Some models I obtain mainly thinking it is cheap, I’ll do a quick rebuild and try to sell it. Then the project takes a good
One of the more obscure pre-war makers of American OO kits was Hoffman’s of Philadelphia. I hardly build vintage kits anymore. I used sometimes, but
Back a few years ago I posted about how I had made a pair of plug door boxcars from Scale-Craft boxcars. The reason to do
One topic I have not written about extensively is that of vintage track products in American OO. Track was an obvious concern of OO gaugers
With the nice weather and working from home, I’ve set up my shop in the garage for working on a group of vintage freight cars
Back a few years ago I had a post on the modern hopper cars that Bill Johann put together from HO Tyco models. I’ve now
Regular readers know I have a group of models built by James Trout. That he was quite a fine craftsman is an understatement, as he
One thing I can respect from the OOldtimers is that they could take a project and go! One example is this string of 50’ double
This handsome American OO model was built by Pierre Bourassa, and it is one of at least two of these CN GP9RM that he built.
Four different types of vintage models I find catch my collecting interests. One type is neatly built models with printed sides by any maker. The
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