Building the Tonopah Southern 100: Exploring Cardstock
Card stock is a very old modeling medium. I wanted to give it a try with some new coatings that I have been working with in my...
A Small On30 Critter Locomotive
A while back, David Eblen sent me a photograph his brother had taken of a little Plymouth locomotive. I managed to convert that photo...
Tidewater Southern Railway Motor 100 in O Scale Part 3
Obsessing over the details is what makes this hobby so great for me. I want to be able to set a scene in miniature that takes me back...
Tidewater Southern Railway Motor 100 in O Scale Part 2
Being a newcomer to O scale, I had to do a bit of internet research to come up with a supplier of electric railway trucks, parts, etc...
Tidewater Southern Railway Motor 100 in O Scale
The Tidewater Southern Railway was a bucolic shortline that ran from Stockton, California, southward toward the Central Valley towns...
How to Trick Athearn Trucks
At some point in most projects you have to draw a line in the sand - you just have to say that the "insanity stops here". I will not...
How to Wind Your Own Springs
This is a journey through the mind and life of an inveterate scratch builder. There are a number of excuses for this activity...