For some time now I’ve been gathering parts to build an HO scale replica of LV 305. In hindsight, I…
LV 37048 Portraits
Lehigh Valley 37048 is a 70 ton Bethlehem riveted gondola by Tangent Scale Models. It represents one of the company’s…
DT&I 9652 Portraits
This is an Exactrail Evolution Series model representing a Thrall 2244 gondola. I have no idea if this model is…
Back to the Clovis Branch
I was back to visit Pierre Oliver’s SP Clovis Branch again last weekend. This is my second time operating the…
Tank Car Portraits
Here’s a trio of portraits showing off some Tangent Scale Models acid tank cars from my fleet. I’m hoping we’ll…
Fleet Weathering: Subtle Variation
Pennsylvania Railroad’s Sam Rea shops starting building the home-designed X58 boxcar in 1964 to satisfy the need for modern plug…
Model Photography
Eric Hansmann’s recent post on roster shots, as well as his older post about photographing models got me thinking about…
WEATHERING MEDIA Part 1: Colour Theory Basics
As promised, I’ll post the pertinent slides from the Chicagoland 2019 clinic here. This first post is the Colour Theory…
My Article in July RMC
I’m a huge fan of RMC. I feel like they’re doing great work and the new editor, Otto Vondrak, seems…
9365 on Tonawanda Island
With the construction activity in my basement drawing to a close I finally had a chance to fire up the…
The Niagara Branch 