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 | May 2, 2012 | Uncategorized |
No, I’m not referring to stepping down as editor of O Scale Trains Magazine. That’s old news by now. I’m referring to the exit strategies we use to transition from the on-scene portions of a layout to staging. The use of staging trackage in some form...
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,...
by mike | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
The landscape has distinct layers of foilage you can model effectively with careful observation. In this photo Layer 1 consists of grasses, weeds and taller ground cover plants. Layer 2 is made up of small and medium sized shrubs and bushes (natives like black berries...
by mike | Oct 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Stanley Hayes formed the Hayes Track Appliance Company in 1903. In 1911, he moved the company from Geneva, NY to Richmond, Indiana where it still operates as part of the Western-Cullen-Hayes Corporation. Mr. Hayes was an accomplished railroad professional and...
