As mentioned in part one, this engine, a Super-Scale model, came to me with no drive, just sideframes. It was as if someone before me
I was sent three photos by Bill Johann some years ago of his scratchbuilt GE 80 ton switchers. More on the prototype here. He
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
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