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
The gondola produced by Nason Railways is a late pre-war model not often seen. It came with printed sides and was available in two versions,
I finally have finished a pair of Schorr F units that have been almost finished since 2014! To the photo itself, I took that
As mentioned in prior posts, Tichy decals can be purchased in OO scale versions. One set that caught my eye was this one, for a
Back in 2017 (more here) I first purchased Tichy OO decals, which they will make on special order, scaled up from their HO decals. I