Black Creek & Angels Camp Railway Part 1

Soon after gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, the great Gold Rush... READ MORE

Building a Model of a Model Railroad (Part 1)

Building a model of a model railroad is a great planning tool that... READ MORE

A Simple Airbrush Hanger

I have suffered for years for a place to put my airbrush in between... READ MORE

Create Chipping Paint With Salt

Weathering models with salt to represent chipped paint has been used... READ MORE

A Small Stone Wall

The Problem

I have previously published an article on... READ MORE

Scratchbuilding an HO Scale Chicken Coop

Here is a simple scratchbuilding project that one could complete in... READ MORE

Industrial Archaeology: C. 1908 Bumping Post

I love Google Books. They have scanned books before 1927 that are... READ MORE

Clever Models Yard Shack

The other day I built a little Paper Model - ... READ MORE

My Neighbors Weeds

My next door neighbor moved away and no one mowed her lawn.  In... READ MORE

A Wooden Bridge for On18

Shawn Branstetter wrote an article on constructing a small bridge... READ MORE

Concrete Box - Take 2

This is take 2 on creating something that looks like concrete in O... READ MORE

Spalled Concrete - Take 1

I was playing around yesterday with creating what looks like... READ MORE

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