Bill Denton shows how to make the change to a z scale coupler…
Looking for that vintage blue tinted glass common to passenger equipment? Bill Denton shows how it’s done…
Italy has a pretty good track record of producing some amazing designers – Ferrari, Armani, Versace – that are known worldwide. A bit of that culture has apparently rubbed off on Roberto Martari. Roberto has designed the premier line of N scale etched brass sides which are available through his company, M&R Models. For those …
If you haven’t seen the newest N scale trailers from Trainworx in person, the next best thing is to stop by our gallery and check out the photos of a sharp Union Pacific 40ft corrugated dry van.
By Mike Skibbe As a midwestern modeler, farm fields are a necessary modeling project. Some crops like soybean, cabbage, and wheat can be convincingly modeled with a combination of ground foam and static grass materials. Most early spring crops look about the same with small green plants peaking out from manicured rows of tilled soil. …
by Mike Skibbe Back before Kato began their “name” train releases, they released two series of passenger cars that did not form any particular train. Rather, the smoothside and corrugated releases followed the standard mix of matching baggage, RPO, coach, diner, sleeper, dome, and observation cars. While the smoothside cars followed UP prototypes (observation excluded) …