For years the ubiquitous 50′ exterior post Railbox car was missing from the N scale market. Microtrains and Model Die Casting had made them years ago, but up until about a year ago, finding them was hit or miss. Then Athearn bought MDC and started re-releasing their “Berwick” box cars. One of their first roadnames […]
Working with extruded styrofoam is a core technique for model railroading. These videos are a helpful resource on how to do that.
Terminal Information Publications contain all sorts of detailed information about various “jobs” based out of a yard. This set covers Bayview Yard in Baltimore.
So this past weekend was Railfest in Altoona, and I had kicked around the idea of going. Well, I didn’t make it, and look what my “friends” go and do: Make me famous.
I have been using Caboose Industries N scale groundthrows for a long time. They’ve served me well on layouts for many years, but there was always one thing about them that bothered me: they’re big and ugly. Good thing there’s an easy solution though.
Track is something that can make or break a model railroad. The traditional code 80 track products that have been available for many years have ruined, for me at least, many a photograph. It was for this reason that I have been striving to have good looking, or at least inoffensive, track on my current […]
I’ve done a bunch of model photography over the years. Some of it has been quite basic and turned out poorly, other shots have come out beautifully. A lot of it depends on the subject material, but these techniques should yield you some decent results, or at least a place to get started.
Winter is a tough time of the year to model. Why did I decide to do such a crazy thing?