I have at this point a pretty solid quantity of vintage American OO models, but one model, a pretty iconic one, I did not own:
Among many projects of the summer was this American OO scale FA1, built using a body from Shapeways and riding on Schorr RS-2 trucks. (It
Back a few months ago I made a mold of a good coal load (made in a more traditional manner), and from that made a
With the finish of the GP20, there were details I added to that unit that were lacking on other engines. It was not like
Following up on my post of a month ago, the GP20, a 3D printed model from Shapeways, is done. When I was originally thinking
One vintage American OO model you rarely see is the Graceline caboose. I have two that were built up really well, but they were not
Progress has been slow on projects for several months, but finally some progress is visible on my Shapeways Alco FA and GP20. Progress, as
Back in 2015 I had a closer look article on Famoco 6-wheel passenger trucks. They are of a different design than S-C trucks, and at
A recent eBay find was this nice composite gondola lettered for the Yorkville & Western of Fred Schorr. I have two other models of this
An uncommonly seen model by Nason is their gondola. Introduced in 1940, it took me a while to find even one of these. Then, in
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