Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Rutland no. 208, an Alco RS-3, passes Duffy’s Coal as it approaches the north end of the Rutland, Vt., freight yard on Gregory Wiggins’ HO scale layout. This month you can download the trackside photo sized appropriately for your […]
Scale: HO Scale
HO scale Knickerbocker & Rockwell RR
Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Knickerbocker & Rockland RR Layout owner: George Marshall Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 8 x 12 feet Prototype: Penn Central; Lehigh Valley; Central RR of New Jersey; Reading Co.; and New York, New Haven & Hartford Locale: upstate New York Era: early 1960s […]
New model trains for the week of May 30, 2019
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive. SD7: Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks); CSX (fictional scheme, dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black and gray with “Way of the Zephyrs” slogan); Pennsylvania RR […]
How-to Library: Turning Spaces into Places, Part 5
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Gerry shares a quick update on his progress thus far. Then, you’ll see how he integrates the highway and backdrop into the scene. From there Gerry tackles the cornfield and stand of trees along the right-of-way. […]
Turning Spaces into Places, Part 5
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Gerry shares a quick update on his progress thus far. Then, you’ll see how he integrates the highway and backdrop into the scene. From there Gerry tackles the cornfield and stand of trees along the right-of-way. […]
How-to Library: Turning Spaces into Places, Part 5
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Gerry shares a quick update on his progress thus far. Then, you’ll see how he integrates the highway and backdrop into the scene. From there Gerry tackles the cornfield and stand of trees along the right-of-way. […]
New model trains for the week of May 23, 2019
Kadee Quality Products Co. HO scale assorted freight cars HO scale freight cars Assorted freight cars. Toledo, Peoria & Western Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar with 7-foot, 5-panel Superior doors (built 1953, repainted 6/62), $39.95. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Association of American Railroads 50-foot standard two-bay hopper with lump-egg coal load (built 1949), $40.95. Injection-molded […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for May 2019
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out two new sound-equipped HO scale diesels and more new model railroading products in this month’s Cody’s Office video. Group technical editor Cody Grivno will also give you a quick tip for storing the miters of an NWSL Chopper II tool. Viewer […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for May 2019
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out two new sound-equipped HO scale diesels and more new model railroading products in this month’s Cody’s Office video. Group technical editor Cody Grivno will also give you a quick tip for storing the miters of an NWSL Chopper II tool. Viewer […]
Cody’s Workshop Episode 37
Work on Cody’s HO scale structure kit continues. In this episode, he shows how to make a template for the roof, and then prep and paint the exterior walls. […]
Cody’s Workshop Episode 37
Work on Cody’s HO scale structure kit continues. In this episode, he shows how to make a template for the roof, and then prep and paint the exterior walls. […]
Athearn Ready-to-Roll HO scale SD40T-2
Athearn Ready-to-Roll HO scale SD40T-2 More prototype-specific detail and a dual-mode SoundTraxx Econami decoder highlight this HO scale SD40T-2 “tunnel motor” diesel from Athearn Trains. The plastic model has many enhancements compared to the previous Athearn Ready-to-Roll SD40T-2 that we reviewed back in the January 2008 issue. Prototype. In 1972, General Motors Electro-Motive Division and […]