Review: Lehigh Valley GP18 305 by Athearn Genesis

For some time now I’ve been gathering parts to build an HO scale replica of LV 305. In hindsight, I … More

LV 37048 Portraits

Lehigh Valley 37048 is a 70 ton Bethlehem riveted gondola by Tangent Scale Models. It represents one of the company’s … More

This is an Exactrail Evolution Series model representing a Thrall 2244 gondola. I have no idea if this model is … More

I was back to visit Pierre Oliver’s SP Clovis Branch again last weekend. This is my second time operating the … More

Here’s a trio of portraits showing off some Tangent Scale Models acid tank cars from my fleet. I’m hoping we’ll … More

Pennsylvania Railroad’s Sam Rea shops starting building the home-designed X58 boxcar in 1964 to satisfy the need for modern plug … More

Eric Hansmann’s recent post on roster shots, as well as his older post about photographing models got me thinking about … More

As promised, I’ll post the pertinent slides from the Chicagoland 2019 clinic here. This first post is the Colour Theory … More

I’m a huge fan of RMC. I feel like they’re doing great work and the new editor, Otto Vondrak, seems … More

With the construction activity in my basement drawing to a close I finally had a chance to fire up the … More