use for Your Layout”

  1. John Christy

    I like the ideas with the twine to make bushes or shrubs.

  2. Harvey Johnson

    Great Ideas

  3. DALE

    Tips were great. Thank you.

  4. Chris white

    These ideas and quick explanations are Amazing Martin!!! Thank you so much!!!

  5. MICHAEL

    As my wife would say, "cool beans"! These ideas are great. Next time we need cotton swabs, I will be sure to get the plastic ones.

  6. Jerry Nichols

    Do you use the 'flexible' part of flex-straws for ductwork?

  7. Thomas Hill

    Thank you very much for these free videos. They have come at the best time ever. I will be using these videos on my own railway.