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SCRATCH BUILDING WITH CARDBOARD: RECYCLE
THAT EMPTY CORN FLAKES BOX

In the early days of model railroading, before the use of plasitcs, and the development of modual wall systems, and detail parts, most model railroaders had to build structures and detail parts using common household items.
Basswood, balsawood and yes, cereal boxes, were cut, carved, and white glued together to make buildings and other things needed for the layout. With the inrotduction of plastics, except for a few, this has gone to the wayside.
Matthyro, a Gauge member, has kept this form of scratchbuilding alive and can turn the most common of household items, including cereal boxes,into works of art.
Here's a step by step of how he does it.

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