One thing I have found that I have had to do as an American OO enthusiast is from time to time recreate lost knowledge. In
While their OO line was not introduced until 1937, Scale-Craft had been a leader in the scale model railroad industry for some time even by
It might not be the burning question of the ages, but I was very interested to recently see noted clearly on a set of drawings
In April and May of 1945 we have a couple of the most curious advertisements ever run in the model railroad press. I first noticed
Up today are two models that have long been known among OO enthusiasts to be overscale for HO, the Baldwin diesel switcher models produced by
At New Years, driving back from Kansas, we saw far fewer trains than normal due to track work underway. Perhaps that was inspiration, but I
One topic I don’t post on often is that of vintage OO structure kits. I don’t have many, but I know there is a collector
As a last project of the year (I like to alternate harder and easier projects) I had in mind to finish up three HO stock
After years of not owning any models with the early Scale-Craft 24 volt DC motor I have for almost two years had two on the
Starting the year out with a bang, three different OO layouts were seen in the January, 1944 issues of The Model Craftsman and The Model