I’ve been working slowly on a number of things over the summer. Besides limited time, a big bottleneck has been limited time to use my
I always have projects of varying difficulty in progress, and recently completed this simple one — which took several years to complete. Of course, the
The final three models in this series looking at boxcars and reefers built to operate on the Norfolk & Ohio layout of Carl Appel (more
Recently completed were these two express reefers with Champion sides. I had built up a Milky Way before, but the set of sides I
Another recent project was rebuilding this Champion New Haven Dairy express reefer. These are nice models and rarely seen. I rebuilt a pair of
I try to keep some projects moving through the workbench, and these two rebuilding projects are among those completed recently. The Scale-Craft reefer is
Up today I have two examples of a model rarely seen, the Champion milk express reefer. The model introduced in 1942. One thing I
More than a year ago I received a treasure trove of great photos of early American OO models by OO Pioneer Howard Winther, sent by
Recognizing at least the most common brands of classic, printed car sides is important to the OO gauger today. I have written about all four
While best remembered today for their line of decals, the Champion Model Company of Cleveland, OH, started out with O gauge models, which included according
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