A major player in the important daily operations of most railroads was the company owned freight depot.  Many times they were integrated with the passenger depot and in many medium... [Read more]

There has always been modelers that are placed onto pedestals and usually they are more than deserving of that honer.  There are many aspects of this wonderful hobby that allow you... [Read more]

Those hexagon shapes I cut into the brick last week, well you are about to find out their purpose.     Construction The work that I completed this week lit a fire under me,  the... [Read more]

Again, this week I didn’t get as much done as hoped.  I had to stop work half way through the week because of multiple factors, primarily an old toy truck.  I will go into more... [Read more]

This past week was one of those feared busy weeks.  I didn’t get as much work done as I wanted to complete, but what I did get done made a world of difference with how the... [Read more]

In this, the second article of my version of a newsstand we do all the necessary work to finish it off.  We will add paint, dry brush on highlights, and weather it.  Lastly we... [Read more]

I had many other things that I had to do this week so I was worried that I would not have a decent amount of modeling time.  I was able to get much done, but if you glance at the... [Read more]

I must admit that I don’t enjoy making the first step with starting a new building.  I always have a sense of uneasiness before I cut that first part.  That feeling was much... [Read more]

We now move into my version of a newsstand.  The most obvious difference from Frank’s previous newsstand is that mine has a counter and the worker is sheltered inside.  Both... [Read more]

We begin our journey on the next urban structure scratch built by Chris Brimley. Used with permission by Flickr user pinehurst19475 Introduction The few of our visitors on N Scale... [Read more]