I learned my lesson regarding “impossibilities” years ago when a guy from Chalmette walked into the shop and announced he was going to scratch-build an HO scale model of the roller coaster that use to be in the Ohio State…
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Azalea and Crape Myrtle twigs have long been a mainstay in my diorama-building repertoire for making trees. Plucked bare of their natural foliage they make perfect dead trees. Add some Woodland Scenics and they make perfect live trees. The mottled…
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One of the more unusual models we used to sell was the Monogram (way before Revell acquired them) Flying Flapjack. What was more unusual was that Monogram sent us a working factory-built display model of it. You’d install a battery,…
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Got word that the local train club is producing their very own custom box car. Here’s the info for those who’d like to get one: “The CCMRC (Crescent City Model Railroad Club) Crescent Lines 60th Anniversary Club Car is in…
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Britt Vallot wanted to show us the flight deck he scratch-built for the Dauntless model he’s working on. It’s constructed with basswood strips. He said that it’s worked out better than he could have imagined. …
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It would be difficult to name a more prolific company than Woodland Scenics. Somehow they always manage to come up with a product that makes a modeler’s life a bit easier. They hit the mark again with the…
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Everything old is new again. So it is with Royal & Langnickel’s Engraving Art. This category is best described as a board coated with a metallic foil, which in turn is coated in a black “wax”. Images are pre-drawn in blue…
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I know quite a few talented modelers. I also know quite a few talented photographers, most of whom also build models. For the past year or so, I’ve been changing the ‘cover photo’ on our website featuring the images that…
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From time to time, I get a News Release important enough to pass on. Here’s one I received from our local train club, the Crescent City Model Railroad Club. It announces an open house in conjunction with National Train Day. Here goes:…
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Making Cheap Concrete Barriers Here’s a quick tip for projects that incorporate roads, such as a model railroad layout or school projects. A common method used to separate lanes of traffic going in opposite directions is a concrete barrier….
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