As noted in several recent posts, before WWII Scale-Craft had a line of decals. Shipped with drawings, these were sized correctly for OO and were
In a recent article I looked at a coupler type that became the standard in American OO, the Kadee coupler. But there were other options
The March 2022 Railroad Model Craftsman contains an article, reprinted from their November 1936 issue, on building an OO scale hopper. Which is a neat
One line of OO products covered in the book (p. 158), but not mentioned yet in this updated website,** are the wood boxcar (SP) and
In a recent YouTube video Chris noted that his hopper cars from the layout of Carl Appel (of Norfolk and Ohio fame) had an early
Or, how do we get more model railroading done? A big difference between then and now is less screen time. In the peak time for
If rarity equals value, should we be giving the Scale-Craft Shell tank car with the original SC decals a bit more respect? Backing up a
As I detail further in the book, Scale-Craft always sold their OO models with decals, and the pre-war decals in particular are unique products. Accurately
This unusual model is an example of the sulfur gondola produced just before WWII by the Hawk Model Company of Chicago. As I mentioned in
Back a couple years ago I posted about how OOldtimers like Fred Schorr and Pierre Bourassa had rebuilt Ulrich HO “war emergency” gondolas into OO
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