by mike | Jan 30, 2013 | Pieces of The Puzzle |
After removing the yard track and cleaning up the scars, I filled in the gaps in the roadbed with more fiberboard to level the area. Once that was done, I fitted a piece of expanded styrofoam (the white stuff), carving it into the shape of a low rise and covering it...
by mike | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been upgrading some of the first areas of scenery on the layout, using new materials now on the market. Products like static grass sheets are significantly better than the older stuff. As the two photos show, the landscape can be studied like any...
by mike | May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
My favorite tree in the landscape has to be the American sycamore, with its massive trunk, branching structure and distinctive mottled bark. With common names like the planetree, buttonwood and buttonball-tree and reaching to heights of one hundred feet, the American...
by mike | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Most of us wouldn’t think of scratchbuilding a locomotive without learning about the prototype first. Usually a modeler will want to have as much detailed info about a specific engine as possible, same with a freight car or structure. For a lot of modelers now,...
