Samuel Rea Shops G41A coil steel gondola Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: With hoods, $58.95; without hoods, $50.95 Era: 1966+ to 2005+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com Samuel Rea Shops G41A coil steel gondola features: Kadee scale couplers Road-specific details for each scheme, including […]
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International Car Co. Baltimore & Ohio I-18 steel bay-window caboose Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $106.95 Era: 1968+ to 1980s+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com International Car Co. Baltimore & Ohio I-18 steel bay-window caboose features: Kadee scale couplers Era-specific body details, including bay […]
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Gunderson Bros. HO scale freight car Tangent Scale Models unveiled a Gunderson Bros. 50-foot 6,089-cubic-foot capacity high-cube double-plug-door boxcar at the St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modelers meet in Collinsville, Ill., on Friday, July 29. This is Tangent’s second new freight car release in 2022. The model, in stock now, is decorated for Denver & Rio […]
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High-cube boxcars seemed to be everywhere in the 1970s, and thanks to Tangent Scale Models, highly detailed models of Greenville Steel Car Co. 86-foot high-cubes can roll on your HO layout, as well. These monster cars were products of the 1960s, when bigger was better and efficiency was the watchword of corporate America. Earlier methods […]
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Over the past 14 years, Tangent Scale Models has become well-known for its line of highly detailed HO and N scale models. That tradition continues with the company’s latest release, a newly tooled HO scale Pullman-Standard PS-1 40-foot combination-door boxcar. The model has railroad-specific details, Pullman-style ladders and bracket grab irons, and Kadee scale couplers. […]
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Cody Grivno, group technical editor, gives Tangent’s new HO scale PS-1 boxcar the once over in this rapid review. […]
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Cody Grivno, group technical editor, gives Tangent’s new HO scale PS-1 boxcar the once over in this rapid review. […]
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As a fan of the immediate post-merger Burlington Northern, I was excited by a recent email from Tangent Scale Models in which the company announced its release of a 40-foot Pullman- Standard combination-door boxcar in HO scale. The company offers the model decorated for Northern Pacific (NP), Milwaukee Road, and Union Pacific in 12 road […]
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We recently received Tangent Scale Models’ HO scale Pullman-Standard 40-foot combination-door boxcar. From the roof to the trucks, this is a detail-rich freight car. Click on the video above to see for yourself! […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss Cody’s 40th birthday bash in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will show you the powerful 10A Prodigy Elite DCC system from Model Rectifier Corp., and he’ll head down to the layout to run a sound-equipped […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss Cody’s 40th birthday bash in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will show you the powerful 10A Prodigy Elite DCC system from Model Rectifier Corp., and he’ll head down to the layout to run a sound-equipped […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out a selection of the latest new hobby products in N and HO scales with Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno. Then follow Cody down to the Model Railroader workshop where he’ll show you how to use craft gemstones to make headlight lenses. […]
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