I have a structure I am building. It is rather large and tall with it. It is about 25 scale feet square and 28 feet tall and open on two ends. The walls are to be raw wood. I have always used india ink and alcohol combined with some dry brushing to get a nice effect. However I am wondering about the wood that would be inside the structure. It will be seen but since it won't get the brunt of the weather, what color should it be? I don't think raw white of bass wood would be correct. Any ideas? I am attaching a picture of a cardboard mockup of the structure.

I finally decided to try my hand at scratchbuilding and needed an HO coaling station on my shelf layout. I decided to use the Model Railroader series from 1951-1952 which gives detailed instructions on building a Central Vermont Ry coaling station. I'm at a point in the build where I could use some advice.

Should I scratchbuild stairs or could someone recommend commercial stairs/stringers?

Any recommendations for HO scale chain?

This is still a work in progress. I still have to finish the structure itself along with signs and the many details that still need to be added and weathering of the building. I also have the overhead crane to build yet for the inside of the structure.

This is where I am at right now and a little of how I got to this point.

I started out with the Walthers Railroad Shop kit.

Hey all,

I just finished making my latest tutorial video on making a river, it's basically a detailed guide on making and completing the diorama you can see in the thumbnail and the main highlight is the river running right through the middle.

It took a while to make because I was testing a lot of different materials and techniques for making the river, I decided to go with the method that I found to be the easiest but also the one that had the most realistic results.