Specific to scratch-building techniques and ideas. Kitbashing is also on topic.
Tuesday, 24 August - - Updates! The web site has just received a big update! Click on the Structures page and you will find write-ups on the...
Well after working all weekend, I have finally managed to get a start on the snow shed. The background: I wanted to have a snow shed to 1) add...
I thought some one might be interested in this, Hope someone can use the info. I saw model power's web site has some clearance items and they have...
From the beginning I wanted a passenger station so I could have my RDC-3 and a freight warehouse so I could have a few box cars or flat cars. Long...
somethin' i kitbashed/scratchbuilt from two northeast scale models 'box factory' kits for a friend of mine. dimensions of the diorama are 12" x 12"....
Hi guys, Tried a search on this but no luck. I seem to recall in my travels hearing of a 'special' tool one could use to cut nice, straight...
Hi, Attached are two photos of a coal breaker / tipple I've designed and built for The J&J. I drew up the building in Autocad and then plotted the...
Looking for Ideas' on building an Electrical Substation yard, Substation Transformers, Breakers, the Insulators, Steel Beams and Columns all the...
Hi All, Being a fan of card modeling to build up things intended for a model RR layout, I have been casting about looking for a way to be able to...
After a load of rewiring on the board, decided to have a clean up and found some odd scraps of ABS. I am one of those people who cannot throw...
I heard that NJI is coming out with a Fuel Oil Dealer kit much like the one that Walthers no longer makes. Has anyone see any advanced pictures of...
The current issue of the MR Newsletter contains the “free” article: Feed mill prototype drawings. This link provides a brief introduction along...
Attached are thumbnails of my new powerhouse that I built to go alongside my Walther new river mine kit. In real industrial sites like mines you...
Late last year I purchased an N scale LOT from a local whos father had passed on. In that lot I got about 15 sheets of copper about 1'x1' They are...
I got this idea from my friend Sparkey...I built this turntable for almost nothing...It an old CD and case...I cut and scribed a wal-mart for sale...
A while ago, I scratch built 2 100 foot freeway overpasses to go over a river and the TCWR mainline on my old layout plan. I didn't want to spend...
In my ongoing efforts to revive and rejuvenate abandoned, unloved, orphan buildings on eBay, I wound up with two of these classic Kibri structures:...
Ok, so I'm not bashing this kit too hard at the moment, but here's what I have so far....
I needed a new home for my nice new 22.5K gallon tanker... so I made one... My first ever scratch build! Sorry about the lighting in some of...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone here ever had a set of custom printed decals made? If so who would you recommend and was the cost reasonable and the...
The current MR newsletter contains the “free” article Build a liquid-asphalt transfer terminal This article is an eight page PDF is quite detailed...
This is another small easy build..I needed cross Bucks for a couple of crossings..They were printed on card stock..mounted to a Wally world "for...
I've been working on my layout, completing my mountains with scenery using trees and foilage. My mountains are against the backwall of my garage. The...
I've done sketches and plans for 19 projects on another site. Rather than re-do all of them here...which would take me forever...I thought I would...
Has anyone out there attempted to convert the Heljan Fire Station into a 2 bay fire House?
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