Scenery - Structures
Custom static grass applicator
Below are some images of a new static grass applicator my friend, John Klocker, put together. I haven’t seen a design like this before and I think it’s a neat approach. Just thought I would share his design.
Scott Thornton
Modeling the Milan branch of the Iowa Interstate
http://www.iaisrailfans.org/gallery/STMilanBranch
Scale Model Animation 8: Starting Projects and Virtual Rooms for Modeling
HO Scale Model Animated Rooms
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ON GP
This video was made in answer request of individual on kit bashing the Walthers Federal Cold Storage Building.
I cover many of the structures on the GP.
Floquil thinner?
What do you guys use for thinner for floquil paints? Disol, if still available, is expensive and I have to order it. Is there something I could find in a hardware/paint store that would work? Mineral sprits sort of works for brush cleaning, but I need something that mixes well so I can thin the paint a bit for weathering. Thanks , Brian
Charles City Western Ry passenger shelter
This a model of a CCW passenger shelter, these shelters were located at a number of the gravel road grade crossings between Charles City,Ia and Marble Rock, Ia . I built it board by board from the original CCW drawings.
Remote Controlled Locos Signs
Putting Eric Bergh's signs to good use. I have reposted in this entry Eric's signs again. Right click and save the picture for your own use. I resized in paint and printed out in Word. This is HO Scale.
Eric has made yellow and white background for your use.
Dust free coal
My wife asked me to get some dog food from Petco today so I went to get it. Besides model railroading I'm interested in saltwater fish so I looked around a bit and accidently found something that might be used to model coal:
For $4.99 you get 5 pounds of black sand that looks pretty much like coal without the dust. Here's a picture after I filled it in a jar:
What's your oldest structure?
The recent thread:
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/16938
regarding help in finding some old Revell structure kits has prompted me to start this one. What is the oldest structure kit on your pike?
kitbashing furniture factory
More Excellance in Model Railroading
N Scale people this You Tube channel is for you. Or for everyone that wants to learn a new trick or two. Another excellent modeler shows you how to do it.
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