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1987 Tenmille Catalog (No. 4)

Mixing and matching Chinese 2.4GHz radio control equipment

March 17, 2018

Post last updated 5/11/2018 – E-Fly ETB62/ER61 and ESKY ET4 results added — This article is regularly being updated as I purchase transmitters and receivers. Some entries in the table may be blank pending arrival of new acquisitions. Please check back frequently. — Unlike the days of AM or FM radio control, 2.4GHz RC controllers […]

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Gauge 1 James: Early Progress

November 16, 2016

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| Gauge 1, Gauge 1 James, Scratchbuilding

2008-2009 What do you do when Lionel’s G-scale James model has irritated you since your earliest, childhood rivetcounting days? Scratchbuild one – prototypical to the TV model – years later. This is the one that “started the ball rolling.” At the time, virtually nothing was available about the original Gauge 1 models, so this one […]

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